Question: Since a week I use *ToirtoiseSVN* and *AnkhSVN* and **GoogleCode** and **sourceforge.net** as my project hosting. For me it's frustrating to fill all this forms before create next project. So I start thinking about my own repository hosting.

Can I use simple file hosting etc. and install there software like use Google or SourceForge to have my own SVN Server? My point is to have independent repository in internet without all this uselessly UI interface which give me Google and SF to administrate my version control. I don't want to take advantage of already existing hosting services like GoogleCode etc. - I want to be independent from them! ;)

Or maybe it's other way to do **my own repository hosting** and **FREE** ;) Please don't tell me that I'm at mercy of commercial hosting... :/

Answer: 
[VisualSVN](http://www.visualsvn.com/server/download/) server is the easiest to get up and running
It is very easy to set up a simple subversion repository, especially if it just for you. Actually, if it is just for you, you may set up a svn repository on local disk and you do not have to setup any server. I do that sometimes for my own little projects, just to have the history of my work.

Assuming you are on Unix, you create a repository with:

`svnadmin create /path/to/repo`

and checkout with:

`svn checkout file:///path/to/repo`

Plus just a little configuration:-). Let me know if you need more details on this kind of setup.