At home, I am using a PC with Debian Etch installed on it.

PC configuration :
Celeron 1.8 Ghz Processor
1 GB RAM
160 GB Harddisk
DVD Writer
and a 17″ TFT Monitor

While this isn’t a gamer’s PC or even a high-end one, it is enough for my (and my wife’s ) needs.

We have all our songs/photos/movie collection on this PC apart from my work related stuff.

Our usual development activities consists of HTML, PHP and Javascript. This PC runs the following services to support us.

Apache – Web Server
MySQL – DB Server
Exim – Mail Server
OpenSSH – Remote Access & File Transfer

We also use a couple of softwares regularly. Most of these softwares have Windows versions also Available. So you don’t need to be disappointed if you are using a Microsoft Windows Operating system..Go check them out !!

Geany – Editor for PHP/HTML/Javascript
RapidSVN – Subversion client.
Gimp – Photo/Image Editor.
OpenOffice – For documents/spreadsheets/presentations
GnuCash – Tracking finance.
F-Spot – Photo collection organizer
Rhythmbox – Music Player/Organizer
Mplayer – Video Player

We do play games too. Mostly board games and puzzles. I like playing “frozen bubble” and my wife is addicted to “bomberclone” ! 🙂

I do not need to worry about spending a fortune to buy all commercial software to get my things done. All these software comes absolutely FREE ! We only paid for the PC Hardware. 🙂