[aklug] Re: Need a little nudge in the right direction...

Yes, Peter is right.

It is based on CentOS with many pre-configured packages based on official
releases. During install, and anytime later, you choose which features you
want, similar to Roles in Windows Server, it grabs the necessary components
and installs them. You can still get to the yum package manager and install
direct releases with no modifications, the real tweaking is in the config
files of course. It really is very reliable, I have never had an install
fail on me, but I have had a much smaller set of installs to base
reliability on.

http://wiki.contribs.org/Main_Page

The history of SME server is pretty interesting, it has changed hands A LOT
but seems to have retained the contributors over the years. The
addon-packages were called contribs, hence the domain name hosting the
documentation.

On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 2:39 PM Peter Barclay PCNI <admin@pcni.us> wrote:

> It's an all in one small to medium enterprise Linux server akin to the
> roll up Microsoft did with sbs...
>
> Sent from Outlook Mobile <https://aka.ms/blhgte>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 3:01 PM -0800, "Lee Brumbaugh" <
> lbrumbaugh@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've never used SME before, but how off the beaten Linux path is it? I
> mean is it just a gui on top of standard tools or heavily modified
> craziness?
>
> *Lee Brumbaugh*
>
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> wrote:
>
>> :) Coding not networking is my forte and I am quasi retired -
>> you're over my head here, but I'm sure Jamie can grok. Good luck.
>>
>> * JP <jp@jptechnical.com> [160114 11:22]:
>> > Thanks TJ
>> >
>> > One thing to add... I am likely going to run this on top of Hyper-V
>> 2012,
>> > it is free, and the replication is awesome. I previously was XenServer
>> all
>> > the way (after many years of ESXi)... but I have had some support issues
>> > from Citrix on the XenServer in the past... costly support issues,
>> whereas
>> > the hyper-v is becoming so ubiquitous that tracking down an issue is
>> pretty
>> > simple.
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 11:12 AM Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hello JP :
>> > >
>> > > You might want to run this by Jamie Hushower at Rent-a-Geek in
>> > > Palmer (I believe that he does a lot of business in Anchorage).
>> > > He used to be on SLUG (Susitna Valley Linux Users Group) before it
>> > > died.
>> > >
>> > > His phone number is 907 745-5060 and the website is at
>> > > http://www.geeksalaska.com/
>> > >
>> > > I've known him for at least 15 years. I believe he's been doing
>> > > networking all of that time.
>> > >
>> > > - tj -
>> > >
>> > > * JP <jp@jptechnical.com> [160114 10:57]:
>> > > > I have a client with a windows network of about 40 workstations,
>> the file
>> > > > shares are (will be shortly) on a simple NAS, and the rest of their
>> work
>> > > is
>> > > > on the cloud. At present, the only feature of Active Directory they
>> need
>> > > is
>> > > > the ability to login to different computers, they jump around a
>> lot, but
>> > > > they DO NOT need roaming profiles, just mapped drives.
>> > > >
>> > > > I have, on half a dozen occasions, setup an SME server to replace
>> SBS
>> > > 2000
>> > > > and SBS 2003 servers. I know that there is Win 7,8,10 support in SME
>> > > with a
>> > > > registry patch, and I am testing it in a lab with Win 10 as I have
>> > > already
>> > > > had good success with Win 8 and 7 in past labs. So, technically I
>> know it
>> > > > is possible and reliable.
>> > > >
>> > > > Here is my quandary... the only negative I can come up with from
>> the last
>> > > > 15yrs of IT work and running both Windows and Linux emulated
>> domains is
>> > > > that I have in the past built something only I can maintain. This
>> is a
>> > > risk
>> > > > for the client, and it causes unnecessarily stress for me. So... are
>> > > there
>> > > > any techs in Anchorage that have used SME server, so that if I am
>> hit by
>> > > a
>> > > > bus they could pick it up and run with it? Or does this risk
>> outweigh the
>> > > > savings on M$ licensing (about $4500), as I estimate the labor to
>> rebuild
>> > > > the domain to be a wash either way.
>> > > > --
>> > > >
>> > > > *JP (Jesse Perry)*
>> > > > voice/txt: 907-748-2200
>> > > > email: jp@jptechnical.com
>> > > > web: http://jptechnical.com
>> > > > support: helpdesk@jptechnical.com
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Tim
>> > > http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com
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>> > > --
>> >
>> > *JP (Jesse Perry)*
>> > voice/txt: 907-748-2200
>> > email: jp@jptechnical.com
>> > web: http://jptechnical.com
>> > support: helpdesk@jptechnical.com
>>
>> --
>> Tim
>> http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com
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*JP (Jesse Perry)*
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