Building a box from the ground up

I will be building a box specifically for web hosting, but only intended for learning and experimentation. This will not be a production server.

I have decided to stick with the norm for now and use Redhat, Apache, WHM and CPanel.

What is the best way to approach this?
What type of install should I choose?
How would you partition the drive(s)?
What security considerations should I take in to account?
How would you optimize it?
Would you install Gnome, KDE or simply use the command line?

Thanks in advance.

 

 

 

 

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