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Welcome, Apple home server, Windows 7! October 22

Filed under Developers, HDA News by cpg | 5 comments

Yummy new products from Apple and Microsoft this week!

Windows 7’s launch today brings new life to PCs. Upgrading from that old XP box to a new Windows 7 box? Don’t throw the old out! Install Amahi and make Windows 7 come alive!

Windows 7 works quite well with Amahi, we will show you how soon.

How about the new Mac Mini Server, eh? Nice!

Wwwwwait!? It starts at $1000? And you have to administer Leopard server?

Hmmm … these days you can get a lot of hardware for that money. And of course, we install Amahi on it

Amahi has been around for a long time, works on even your old hardware, and serves your current Mac just as well as the new Mac Mini Server!

One click installs of over 100 web applications, the proven stability of the Linux kernel, built in remote access through VPN on even a non-dedicated IP, and a fraction of the cost.

The Mac server gives you file sharing, Instant Messaging, an Address Book, email, a calendar and a webserver. Are these one-click apps? Where is the media server? A backup utility? Where is the DVD drive?

Let’s check Amahi and the under the hood:

• One click installs of over 100 top notch web applications
• Modern PCs/Macs/Linux PCs capture TV to your computer — store it on an Amahi server and stream it to your whole house
• Stream your music files from Amahi to any PC/Mac/Linux box on your network
• Backup your files from any home computer to Amahi, reliably
• VPN (for Mac, Windows and Linux!) and Dynamic DNS, included in every install, make your Amahi box available from anywhere in the World. Stay in touch with people at home
• Amahi reinvigorates your old hardware. Windows 7 too big for your old machine? Don’t give it to the kids! Install Amahi and bring the whole house together
• The Mac Mini Server starts at $1000. With Amahi you can get the same power for half the cost or twice the power for the same cost.
• Need help? Want an answer right now? The forums and the IRC chat rooms are available when tech support is busy.
• Want a household wiki? Private wikis are immediately available as soon as Amahi is up and running!
• Constant development of Amahi and the plugin apps. Want to see something?

Send us a suggestion! We develop based on what you want in a server, not what market surveys say

5 comments

1. pjcrux Oct 22

   I cannot begin to state how much I love Amahi. This is by far the best home server out there. Nothing fancy, nothing to administer. You install Linux and Amahi at the same time, pick which apps you want. And then… You walk away! no more having to administer updates or cycle times for maintenance.

   We have people running on everything from P3, Dual Core Atom, Phenom; from 512MB to 8GB and beyond; 40GB HDD to RAID5 arrays.

   It’s your network!! RECLAIM IT!!!

2. Muad’Dib Oct 22

   What he said. I’ve been running Amahi since I discovered it about 10 weeks ago. I went with it for a home server because it was brain dead simple to install (do a plain vanilla Fedora install and run one command after that). I liked that to use (administer) it I wouln’t have to master arcane details like I would have had to with OpenFiler or FreeNas. What keeps me a fan is all the cool apps you guys keep finding and adding. Amahi and the volunteers who run the project really rock.

3. bk Oct 22

   I have to say, Amahi is the BEST home server on the market (per my review, hehe) and selling a home server for $1k is…well…ridiculous to say the least.

   I tell you what, Apple has just released a new line of iMac’s, their new MacBook, and a new, faster Mini (not including the server here). So if your a Mini owner currently, and just think you “have to have” this “Mini Server”, do this for me:

   1. Take that now slow and outdated Mini you have sitting in front of you, and turn THAT into your Amahi server, it will run Amahi LIKE A CHAMP.

   2. Go out and buy yourself a NEW Mini, MacBook or iMac, and use that as a new desktop, save you some money and time. Oh and mind I add, you will get a lot more features with that “old mini” that is now a SERVER.

   I am FAR from a Mac hater, but $1000 for a box without the ability to install what you want on it, and NO DVD DRIVE? I would NEVER buy it. Apple, in my opinion, has very nice hardware/software. But leave the server market up to Linux, and hell, even Microsoft (cough).

4. Fabian Oct 25

   [..] Windows 7 works quite well with Amahi, we will show you how soon. [..]

   Here’s to hoping that means Windows 7 PDC compability.

   And yeah, Amahi is great.

5. carlos Oct 25

   According to what we have looked at (see bug 282) it looks like Fedora 12 does have the proper Samba version (> 3.3.4) to support PDC on Windows 7.

   We are talking about moving to Fedoda 12 and skipping Fedora 11 as a supported platform.

   This is another reason

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