Hey so me and my friend want to make a minecraft survival server together because the one we used to play on closed and we haven't been able to find one we like since, they're all full of rude/unhelpful people.
I know about the costs about running a server and such which is all fine but when i googled how to make a server it came up with lots of warnings and complicated information which in itself almost put me off xD
Basically what i'd like to be able to do for the server is to be able to install plugins and the little bits like that and have around 10 slots at first just enough for my friends to join and to explore the possibilities of later expanding the server.
I'm from the UK and most of my friends are from the US, does this change anything?
I also mainly use a Windows laptop which is a very good expensive laptop and runs minecraft very smoothly but do i need to use a PC?
Also, if i were to set the server up on one laptop, could i then move it across to another? Because my laptop is currently being repaired and i'm borrowing the computer guys laptop for the time being so is it possible to transfer the data?
If anyone could answer these questions or give me any extra tips or help or even link any useful websites that'd be awesome and i'll deffo be up-voting answers and chosing the most helpful one in the end so please give all the info you can!