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| − | | align=left valign=top cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style="background-color: #ffff99;" | '''Current Stable Release:''' | + | | |
| − | [[SME Server:8.0 |SME Server 8.0]] released on 25th May 2012
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| − | [[SME Server:8.1|SME Server 8.1 Beta 2]] released on 14th October 2013 [[SME_Server_9.0_Development|SME Server 9 Beta 2]] released on 9th November 2013.
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| − | {{Tip box|Read more in a review by The Register: [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/17/review_sme_server/ SME Server: A Linux server OS that's had 11 years to improve], November 17, 2010}}
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| − | ===SME Server===
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| − | Welcome to http://contribs.org, the home of the SME Server. We're here to provide collaborative documentation of the SME Server project.
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| − | SME Server is a leading Open Source distribution for small and medium enterprises. It is a simple, powerful, secure Linux server for networking and communicating, used by thousands of individuals, companies and organizations all over the world. SME Server provides a friendly, free alternative to expensive proprietary software, standing apart from the competition by shipping with most common functionality preconfigured, and features a number of popular additional enhancements in the form of downloadable [[:Category:Contrib| Contributions]]. | + | [[SME Server:9.2|'''Koozali SME Server 9.2''']] released on May 2nd 2017.<br> Dedicated to [[Tony_Keane|Tony Keane]]. |
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| | + | '''Current 10.0 series Alpha release:''' |
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| − | SME Server is built on [http://www.centos.org CentOS] using the publicly available open source [http://www.redhat.com Red Hat] Enterprise Linux sources. It's advantages include:
| + | [[SME Server:10.0Alpha5|'''Koozali SME Server 10.0 Alpha5''']] released on June 18th 2020. |
| − | * Simple to set up and use
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| − | * Secure and stable to operate
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| − | * Cross platform and extendible to meet future needs
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| − | * Open source and Free to use
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| − | SME Server provides the following standard functionality (See [[SME_Server:About|About SME Server]] for more detail): | |
| − | * Ease of Administration
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| − | * File and print sharing
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| − | * Sharing of a single Internet connection between multiple computers
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| − | * A robust email server, which includes virus and spam filtering and webmail
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| − | * A network firewall to protect against Internet intruders
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| − | * Secure remote access
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| − | * Directory services
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| − | * Web application server, including support for Apache, MySQL, PHP and Python (LAMPP)
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| − | * RAID and Backup
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| − | * Automatic updates
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| − | * Extendibility
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| − | * Support for multiple languages
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| − | * and much more ...
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| − | all managed through an intuitive web interface
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| − | The wiki menu bar at the left together with the links to the right provide comprehensive access to all the available Documentation for SME Server including details of the [[SME_Server:Community|Community]], [[SME_Server:Documentation|Server Manuals]] (including screenshots), [[SME_Server:Documentation:FAQ|FAQ]], [[:Category:Contrib|Contribs]] and [[:Category:Howto|How To's]]. There are also links for [[:SME_Server:Download|Downloads]], [http://bugs.contribs.org Bugzilla] to report any bugs, and the vibrant user community [http://forums.contribs.org Forums].
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| − | Many individuals and corporations contribute to the ongoing development of SME Server, which is made available freely under the GNU General Public License. This license requires the public release of any modifications to the server, and allows these to be used to improve later versions.
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| − | While SME Server is freely available under the GPL license, if you find SME Server useful we ask that you make a [[:Donate| Donation]] in order to help keep this project alive.
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| − | ====Support====
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| − | Support for SME Server is via the [[SME_Server:Community|Community]] and it is highly recommended that you make yourself familiar with it and the [[SME_Server:Documentation|Documentation]] (read this at least twice) before diving in. You should also read the [[SME_Server:Advice|Advice]] for new and existing users.
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| − | The three main methods of support available are:
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| − | ; [[:SME_Server:Documentation |Documentation]]:
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| − | * The Wiki documentation is the primary source of information for SME Server. This should always be your first port of call when seeking help and support for SME Server
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| − | * 'Google' is your friend (as well as all other internet search engines)
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| − | ; [http://bugs.contribs.org Bugzilla]:
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| − | * If you do something and it doesn't 'just work', or it doesn't work as per the Wiki, raise a [http://bugs.contribs.org Bug]<br />
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| − | * If you want to do, or are trying to do, something which is not ''standard'' SME or not in the Wiki, ask in the [http://forums.contribs.org Forums]
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| − | * For more information on Bugzilla see the [[:Bugzilla Help]] page.
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| − | {{Note box|The place of choice of the Developers to solve problems is [http://bugs.contribs.org Bugzilla], so don't be afraid to use it. | |
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| − | ; [http://forums.contribs.org Forums]:
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| − | * Use the [http://forums.contribs.org Forums] if you want advice on how to do something not covered in the Wiki <br />
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| − | * Post to the [http://forums.contribs.org Forums] if you found or did something, and you think other people might find it interesting or helpful to share <br />
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| − | * If you don't know how to do something, or don't understand the Wiki, ask in the [http://forums.contribs.org Forums] <br />
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| − | * If you report a problem in the forums, and it relates to how ''standard'' SME Server, a Contributed Add-on or Howto should work, you will more than likely be directed to raise it as a [http://bugs.contribs.org Bug] to be given structured advice and help you resolve it
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| − | :'''For Koozali SME Server'''
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| − | |'''[[:SME_Server:Documentation|Additional Documentation]]''' <br />
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| − | [[SME_Server:Documentation| Documentation]] - The official Manual<br />
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| − | [[:SME_Server:Documentation:FAQ|FAQ]] - Frequently Asked Questions <br />
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| − | [[:Category:Howto|HowTo's]] - Specific Help, Instructions and Tutorials
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| − | |'''[[:Category:Contrib|Contributions]]''' <br />
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| − | [[:Category:Contrib|Contribs]] - SME Server Contributed add-on packages
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| − | |'''[http://bugs.contribs.org/ Bugzilla ]'''<br />
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| − | |'''[http://forums.contribs.org/ Forums ]'''<br />
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| − | |'''Contribs and Howto's rated by Skill Level <br />
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| − | [[:Category:Easy|Easy]] <br />
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| − | |'''Wiki Help''' <br />
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| − | [[Help:Contents|Help]] with reading and editing this Wiki <br />
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| − | [[Template:Languages| Language]] Template and Translation Help for this Wiki <br />
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| − | [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents#For_editors|Full MediaWiki Help] with editing MediaWiki's generally
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