Dude ... You are not a web designer... I set up my own server in my own house, open to the entire internet... Running Fedora 8, Apache, MySQL 5, and PHP 5.3 I think... I have multiple content management systems I built... I just finished with the ruff draft of my Clientele system, so I can have my clients look at their projects and the status of their projects from their home computer, not to mention keep track of payments and what not... Plus I am going to be doing an Open Source Projects section... This way I can host Open Source Projects... Also I have a Wiki-pedia sort of thing going, plus a forum, and more... All I have coded by hand, no programs... No windows, no click click installs... (Not to mention I have done two different designs; A tabled, and a table-less)
Plus I know more then just web development... I know... C/C++, MySQL, Php, Perl, Python, Javascript, X/D/Html, CSS, Shell scripting, IDS/IPS, Learning Assembly, and Binary...