14 DAY TRIAL // Softpedia was informed by Alessio Fattorini from the CentOS-based NethServer Linux operating system about the availability of the second Beta development milestone of the upcoming NethServer 7 release.
The first Beta of NethServer 7 "Bruschetta" was released on July 13, 2016, so it took the developers exactly two months to push a new Beta out the door for early adopters and public beta testers who either want to help them fix bugs and polish existing features, or just get an early taste of what's coming in the server-oriented distribution.
Being fully in sync with the CentOS 7 Linux repositories, NethServer 7 Beta 2 is here today, September 12, 2016, to add support for the Nextcloud 10 self-hosting cloud server platform, support for implementing advanced static routes with specific selection of metric and device, as well as to force a default gateway. It also adds a brand new bandwidth monitoring module called BandwidthD, along with a POP3 connector module.
"Nextcloud is a new open source project that makes a private cloud platform at your home, it was born as a fork of the well-known OwnCloud project to reboot it in a better way," says Alessio Fattorini in the official release announcement. "NethServer has switched to Nextcloud from version 7 and developers have built the software packages for the community to easy install and update the app."
Reverse proxy and USB installation improvements
As for the improvements implemented in the NethServer 7 Beta 2 release, we can notice that the reverse proxy feature can now be fully configured via a new web-based interface, the USB installation has been updated and it should work a lot better now, and the Software Collections (SLC) repository has been enabled by default so you can install many of the packages available upstream in the CentOS Linux repos more easily.
The Software Center was improved as well, making it easier for packages to be removed, Let’s Encrypt support was updated, the Apache configuration implementation has been refactored, and components like Samba, DHCP, Roundcube, SSSD configuration, certificate management, firewall, and home binding were also updated. Download NethServer 7 Beta 2 right now via our website, but please keep in mind that it's a pre-release version, not to be used in production environments.
