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SME Server 7.4 Release Announcement |
SME Server 7.4 Release Announcement |
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October 20 2008 |
November 21 2008 |
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The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of |
The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of |
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SME Server 7.4. This release is based on CentOS 4.7 and all packages |
SME Server 7.4. This release is based on CentOS 4.7. Other major changes |
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have been updated to the latest releases. |
in this release are the use dar for backups and the change to UTF-8 |
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along with translation into 6 additional languages. |
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All SME Server users should upgrade to this release. |
All SME Server users should upgrade to this release. |
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SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium |
SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium |
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enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by SME Server, Inc. |
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( http://www.smeserver.org/ ), a non-profit corporation that exists to |
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provide marketing and legal support for SME Server. |
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SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License |
SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License |
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and is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community. |
and is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community. |
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However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on |
However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on |
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meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc. |
meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc. |
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As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further |
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development. |
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Please visit http://www.smeserver.org/donate/ to donate. |
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Thanks |
Thanks |
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- Backups now use dar which enables a backup to consist of more than 2GB |
- Backups now use dar which enables a backup to consist of more than 2GB |
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of data to a workstation in any of the following supported methods: |
of data to a workstation in any of the following supported methods: |
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smbfs, cifs or nfs. It also gives the option to set how many rotating |
cifs, nfs or local usb disk. It also gives the option to set how many |
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backups are required and allows to split size of backup to DVD size. |
rotating backups are required and allows to split size of backup |
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to DVD size. |
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- Removed 'restore from desktop' functionality |
- Removed 'restore from desktop' functionality |
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- The error codes from tar are now logged, in line with flexbackup, and do not |
- The error codes from tar are now logged, in line with flexbackup, and do not |
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cause a backup to fail. |
cause a backup to fail. |
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- A Iomeage USB REV-drive was by default mounted in /media as a cdrom device. |
- A Iomeage USB REV-drive was by default mounted in /media as a cdrom device. |
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It is now automagically mounted as an usbdisk so it can be used as a backup |
It is now automagically mounted as an usbdisk so it can be used as a backup |
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device without manual intervention. |
device without manual intervention. |
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- Set dar compression to default to gzip |
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- dar backup to be less verbose in panel |
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- Correct mounting for usb disks |
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- no compression for ogg media files |
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- Make dar use defined list of directories to backup |
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- Remove obsolete smbfs backup method |
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Localisation |
Localisation |
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- Based on CentOS 4.7 and all available updates |
- Based on CentOS 4.7 and all available updates |
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There are a few differnces from previous releases <=7.2 |
There are a few differences from previous releases <=7.2 |
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After installing for the very first time: |
After installing for the very first time: |
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- Any time you change users/groups you will receive an email the next day |
- Any time you change users/groups you will receive an email the next day |
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about those changes (rkhunter email notification). |
about those changes (rkhunter email notification). |
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$Id: README.txt,v 1.22 2008/10/15 22:56:59 wellsi Exp $ |
$Id: README.txt,v 1.26 2008/11/17 22:57:49 wellsi Exp $ |