Windows Home Server – Is It Really Worth It?
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| Sadly, Home Server does not support Mac or Linux – yet. Mac OS X Leapord's
| Time Machine program is supposed to have support for Home Server, but for
| Linux, there doesn't seem to be much hope. Sure, Linux users could access it
| through a server message block, but I was hoping for an actual program.
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http://blogs.pcworld.com/communityvoices/archives/2007/08/windows_home_se.html
How typical. Microsoft ignored everything but Microsoft. The reviewer does not
like the product. He joins many others with similar sentiments.
Related:
Who needs Windows Home Server with Linux around?
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| Is this a joke? I only recently started paying attention to Windows Home
| Server, since I tend to focus more on desktop operating systems and
| enterprise server systems. So I didn't realize until now that WHS is really
| just a vanilla file server.
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS9015653445.html
Will bad backups doom Windows Home Server?
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| Microsoft just announced it's working on Windows Home Server, which
| among other features, will automatically back up files on all PCs in
| the home. But if the product uses the same kind of brain-dead backup
| built into Windows Vista, this is a product that will be dead on arrival.
|
| The backup tool built into Windows Vista may be the worst utility
| every packed into an operating system. It doesn't allow you to back
| up individual files, folders or even file types. Instead, you have to
| back up every single file and folder of broad generic types.
|
| For example, if you want to back up a single picture, you have to back
| up every single graphic of every graphic file type on your entire PC,
| including all the graphics that Vista itself uses. This means you can
| be forced to back up hundreds of gigabytes of files if you only want
| to back up a few family photos.
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http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/4303
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| In an entry on the Home Server blog, program manager Chris Sullivan
| said that the group has received nearly 2,400 bug reports so far from
| beta testers, and still had 495, or about 21% of the total, classified
| as "active."
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9014183&intsrc=news_ts_head
Review: Excito Bubba home server
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| The Bubba is built around a 160MHz processor, which is only one tenth as fast
| as a notebook computer's chip, but it uses a special version of the Linux
| operating system rather than Windows, which means it's more than up to the
| task.
|
| Despite Linux having a fearsome reputation as being hard to set up and use,
| setting up the Bubba was simple, as long as your router uses DHCP (this is
| switched on by default for most routers).
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http://www.vnunet.com/computeractive/hardware/2196911/review-excito-bubba-home-server
Multipurpose home server gains power, features
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| Quad Micro Works is prepping a second release of its Linux-based
| multipurpose home network, gateway, and server appliance. The new
| "Square One Personal Server" will integrate an 802.11g access point,
| along with a 4-port router and file, print, and Web servers.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2053358509.html
Compelling Linux server slithers into the open
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| Given the compact size of the Slug (it's smaller than most of
| the hard disk enclosures that plug into it), the low power
| consumption and the range of software available, it makes for
| a pretty compelling little Linux server, particularly for
| developers.
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http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/05/24/slug_linux_server/
Hardware Review: Bubba - The Linux-Based Mini Server
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| Microsoft would like you to think that their new Home Server products
| are something new; affordable devices that sit quietly in the corner
| of your home, providing network backup for your most important files,
| and streaming your media around your home. While Home Server is
| definitely a new approach for Microsoft, it's a niche that their
| nemesis Linux has been filling for some time. If Microsoft wanted
| a masterclass on how to craft their latest assault of consumers'
| homes, they should look to Excito and their Bubba Mini Server.
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http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/05/21/213437.php
Server device deemed "best Linux-based product"
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| Bubba is a compact, fanless server appliance with an internal hard
| drive up to 500GB, a 200MHz ARM processor, and a fully customizable
| Debian Linux operating system.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6475002954.html
Compact, fanless home server runs Debian Linux
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| A small company in Sweden is shipping a low-power, ultra-quiet
| Linux file and print server based on Debian Linux. Excito's
| "Bubba" is based on a 200MHz ARM processor, and comes equipped
| with 80GB to 500GB drives plus a customizable OS featuring a
| handy torrent/http/ftp download manager.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4105652894.html
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