If you're in this stage of setting up, there are a lot of (free) virtual machines (virtual appliances) that will do a lot of what you need. You can spin up a V

If you're in this stage of setting up, there are a lot of (free) virtual machines (virtual appliances) that will do a lot of what you need. You can spin up a VM that's got linux and already installs of things like SVN, Trac, etc, etc. Run them on something like VMWare Server (free) and you're all set in mins/hours. There are a lot of VMWare based ones listed here: http://www.vmware.com/appliances/ http://www.vmware.com/appliances/ Really handy and can save a lot of time. If you're working remotely, or at disparate or varying locations, I'd recommend the Hamachi VPN software (www.hamachi.cc). The Linux and Mac clients are very basic, but still work well. With this kind of setup we can take VMs of all the infrastructure, drop them anywhere and still work. We can take our laptops home, move house, sit in a cafe, go overseas and still check code in and out. All been very handy.