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| The Koozali SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of | | The Koozali SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of |
| SME Server 10 Alpha 2 which will be the next major release of SME Server. | | SME Server 10 Alpha 2 which will be the next major release of SME Server. |
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| This release is based on CentOS 7. CentOS 7.# has an EOL of 30 June 2024. | | This release is based on CentOS 7. CentOS 7.# has an EOL of 30 June 2024. |
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| but those who can are encouraged to load the alpha to a dedicated test machine | | but those who can are encouraged to load the alpha to a dedicated test machine |
| and take part in the testing phase. | | and take part in the testing phase. |
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| Some notes on Koozali SME Server 10 can be found at | | Some notes on Koozali SME Server 10 can be found at |
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| a non-profit corporation that exists to provide marketing and legal support | | a non-profit corporation that exists to provide marketing and legal support |
| for SME Server. | | for SME Server. |
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| SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and | | SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and |
| is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community. | | 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 |
| 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 donation to offset costs and fund further development. | | As such, we ask for a donation to offset costs and fund further development. |
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| a) If you are a school, a church, a non-profit organisation or an individual | | a) If you are a school, a church, a non-profit organisation or an individual |
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| within your means toward the costs associated with hosting, maintenance and | | within your means toward the costs associated with hosting, maintenance and |
| development. | | development. |
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| b) If you are a company or an integrator and you are deploying SME Server in | | b) If you are a company or an integrator and you are deploying SME Server in |
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| commensurate with the level of revenue you generate and the number of servers | | commensurate with the level of revenue you generate and the number of servers |
| your have in the field. Please, help the project | | your have in the field. Please, help the project |
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| Please visit https://wiki.koozali.org/Donate to donate. | | Please visit https://wiki.koozali.org/Donate to donate. |
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| In-place upgrades are not supported. It is necessary to backup and then restore. | | In-place upgrades are not supported. It is necessary to backup and then restore. |
| (Remember, testing purpose only) | | (Remember, testing purpose only) |
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| The spare handling for RAID arrays is not implemented. | | The spare handling for RAID arrays is not implemented. |
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| USB installs are now supported, see: https://wiki.koozali.org/Install_From_USB | | USB installs are now supported, see: https://wiki.koozali.org/Install_From_USB |
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| Current installer is still branded CentOS. A kickstart script allow to go through the graphical installation process. If your disk is not empty, you will need to use the Anaconda interface to format it and partition it. If it is empty all is automatic. You will have to set twice your root password: one during Anaconda installation (you could use a lame password), a second time in the Koozali SME server configuration process. | | Current installer is still branded CentOS. A kickstart script allow to go through the graphical installation process. If your disk is not empty, you will need to use the Anaconda interface to format it and partition it. If it is empty all is automatic. You will have to set twice your root password: one during Anaconda installation (you could use a lame password), a second time in the Koozali SME server configuration process. |
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| General features | | General features |
| - Based on CentOS 7.2.1511 and all available updates | | - Based on CentOS 7.2.1511 and all available updates |
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| Detailed changes in this release | | Detailed changes in this release |
| Only the changes since SME Server 10 Alpha1 are listed, mainly | | Only the changes since SME Server 10 Alpha1 are listed, mainly |
| autogenerated from the changelogs. | | autogenerated from the changelogs. |
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| Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are | | Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are |