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Omoikane GNU/Linux, known as OGL, is a Japanese distribution based on Debian's testing branch. It has a user friendly installer based on Scheme and GTK+. The commercial branch of the Omoikane GNU/Linux is knows as ARMA - it includes the most popular Japanese input method "ATOK", RICHO True Type Fonts and other features. A free version of OGL, containing fewer packages, is available from FTP servers and mirrors.
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2014-06-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SME Server 9.0 |
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Ian Wells has announced the release of SME Server 9.0, the first stable release of the project's server oriented distribution that is based on CentOS 6: "The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 9.0 which is based on CentOS 6.5. SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by Koozali Foundation, Inc., a non-profit corporation that exists to provide marketing and legal support for SME Server. It is with the deepest regret we have to inform you that on Wednesday 11th June Chris Burnat passed away. He was one of the most ardent supporters of Koozali SME Server and we all owe him an enormous debt of gratitude. We dedicate this release of SME Server 9.0 to Chris. Without him it would be nowhere near ready. If you download and use it, please remember him and his work, and that of all the other contributors who work tirelessly to make Koozali SME as good as it is." Here is the full release announcement. Download: smeserver-9.0-x86_64.iso (639MB, MD5). |
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SME Server (known as e-smith at the time) was founded in January 1999 by Joseph and Kim Morrison. The company introduced the first version of its flagship software product, the e-smith server and gateway, in April 1999. By the end of the year, many thousands of e-smith servers were running in countries from Fiji to Finland. Word was spreading quickly among developers and systems integrators who needed a solid, easy-to-use server for their small-business customers. In July 2001, e-smith was acquired by Mitel Networks, but was later released as an open-source product under the GPL licence. In May 2013 a new not-for-profit organisation was set up to manage SME server. Due to copyright issues it was named Koozali SME Server Inc. The word "Koozali" approximates to Swahili for "rebirth". Future versions will use this name. The distribution, which is based on CentOS, is currently entirely funded by donations.
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2022-09-14 |
Distribution Release: SME Server 10.1 |
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Terry Fage has announced the release of SME Server 10.1, an updated version of the project's specialist distribution for home servers. This version continues to be based on CentOS 7 and will be supported until June 2024: "The Koozali SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 10.1. This release is based on CentOS 7. CentOS 7 has an end of life on 30 June 2024. Koozali SME Server users are encouraged to upgrade production servers to this release. Major changes in this release: httpd access control using httpd 2.4 syntax; improve handling of logs between journalctl and rsyslog; improve logrotate scripts; better handling of pseudonyms; improve yum update without reboot; upgrade bglibs and cvm-unix to latest version; Contribs data are now part of core backup, improved handling of SSL certificates; increased level of security in term of encryption for all services; FTP is only available over TLS by default to avoid clear text exchanges on the network; PHP module is not used anymore by Apache server, we now use php-fpm 7.4 by default...." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information. Download (pkglist): smeserver-10.1-x86_64.iso (1,575MB, MD5), smeserver-10.1-x86_64-netinstall.iso (635MB, MD5). |
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2021-06-15 |
Distribution Release: SME Server 10.0 |
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Terry Fage has announced the release of SME Server 10.0, a major new update of the project's specialist distribution designed for home servers. This version is based on CentOS 7: "The Koozali SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 10.0 which will be the next major release of SME Server. This release is based on CentOS 7. CentOS 7.# has an en of life on 30 June 2024. Koozali SME Server users are encouraged to update to the 10.0 release. In-place upgrades are not supported. It is necessary to backup and then restore. The spare handling for RAID arrays is now fully implemented. Single disk install no longer creates a degraded Raid1 array. Two or more disks will be created as a Raid1-6 array. Support for further Raid configurations on install is now implemented. USB installs are now supported. Netinstall is now fully supported, install to a UEFI system is now fully supported. Handling of USB drives for backup and restore from the console is now resolved. Backup to workstation using removable storages is now fully supported." Read the full release announcement for further details. Download (pkglist): smeserver-10.0-x86_64.iso (1,511MB, MD5), smeserver-10.0-x86_64-netinstall.iso (635MB, MD5). |
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2021-03-23 |
Development Release: SME Server 10.0 RC 1 |
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SME Server is a CentOS-based server distribution. The project's development team have announced a new testing snapshot, SME Server 10.0 RC 1. The release candidate supplies a number of improvements relating to RAID storage and installing from USB media as well as the ability to perform network installs. "In-place upgrades are not supported. It is necessary to backup and then restore. (Remember, testing purpose only and note warnings). Restore of a sme9 console or workstation backup is now fully supported. Single disk install no longer creates a degraded Raid1 array, Two or more disks will be created as a Raid1-6 array. The spare handling for RAID arrays is now implemented. Support for further Raid configuration on install is now implemented. New Server-Manager Framework, Mojolicious, is now well on the way to full implementation. USB installs are once again fully supported. Note: it is important to use proposed apps to create the boot media. Net-install is once again fully supported, additional repos easily added. Install to a system supporting a UEFI BIOS is also now fully supported. Console backup, and workstation backup to removable storage is now fully supported. Further details are supplied in the release notes. Download: smeserver-10.0.rc1-x86_64.iso (1,515MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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2017-05-02 |
Distribution Release: SME Server 9.2 |
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Terry Fage has announced the release of SME Server 9.2, the second update to the stable 9.x branch of the project's CentOS-based distribution for servers: "The Koozali SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of Koozali SME Server 9.2 final which is the next stable release of the SME 9.x branch. SME Server is intended for use on servers in small and medium-size businesses and is based on CentOS 6.x. The latest release, SME Server 9.2, provides users with an update to the distribution's 9.x series and is based on CentOS 6.9. SME Server 9.2 includes upstream updates and bug fixes and includes local fixes and additional feature requests. Major changes in this release: updated all to Koozali branding; server manager - allow access to the server manager without SSL from the loopback, don't redirect to http when login in/out of the server manager from localhost; file server - added W10 support to SME domain, add support for specifying TLS v1.1 and TLS v1.2; LDAP - hook into the new SSL update event; mail server - update qpsmtpd to release 0.99.6...." See the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download: smeserver-9.2-x86_64.iso (775MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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2015-12-10 |
Distribution Release: SME Server 9.1 |
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Terry Fage has announced the release of SME Server 9.1, the first update to the stable 9.x branch of the project's server distribution based on CentOS 6: "Koozali is pleased to announce the release of a new version of the Koozali SME Server distribution. SME Server is intended for use on servers in small and medium businesses and is based on CentOS. The latest release, SME Server 9.1, provides users with an update to the distribution's 9.x series and is based on CentOS 6.x. SME Server 9.1 introduces support for Windows 10 domains and includes OpenSSL packages from the project's upstream distribution. Major changes in this release: added functionality to use a dummy NIC for the internal interface; set the check update frequency of 'smecontribs' through the server-manager; disable SSLv3; added Windows 10 support for SME Domain." See the release announcement and release notes for a complete list of changes. Download the installation DVD image from here: smeserver-9.1-x86_64.iso (767MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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2015-11-03 |
Distribution Release: SME Server 8.2 |
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Terry Fage has announced the release of a new version of the SME Server distribution. SME Server is intended for use on servers in small and medium businesses and is based on CentOS. The latest release, SME Server 8.2, provides users with an update to the distribution's 8.x series and is based on CentOS 5.x. SME Server 8.2 introduces support for Windows 10 domains and includes OpenSSL packages from the project's upstream distribution. "CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8.2 will not work on i586 hardware. i586 hardware means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX; AMD K5, K6, K6-II, K6-III and Via C3. i686 architecture processors are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon, Athlon XP and later. Some notes on SME Server 8.2 including help on upgrades can be found at here. Please note Upstream policy on Production Phase 3 for EL5. Only those security updates deemed crucial are now being released upstream for EL5 (so also for SME 8) The Koozali team recommends that you start moving workloads from SME Server 8 to SME Server 9. Planned EOL for CentOS 5 is March 31 2017." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: smeserver-8.2-x86_64.iso (759MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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2015-10-03 |
Development Release: SME Server 9.1 Beta 3 |
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Terry Fage has announced the availability of the third beta build of SME Server 9.1, a CentOS-based specialist distribution designed for servers: "The Koozali SME Server (SME Server) development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 9.1 beta 3 which is based on CentOS 6.7. Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug tracker (and only there, please). Notes: in-place upgrades are not supported, it is necessary to backup and then restore; /boot partition is always RAID 1; the spare handling for RAID arrays is not implemented. Major changes in this release: added functionality to use a Dummy NIC for the internal interface; set the check update frequency of smecontribs through the server-manager; disable SSLv3; added Windows 10 support for SME Domain." Read the rest of the release announcement for a detailed changelog. Download: smeserver-9.1.beta3-x86_64.iso (813MB, MD5). The second release candidate for SME Server 8.2, the project's legacy branch, was also released yesterday. |
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2015-03-30 |
Development Release: SME Server 9.1 Beta 1 |
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Terry Fage has announced the availability of the first beta build of the upcoming SME Server 9.1, a CentOS-based specialist distribution for servers: "The Koozali SME Server (SME Server) development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 9.1 beta 1 which is based on CentOS 6.6. Changes in this release: dar - add pkgconfig and new upstream version; Workstation Backup, do not fail backup for mtime/ctime mismatch; change the sub checkMount() to findmnt; add requires nfs-utils; the nfs service is neither started or allowed to start; don't remove the apache group during restore; make pdbedit output independent from locale and time zone so it can be parsed; chown all DB files to ldap before staring slapd; set checkpoint in slapd.conf instead of DB_CONFIG; stop ldap on shutdown (rc0 and rc6); don't overwrite the ldif dump if slapcat's output is empty; run db_recover on startup; don't wipe LDAP DB when the ldif dump is empty...." Read the rest of the release announcement for a full changelog. Download: smeserver-9.1.beta1-x86_64.iso (732MB, MD5). The second beta of SME Server 8.2, the project's legacy branch, was also released today. |
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2014-05-13 |
Development Release: SME Server 9.0 RC1 |
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Ian Wells has announced the availability of the first release candidate for SME Server 9.0, a specialist distribution for servers, based on CentOS 6: "The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 9.0 release candidate 1 which is based on CentOS 6.5. Major changes in this release: allow workstation backup to mounted drive. Changes in this release: workstation backup, do not exclude Dar files by default in line with console backup; workstation backup, fix selective restore by requesting array of results from CGI.pm; workstation backup, new method to show files being restored is needed when using Dar 2.4; simplify the workstation backup report; workstation backup, count backup sets from 1; update the text in the Backup panel; allow more time for CIFS mounts before reporting errors; Dar updated to 2.4.10...." Here is the complete release announcement. Download link: smeserver-9.0rc1-x86_64.iso (605MB, MD5). |
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2014-04-12 |
Development Release: SME Server 9.0 Beta 4 |
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Ian Wells has announced the availability of the fourth and final beta release of SME Server 9.0, an upcoming new release of the project's CentOS-based specialist distribution for servers: "The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 9.0 beta 4 which is based on CentOS 6.5. This is the final planned beta of SME Server 9.0. This version has the latest OpenSSL to avoid the heartbleed issue. Major changes in this release: the installer has been substantially modified in beta 3; the remaining relevant patches from SME Server 8 have been ported; the spare handling for RAID arrays is not implemented; Workstation Backup has had many minor changes; a new feature has been introduced to block SSH login attempts - it is set to reject SSH connections when there have been three or more requests in the previous 15 minutes." Read the rest of the release announcement which includes a detailed changelog. Download: smeserver-9.0beta4-x86_64.iso (632MB, MD5). |
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2014-02-28 |
Distribution Release: SME Server 8.1 |
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Ian Wells has announced the release of SME Server 8.1, an updated build of the project's CentOS-based distribution for servers: "The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 8.1 which is based on CentOS 5.10. Please note that CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8.1 will not work on i586 hardware. Changes in this release: packages altered by CentOS, Red Hat, and Fedora-associated developers are not included; latest version of Dar, 2.4.11, for workstation backup; workstation backup allows the day of the week to be specified on which a full backup occurs, this now works correctly for all days of the week; to increase reliability of backups to a Microsoft Vista drive, a one-second delay was added to the backup; allow user setting of compression level for desktop and console backups...." Read the detailed release announcement for a full changelog. Download: smeserver-8.1-x86_64.iso (722MB, MD5). |
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2014-01-28 |
Development Release: SME Server 9.0 Beta 3 |
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Ian Wells has announced the availability of the third beta release of SME Server 9.0, a server distribution based on CentOS 6: "The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 9.0 Beta 3 which is based on CentOS 6.5. Major changes in this release: the installer has been substantially modified in beta 3, it now creates the degraded RAID1 array with a single disk install; the base has been updated to CentOS 6.5; the network interface code has been reworked to remove all hardcoding relating to eth0 and eth1. Backups: workstation backup - do not exclude dar files by default in line with console backup; fix selective restore by requesting array of results from CGI.pm; new method to show files being restored is needed when using dar 2.4; simplify the workstation backup report; count backup sets from 1; update the text in the backup panel...." There is a more detailed changelog in the release announcement. Download: smeserver-9.0beta3-x86_64.iso (593MB, MD5). |
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2014-01-15 |
Development Release: SME Server 8.1 Beta 3 |
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Ian Wells has announced the availability of the third beta build of SME Server 8.1, a CentOS-based distribution for servers of small and medium-sized companies: "The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 8.1 beta 3 which is based on CentOS 5.10. Note that CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8.1 will not work on i586 hardware. i586 hardware means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX; AMD K5, K6, K6-II, K6-III and Via C3. i686 architecture processors are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon, Athlon XP and later. Changes from beta 2: update footer copyright and renew full copyright text; latest version of Dar, 2.4.11, for workstation backup; workstation backup - fix selective restore by requesting array of results from CGI.pm, new method to show files being restored is needed when using Dar 2.4." See the detailed release announcement for further information. Download: smeserver-8.1beta3-x86_64.iso (684MB, MD5). |
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2013-11-10 |
Development Release: SME Server 9.0 Beta 2 |
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Ian Wells has announced the availability of the second beta release of SME Server 9.0, a CentOS-based specialist distribution for servers: "The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 9.0 beta 2 which is based on CentOS 6.4. The installer has been substantially modified in beta 2. It now creates the degraded RAID1 array with a single-disk install. Some, but not all install options are now supported. Changes in this release: Dar updated to 2.4.10; Workstation Backup - add a choice to delete old backup before or after backup, remove temporary directory on success, refactor directory tree creation and removal, inconsistent formatting of host share name in messages, more reliable catalog creation, report CIFS mount errors, incremental backup fix, allow spaces in the backup destination...." See the release announcement for a detailed changelog. Download: smeserver-9.0beta2-x86_64.iso (557MB, MD5). |
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2013-10-15 |
Development Release: SME Server 9.0 Beta 1 |
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Ian Wells has announced the availability of the first beta release of SME Server 9.0, a major new update of the project's CentOS-based distribution for servers: "The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 9.0 beta 1 which is based on CentOS 6.4. Changes in this release. Backups: Dar updated to 2.4.10; add a choice to delete old backup before or after backup; remove temporary directory on success; refactor directory tree creation and removal; inconsistent formatting of host share name in messages; more reliable catalog creation; report CIFS mount errors; incremental backup fix; allow spaces in the backup destination, includes fix for disk usage broken with spaces; desktop dackup - allow user setting of compression level; use wake on LAN before starting backup with DAR; NFS syntax is deprecated for CIFS mount; require cifs-utils and use UNC paths for CIFS mount; improve text in console backup for success and failure...." The release announcement includes a detailed changelog. Download: smeserver-9.0beta1-x86_64.iso (556MB, MD5). |
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2013-10-01 |
Development Release: SME Server 8.1 Beta 1 |
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Ian Wells has announced the availability of the first beta of SME Server 8.1, a CentOS-based server-oriented distribution for small and medium-sized enterprises: "The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 8.1 beta 1 which is based on CentOS 5.9. Changes in this release: Workstation Backup allows the day of the week to be specified on which a full backup occurs, this now works correctly for all days of the week; to increase reliability of backups to a Microsoft Vista drive, a one second delay was added to the backup; allow user setting of compression level for Desktop and Console Backups; in the console, under item 8, refer to removable media instead of USB device; add an option to use Wake on LAN before starting Workstation Backup; Workstation Backup, report cifs mount errors, be compatible with destinations that include spaces...." Read the full release announcement for a detailed list of changes in this release. Interested testers can download this beta release from here: smeserver-8.1beta1-x86_64.iso (703MB). |
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2012-05-27 |
Distribution Release: SME Server 8.0 |
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Ian Wells has announced the release of SME Server 8.0, a major new update of the project's specialist server distribution based on CentOS 5: "The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 8.0 which is based on CentOS 5.8. Changes in this release: backups - provide support for selective restore with modern browsers, remove default index.htm from primary ibay before restore, allow backup reports to go to an alternate user instead of admin; file server - gracefully handle upgrades from SerNet Samba, changes in Samba's 'Recycle VFS exclude' syntax (for ibays); LDAP - create Samba account during event for machine, keep UID/GID for computer accounts in synch for UNIX, Samba and LDAP...." See the release announcement for a complete list of changes and new features. Download: smeserver-8.0-i386.iso (653MB, MD5). On a related note, SME Server 7.6, based on the 4.x series of CentOS, is also available.
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2011-11-28 |
Development Release: SME Server 8.0 Beta 7 |
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Ian Wells has announced the availability of the seventh and final beta release of SME Server 8.0, a CentOS-based server distribution: "The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 8.0 beta 7 which is based on CentOS 5.7 and will be the next major release of SME Server. This is the final planned beta for SME Server 8. Major changes in beta 7: require authentication for all emails, including local; optional use of ext4 instead of ext3 for file systems (except for /boot); LDAP authentication can be enabled; improve how Backup to Workstation handles full remote disks; do not make backup fail when due to a modified file; localise the choices for 'Select the type of share for backup destination' in the Configure Workstation Backup panel; improve the wording of the 'Backup or restore' server-manager panel...." Read the rest of the release announcement for a detailed changelog. Download: smeserver-8.0beta7-i386.iso (696MB, MD5).
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2010-08-21 |
Development Release: SME Server 8.0 Beta 6 |
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Ian Wells has announced the availability of the sixth beta build of SME Server 8.0, a CentOS-based server distribution: "The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 8.0 beta 6 which is based on CentOS 5.5 and will be the next major release of SME Server. This is the final planned beta for SME 8. Major changes in beta 6: the policy is to stick with upstream updates unless there are compelling reasons not to; the number of customers unable to run the software they want because of the Samba and PHP versions constituted a compelling reason; Samba 3.x - the Samba packages have reverted to those provided by CentOS to simplify the support needed. This version of Samba provides support for Windows 7 domain logins." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Download: smeserver-8.0beta6-i386.iso (639MB, MD5).
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2010-05-26 |
Distribution Release: SME Server 7.5 |
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Ian Wells has announced the release of SME Server 7.5, a CentOS-based distribution for enterprise servers: "The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 7.5. This release is based on CentOS 4.8. Changes in this release: the backup service has been made more robust; the email now correctly identifies incremental and full backups; a patch was added to support multiple Samba roles; as part of a major update with translations we have added seven new languages - Thai, Polish, Romanian, Estonian, Chinese, Norwegian (Bokmal), Russian; Transport Layer Security (TLS) authentication capability has been added for incoming SMTP ehlo requests; implement correctly the subject line SPAM tagging functionality; the syntax of the smtproutes and SMTPSmartHost templates have been updated to avoid MX lookups." Read the complete the release announcement for a full list of changes. Download: smeserver-7.5-i386.iso (650MB, MD5).
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2010-03-08 |
Development Release: SME Server 8.0 Beta 5 |
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Ian Wells has announced the availability of the fifth beta release of SME Server 8.0, a CentOS-based server distribution: "The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 8.0beta5 which is based on CentOS 5.4 and will be the next major release of SME Server. Major changes in beta 5. The policy is to stick with upstream updates unless there are compelling reasons not to. The number of customers unable to run the software they want because of the Samba and PHP versions constituted a compelling reason. Samba 3.4.3 - has been updated from sources provided by ClearOS. This version of Samba provides support for Windows 7 domain logins. PHP 5.2.10 - is provided by the Red Hat Application Stack v2. 5.2 is needed by recent web applications such as OScommerce." Read the complete release announcement for a detailed list of changes. Download: smeserver-8.0beta5-i386.iso (643MB, MD5). Also released today was the first release candidate for SME Server 7.5.
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2009-06-24 |
Development Release: SME Server 8.0 Beta 4 |
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Ian Wells has announced the availability of the fourth beta release of SME Server, a CentOS-based distribution for servers: "The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 8.0 beta 4 which will be the next major release of SME Server. This release is based on CentOS 5.3 and all packages have been updated to the latest versions. Testers please note: CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8 will not work on i586 hardware; upgrading from previous releases should only be done on clean machines. Issues with upgrading from clean SME machines can be reported in the bug tracker, but detailed reviews of upgrading paths will not start until release candidate versions are made available." Here is the release announcement with a full changelog. Download: smeserver-8.0beta4-i386.iso (615MB, MD5).
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2008-11-22 |
Distribution Release: SME Server 7.4 |
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SME Server 7.4, a CentOS-based specialist distribution for servers, has been released: "The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 7.4. This release is based on CentOS 4.7. Other major changes in this release are the use of dar for backups and the change to UTF-8, along with translation to six additional languages. All SME Server users should upgrade to this release. Changes: fix GRUB label to keep consistent with the SME Server brand; introduce a web interface to configure the pseudonym 'visible' property; fix the ugly log messages (Use of uninitialized value) when spam checking results in 0 hits; emails sent to a null address without the username part are now rejected; support for sending mail to ISP via secure SMTP; enable the auth plugin for local LAN connections; migrate ordb.net from the RBL lists to prevent mail bouncing...." Read the full release notes for further information. Download: smeserver-7.4-i386.iso (587MB), MD5).
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2008-01-02 |
Distribution Release: SME Server 7.3 |
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Ian Wells has announced the release of SME Server 7.3, a server-oriented Linux distribution based on CentOS: "The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 7.3. This release is based on CentOS 4.6 and all packages have been updated to the latest releases. Changes in this release: using 'sme multipart' boot parameter now enables quotas on all LVMs; support for disconnect option in rhsbl plugin; support for disconnect immediately if dnsbl plugin rejects recipient addresses; newer version of ipsvd to resolve a few Thunderbird issues; support for configurable time-outs; now able to remove Corporate DNS setting; RAID reconstruction now finishes after using 'sme nolvm' passed at install time; ability to use console restore with CD or DVD recordable media...." Further details can be found in the release notes. Download: smeserver-7.3-i386.iso (529MB, MD5).
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2007-07-23 |
Distribution Release: SME Server 7.2 |
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The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 7.2: "This release is based on CentOS 4.5 and all packages have been updated to the latest releases. This release contains many new features, all released updates for SME Server 7.1 and fixes for many reported problems. Upgrades will be available by CD, the Software Installer and command line. All users should upgrade to this release." Follow this forum thread for release announcement and a note on upgrading with yum. Download: smeserver-7.2-i386.iso (515MB, MD5).
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2007-01-01 |
Distribution Release: SME Server 7.1 |
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Gordon Rowell has announced the final release of SME Server 7.1, with only minor changes compared to the earlier release candidate: "The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 7.1. This release has many new features and fixes for previously reported issues. All SME Server users should upgrade to this release. Major changes from SME Server 7.0: the CD no longer boots automatically into the installer; the installer now provides many Raid and LVM configuration options; the Software Installer has been enhanced to provide better feedback during installs and to deal with large update sets; local mail delivery is noticeably faster." Read the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download: smeserver-7.1.iso (475MB, MD5).
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2006-12-29 |
Development Release: SME Server 7.1 RC1 |
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Gordon Rowell has announced the first release candidate for SME Server 7.1: "The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 7.1. This release has many new features and fixes for previously reported issues. All SME Server users should upgrade to this release. Major changes from SME Server 7.0: the CD no longer boots automatically into the installer; the installer now provides many Raid and LVM configuration options; the Software Installer has been enhanced to provide better feedback during installs and to deal with large update sets; local mail delivery is noticeably faster." More details in the release announcement. Download the latest release of the CentOS-based distribution from here: smeserver-7.1rc1.iso (475MB, MD5).
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2006-07-01 |
Distribution Release: SME Server 7.0 |
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SME Server 7.0 is finally out: "Version 7.0 of SME Server has been released. The new release represents the culmination of months of hard work by numerous developers and beta testers and is sure to impress those that select it as their server distribution. Some of these features include: the industry leading web server capable of hosting multiple domains; a full featured email server with virus and spam filtering, webmail and secure access; industry standard firewall for intrusion protection; a proxy server with content filtering capability and internet sharing...." Read the release announcement and overview of features for further details. Download: smeserver-7.0.iso (463MB, MD5).
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2006-04-27 |
Development Release: SME Server 7.0 RC2 |
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Gordon Rowell has announced the availability of the second release candidate of SME Server 7.0. What's new? "Update to CentOS 4.3 base; installer built with i686 kernel, in order to install on i586 machines you will need to do the following: press shift while booting to get the boot menu or type 'smei586' at the boot prompt; new system consistency audit scripts installed; bug fixes - see the bug tracker. It will also be made available for yum updates, but beware - the update is large due to the change to the CentOS 4.3 base." Here is the complete release announcement. Download: smeserver-7.0rc2.iso (665MB, MD5).
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2006-02-10 |
Development Release: SME Server 7.0 Pre 2 |
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The second pre-release of SME Server 7.0 is ready for download and testing: "SME Server 7.0 pre-release 2 is on its way to the mirrors." Changes since the previous pre-release: "Includes latest CentOS kernel and updates; reconfiguration reboot now requested after software installer updates; simple 'yum' wrapper added to remind people to reconfigure after using 'yum'; completion of change to contribs.org styling; updated French translation; bug fixes." Read the release announcement for further information. Download from here: smeserver-7.0pre2.iso (429MB, MD5).
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2006-01-10 |
Development Release: SME Server 7.0 Pre 1 |
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After nine beta releases, this is the first pre-release candidate of SME Server 7.0. What's new? "Test Internet Access now accesses contribs.org and only passes two pieces of information - the version installed on your server and a string used to differentiate your server from others using this test; server manager changed to use contribs.org branding; usernames of the form first.last and first_last are now allowed; the maximum length of user and group names has increased from twelve to 31; reconfiguration reboot added to 'Shutdown and Reboot' panel; automated conversion to RAID on upgrade feature removed; bug fixes." See the release announcement for more details. Download: smeserver-7.0pre1.iso (428MB, MD5).
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2005-10-10 |
Development Release: SME Server 7.0 Beta 5 |
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A new beta of SME Server 7.0 has been released for testing. What's new? "German translations; Italian translations; French translation fix-ups; Anaconda installer translations are still to be added to some screens; enhanced control for Webmail access; added the ability to set Corporate DNS Servers and specify domains to be resolved via the Corporate DNS Servers, Internet DNS Servers or locally; RAID conversion on upgrade re-added after installer changes; bug fixes." Read the brief changelog for details. Download: smeserver-7.0beta5.iso (419MB, MD5).
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2005-09-15 |
Development Release: SME Server 7.0 Beta 4 |
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The SME Server project continues on its road to the next major release - version 7.0: "SME Server 7.0beta4 is on its way to the mirrors. Changelog: enhanced options for POP and IMAP access; French translations of new panels; MySQL database restore fixes; various library bug fixes; PHP register_globals disabled; server-manager settings for ISP SMTP authentication; bug fixes. Thanks to testers and developers." See the release announcement for further information. Download from here: smeserver-7.0beta4.iso (399MB, MD5).
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2005-08-20 |
Development Release: SME Server 7.0 Beta 1 |
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After 26 alpha releases, the first beta of SME Server 7.0, now based on CentOS 4.x, has been released for download and testing. From the release announcement: "7.0beta1 is on its way to the mirrors. The major visible work has been in the installer, with lots of bug fixes under the covers. For those who have been holding off, it's time to start testing 7.0 - we think you'll like it. Please report any bugs to the bug tracker (and only there, please). Changes: use anaconda upgrade detection; boot straight into anaconda; remove KickStart configuration files (no longer used); hide many installer screens; clean up RPM dependencies and package lineage; removed some unused packages from CD image; many, many bug fixes." Download: smeserver-7.0beta1.iso (400MB, MD5).
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2005-01-19 |
Development Release: SME Server 6.5 Beta 1 |
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Lycoris has released the first beta of SME Server (formerly e-smith) 6.5: "Contribs.org is proud to announce the availability of SME Server 6.5 Beta. After carefully examining features, updates, stability and simplicity we are proud to share the public beta of SME Server 6.5. Please be aware that this is a beta and not intended for production use! It is known that many contribs will break due to skeleton and backend changes so once again, do not upgrade production machines! We call upon all users and all developers to test it, test it and test it." The full release announcement. Download: smeserver-6.5beta1-i386.iso (427MB). Lycoris, the developers of Desktop/LX, acquired SME Server in September 2004 and undertook to resume its development, and to provide both free and commercial editions of the server-oriented distribution.
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2004-03-17 |
Distribution Release: SME Server 6.0.1 |
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This is the first community release of SME Server (formerly e-smith): "We have just released the first contribs.org ISO of SME Server V6.0.1-01. SME Server 6.0.1-01 (aka 'takeoff') is the first community release of the former e-smith server distribution. This release contains mostly bugfixes and changes in appearance. We advise you to update your current e-smith servers with 'takeoff' from 5.5 and up. If you are using earlier versions of the e-smith distribution (e.g. prior to e-smith 5.5) please upgrade to version 5.6 prior to upgrading to 'takeoff'." The full announcement. Download: smeserver6.0.1-01-20040316.iso (334MB). The SME Server distribution was originally developed by Mitel, but the company discontinued the development of the freely available developer edition in December 2003.
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2003-12-10 |
Distribution Release: e-smith SME Server 6.0 |
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MITEL has announced the release of e-smith SME Server 6.0. From the release notes: "Mitel Networks is pleased to announce the availability of the final version of the 6.0 SME Server. The changes in this release include engineering improvements, a new look and feel and Spanish language support for the server manager web interface, and the inclusion of a port forwarding panel." Read the rest of the Release Notes for further information. Download: smeserver-6.0unsupported.iso (271MB). Earlier, MITEL announced that version 6.0 would be the company's last unsupported developer (i.e. freely downloadable) release. However, the SME Server user community has been setting up a project framework at contribs.org over the last few weeks to continue with the development; see The road ahead... for more information. Update: The ISO image has now been withdrawn due to missing kernel sources.
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2003-08-01 |
Development Release: e-smith SME Server 6.0 Beta 3 |
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The third beta of SME Server 6.0 has been released: "Mitel Networks is pleased to announce the availability of the third public beta of the unsupported developer release of version 6.0 of the SME Server. Changes from 6.0beta2 to 6.0beta3: the dovecot IMAP server has been upgraded with to the latest version (0.99.10) with a sort-by-date fix applied; memory limits for IMAP server processes have been relaxed (128MB per process) to allow reliable operation with mailboxes with very large numbers of very large messages; nn error with virtual domain to i-bay mapping in httpd.conf has been corrected; problems with modification of FTP access settings via the remote access panel have been corrected" You can find the complete changelog within the release announcement. Download: smeserver-6.0beta3-unsupported.iso (334MB).
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2003-06-20 |
Development Release: e-smith SME Server 6.0 Beta 2 |
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The second public beta of the upcoming SME Server (e-smith) 6.0 has been released: "Mitel Networks is pleased to announce the availability of the second public beta of the unsupported developer release of version 6.0 of the SME Server. The changes in this release include engineering improvements, a new look and feel and Spanish language support for the server manager web interface, and the inclusion of a port forwarding panel. Comments or bug reports should be sent to smebugs@mitel.com." Read the announcement for further details and complete list of changes. Please note that the ftp.esmith.org server has been taken down indefinitely and the ISO images are now distributed exclusively from SME Server mirror sites; unfortunately only the Hungarian mirror seems to have the beta2 ISO image at the time of writing: smeserver-6.0beta2-unsupported.iso (334MB).
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2003-06-14 |
Development Release: e-smith SME Server 6.0 Beta 1 |
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Development of SME Server (formerly e-smith) continues with the first beta release of version 6.0: "Mitel Networks is pleased to announce the availability of the first public alpha of version 6.0 of the SME Server. The changes in this release comprise primarily engineering improvements, with one new feature. The kernel has been updated to RedHat's 2.4.20-18.7 version (the latest available for RedHat 7.3), for improved reliability, security and hardware compatibility. The installer now always installs both the SMP and uniprocessor kernels." Read the rest of the release notes for further details. Download: smeserver-6.0dev-unsupported.iso (334MB).
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2003-01-15 |
Distribution Release: SME Server (e-smith) 5.6 |
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From the SME Server (formerly e-smith) announcement: "Mitel Networks is pleased to announce the availability of the unsupported developer release of version 5.6 of the SME Server. We strongly recommend all users upgrade to this release. This release is based on the Linux 2.4 kernel, uses the "ext3" journalling filesystem, has enhanced Windows and Macintosh client support and the packet filtering code has been upgraded to include stateful packet inspection." The announcement, release notes and download: smeserver-5.6unsupported.iso (377MB). Mitel Networks also provides a fully supported, commercial release of SME Server 5.6; more information on this page.
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