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[Discuss] Home server



BTW, running an image is an option. You can also do an install to a
dedicated drive/SSD as well. Smallest you can find, so cheap, as long as you
can set your system to boot from it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Discuss [mailto:discuss-bounces+joe=polcari.com at blu.org] On Behalf Of
Joe Polcari
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 11:54 AM
To: 'Richard Pieri'; discuss at blu.org
Subject: Re: [Discuss] Home server

Automatic updates - well checking, it still requires you to say 'do it'.

-----Original Message-----
From: Discuss [mailto:discuss-bounces+joe=polcari.com at blu.org] On Behalf Of
Richard Pieri
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 10:30 AM
To: discuss at blu.org
Subject: Re: [Discuss] Home server

On 1/26/2015 12:59 AM, Joe Polcari wrote:
> FreeNAS is all of that and built for storage and file sharing with a web
> interface.

FreeNAS runs as an embedded OS. You don't install it; you dump the image 
to a USB flash drive and boot from that. Very simple to deploy, much 
pain to install security updates. PC-BSD and TrueOS are full 
installations like vanilla FreeBSD. More work to install, less hassle to 
update.

-- 
Rich P.
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