Amahi Blog

As you know, in addition of all the dozens of app updates (follow in real time @ app updates page), we have been discussing how to improve the media server features of Amahi for a bit.

We have:

• AmahiTunes (being fixed at this time) as an audio server for iTunes/Rhythmbox
• uShare, which is a UPnP server and delivers streamed content to the Xbox, the PS3 and other clients
• Squeezebox Server, to stream your music to a wide range of Logitech devices
• As well, of course, Amahi has one of the best share management systems for Samba, which you can use with the most excellent VLC, MediaPortal or XBMC front ends (as well as many other players).

In that front, we now proudly introduce the Amahi DLNA media server. It’s a port to Amahi of the excellent MiniDLNA server, released by an employee of Netgear.

This app is in Beta (active users enrolled in the tester program have access to test it), and so far we hear that it is working really well for even full 1080p content across a variety of clients like Xbox, PS3 and even thin hardware players like the WD TV Live or the Asus O!Play Air or even the Sony Bravia, Samsung TVs with DLNA clients in them!

This server has the advantage of periodically detecting new files (as opposed to uShare), and it supports more media formats, so it’s virtually maintenance-free!

We wanted to drop a quick “kudos” to all testers who are helping with it!

So, DLNA me Baby! We look forward to releasing it live for everyone in the community so that you can play your media again and again!

You know our favorite brainstorm here at Amahi:

“What can we do to make our users lives simpler?”

We put ourselves in your shoes and envisioned these same thoughts.

“How am I ever going to get all of this data organized?”
“There has to be great software out there that I can bring in to help!”

We’ve got it! Give you more apps, better functionality, increased features, and a smoother experience all, on a reliable, proven Linux platform! We are all about enabling you the user to use your network the way you want to! We’re proud to bring you a student information system, a web based accounting system, content management system and a web-based torrent client all for your use on your network!

Read on for more!

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Torrentflux b4rt

Torrentflux-b4rt is a web based transfer control client.

Torrentflux-b4rt allows you to control your internet downloads / transfers from anywhere using a highly configurable web based front end.

Feature List:

• Supports multiple internet transfer protocols, Unified transfer control
• Transfer statistics and logging
• Uploading and injection of metafiles (.torrent, .wget, .nzb files)
• and much more…

* Requires that the RPMFusion apps be installed BEFORE installing torrentflux-b4rt

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openSIS
openSIS, is a “Student Information System” that rivals costly commercial alternatives in looks, functionality, ease of use and administration.

openSIS is the centerpiece of an evolving set of integrated open source administrative and curriculum tools.

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webERP
webERP is a complete web based accounting/ERP system that requires only a web-browser and pdf reader to use.

It has a wide range of features suitable for many businesses particularly distributed businesses in wholesale and distribution.

An accounting system, more than any other system, needs to be reliable. The webERP code has been extensively peer reviewed but more importantly extensively tested in the field. The result is rock solid stability and a program that does exactly as it is supposed to.
All development is reviewed and the project is led by UK qualified Chartered Accountants both with experience in senior management roles in business. The emphasis is on practical features that businesses really need.

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Family Connections
Family Connections (commonly refered to as FCMS) is an open source content management system (cms).  A CMS is an application that allows people to create and maintain a website without having to know HTML.
What makes FCMS different from other CMS applications is that FCMS was designed specifically for families. Now this doesn’t mean you can’t use it just like any other CMS, but it’s main goal is to be an easy to use family website application.

Features:

• Share photos on the Photo Gallery
• Communicate with friends and family on the Message Board
• Keep track of reunions, birthdays and anniversaries on the Calendar
• Store addresses and phone numbers in the Address Book
• Create a blog with the Family News section
• Share your favorite side dishes, desserts and more on the Recipes section

These apps are just the newest tools in your arsenal of digital independence.

It’s your network! We work hard to keep it that way!

Cheers!

The Amahi Team

WHAT!?!? 5.1 is here already? With fewer bugs?

You bet your knickers it is! The 5.1 release brings new and exciting enhancements to the Amahi platform, improving on the 5.0 release (our most successful ever)!

Q: Didn’t you just release 5.0? – A: Yes!

Q: What is new in the Amahi 5.1 release?

A: Have you ever been in an airport and thought “Oh no!! I didn’t turn off the server!”  No worries! You now have the capability of shutting down (or rebooting) your HDA remotely from the dashboard! We also have fixes in user creation, DNS resolution across the VPN, a much improved diskmounter script, improvements to the installer for Amahi in the cloud (VPS – Virtual Private Servers) and more …

Amahi 5.1 also adds Portugese/Portugal support to the supported languages and improves Polish support. We also started the Japanese localization. This will make Amahi supported in 20 languages!

Check out the full list in the release notes or read below for the gory details. In the mean time, as many of you know, we have been discussing how to improve the media server features of Amahi. We continue integration testing on a DNLA server, which is proving to work quite well!

Enjoy the 5.1 release! If you have Amahi 5.0, you get 5.1 automatically. If you have Amahi 4 (Fedora 10) here is a quick guide on transitioning to Amahi 5.

The lowdown of those pesky critters fixed in the 5.1 release ..

A minor bug in the Fedora Project affected our 5.0 release as a result of Fedora 12. Namely you could only create a user with all lower case, there could not be one capital letter we filed bug 550732 though it is believed to be fixed on Fedora 13.

The DNS subsystem will support resolution over the VPN connection to your HDA (this means you can more reliably use your webapps while VPN’d into your HDA). This resolves bug 400 which has been a long standing issue. NO MORE! It’s your network and we’re making it easier for you to use it!

There is a a newly added diskmounter script (called hda-diskmount), bundled out of the box, so  it’s much easier to access than the older one in the wiki. Simultaneously, this substantially improves the way the diskmount script sets up mounts and suggests how to mount them permanently in your HDA!

It’s your network and we help you keep it that way! We have been working hard to bring you the most reliable and secure platform of a home server out there.

Cheers!

The Amahi Team

The past year has been exciting for Amahi, with some very important milestone achievements with our applications. We’ve moved from just native Amahi applications and have been producing one-click  applications from the Open Souce/GNU community for a good while. We’ve gone from less than 20 applications to many, many more!

In keeping with the spirit of our New Year’s Resolution of bringing you, more and more of the very best applications for your one-click pleasure, we are happy to announce the release of a web based chess client, an RSS aggregator, and a bookmark application.

Do you have an Application that you would like to see soon on your HDA? If so check here first, but if the app isn’t on our list then suggest it here.

The Amahi team wishes you a Joyous and Happy New Year!

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WebChess
WebChess is an open source chess application which will allow you to play chess over the internet.
Key Features:

• Graphical user interface, No client download or java – will operate through firewalls
• Persistent Games, Move history, Undo, Choice of board and piece themes
• Move validation, including check, pawn promotion, castling and en-passant

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Tiny Tiny RSS
Tiny Tiny RSS is a web-based news feed (RSS/Atom) aggregator, designed to allow you to read news from any location, while feeling as close to a real desktop application as possible.
Features:

• Server-side application, user only needs a web browser
• Supports RSS, RDF, Atom feeds using Magpie library
• and much more….

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Online Bookmarks
Did you ever want to access your private Favorites while being at work or to share your link collection with others? With Online-Bookmarks you have the possibility to gain a multiuser Bookmark management system that keeps Bookmarks, Favorites and Links online, where they actually are needed.  Share site experiences with others in a social-bookmarking manner or keep your bookmarks private and safe as you like. The user has the ability to also import/export Favorites from and to the most common browsers, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Opera and Netscape.
Features:

• One click bookmark add button to browsers toolbar
• Download and display favicons, Public Bookmarks and Folders, Multiuser
• Folder structure in arbitrary depth
• Import/Export from/to MS Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Opera and Netscape

NOW GET INSTALLING!!!

“Rolling, … rolling, …  rolling on the river…”*

The Amahi Team is at it again. Rolling out 5.0 first, then it was four new apps, and now more! We know what you’re thinking… (we’re thinking it too) do those guys at Amahi ever sleep?

The short answer is occasionally! We’re busy working on Amahi 5.1 and bringing you all of these new applications for your enjoyment. We start with the very popular SqueezeCenter! Enjoy the Holidays and read on ….

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Squeezebox Server

Logitech introduces Squeezebox Server 7 (formerly SqueezeCenter and SlimServer) is a powerful and free Open Source software. Not only will it power any Squeezebox™ or Transporter®, but also any software MP3 player on your network.

This robust Open Source software includes contributions from a worldwide community of developers who are driven by the desire to work on exciting projects. The efforts of Logitech’s Open Source community results in rapid development and a rich set of features, evolving in response to user feedback.

Squeezebox Server Software

• Web Interface—control the player and manage playlists from a web browser
• MP3 & WMA Internet radio
• Alarm clock
• and much more…

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phpMan
phpMan is a unix Man page / Perldoc / Info page Web Interface runs on PHP 4.2 above. One file script makes it easier to read man pages which is lengthy and require you to use ‘more’ or ‘pg’ filters. This app allows you to search any command to get info on said command or get the manual for it (ie man). Just try it if you feel hard to remember the command for page back or need to dump man page into text/html format.

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Adminer
Adminer (formerly phpMinAdmin) is a full-featured MySQL management tool written in PHP. Conversely to phpMyAdmin, it consist of a single file ready to deploy to the target server.
Features for Adminer include:

• Connect to a database server with username and password
• Select an existing database or create a new one
• and much much more

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Clipperz
You can think of Clipperz as your web Rolodex, a card index where you can enter any sort of confidential data without worrying about security. It can be used to store and freely organize passwords, confidential notes, burglar alarm codes, credit and debit card details, PINs, software keys, etc.
Clipperz does solve the “password fatigue” and make the Internet the most convenient and safe place to store private and sensitive data. However since passwords are the most common type of sensitive information that you need to protect, we added a lot of functionalities to make Clipperz the best online password manager.

Features

• One-click login – Users can store the details of their online services into Clipperz and quickly create a “direct login” link for each of them: just one click to authenticate and access the online service without typing any username and password.
• Offline copy – Users can dump their encrypted data from Clipperz servers to a local hard disk or USB drive and create a read-only portable version of Clipperz to be used when no Internet connection is available. Clipperz offline copy can also be easily moved to a USB drive.
• Clipperz Compact – A stripped down edition designed for the Firefox sidebar. It makes “direct logins” even more addictive! And it works with Opera panels too.

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phpYahtzee
PHP Yahtzee is a web based single player Yahtzee game.

The object of the game is to score the most points by rolling five dice to make certain combinations. The dice can be rolled up to three times in a turn to try to make one of the thirteen possible scoring combinations.

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Enjoy the holidays!

The Amahi Team

* We here at Amahi like all sorts of eclectic things and Creedance Clearwater Revival and Tina Turner comes to mind for this latest release.  CCR, (and then later Tina Turner in her smash hit in 1971) belted the amazing lyrics of “And we’re rolling, rolling on the river …”