Need suggestion regarding CVS

[Arun Prasath]

I have a bunch of small projects lying around in my computer, for
e.g., I have code for my website, then there are a few projects in C
that I have for school.

I keep changing the code and frequently end up needing to rewrite some
of the code that I lost in the process. I have now decided to maintain
the code through CVS but am not sure whether to have my own CVS
repository or to use any of the free project hosting sites (like
www.cvsdude.org).

I have a decent linux box and my projects are really not that bulky
(each of them shouldn't be more than a few megabytes). My question is
if I setup a CVS server on my linux box, would the administration of
the server be a real pain in the butt and a drain on my cpu resources?
I don't know much about running a cvs server but am eager to learn,
only question is whether it would take up too much of my cpu's
resourses.

Any suggestions/advice?

thanks,
Arun