14 DAY TRIAL // SME Server, a simple, powerful, and secure Linux server for networking and communications for small and medium enterprises, is now at version 8.1 Beta 3.
SME Server 8.1 Beta 3 is based on CentOS 5.10 and contains a lot of improvements, changes, and new features.
“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,” reads the official announcement.
Highlights of SME Server 8.1 Beta 3:
• The base distribution has been updated to CentOS 5.10; • The footer copyright has been updated and the full copyright text has been renewed; • The latest version of Dar, 2.4.11, has been implemented for workstation backup; • To increase reliability of backups to a Microsoft Vista drive, a one-second delay was added to the backup. This issue is not seen on the newer Microsoft; • After a restore from the console, the post-upgrade event is now performed correctly; • vfs_shadow_copy has been replaced with vfs_shadow_copy2 for shadow snapshots; • A Windows network performance enhancements registry file, that can help Windows slow logons, has been added; • ServerName (Samba netbios name) is now updated when the SystemName is renewed; • A workaround has been added for a deficiency in the proftpd package where it does not handle longlines correctly in its configuration file; • A missing dependency on openldap-servers has been added; • The mail server has been updated to the latest Antivirus, ClamAV, 0.98.
A complete changelog can be found in the official announcement. Download SME Server 8.1 Beta 3 right now from Softpedia.
Remember that this is a development version and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended for testing purposes only.