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A. Here is what I got
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Gabe Newell confirms the company is working on hardware to compete with next generation consoles.
Valve is known for keeping their cards close to the vest, but every once and awhile, founder Gabe Newell opens up a bit. The legendary CEO was on hand at Friday nightâs VGA awards, and confirmed during an interview with Kotaku that a Steam Box would go head to head with the next generation of consoles.
Valve seems to have been empowered by consumer interest in âbig picture modeâ, and is actively researching new and interesting ways to make PCs work better in the living room. The fact that Steam now runs on Linux could also help keep costs down. The prospect of a Steam Box in the living room brings to mind endless possibilities, but Newell was careful to manage our expectations when it comes to added functionality.
"Well certainly our hardware will be a very controlled environment," he said. "If you want more flexibility, you can always buy a more general purpose PC. For people who want a more turnkey solution, that's what some people are really gonna want for their living room. The nice thing about a PC is a lot of different people can try out different solutions, and customers can find the ones that work best for them."
A locked down Steam Box running Linux probably wouldnât be all that useful, however, Newell made it clear that third party OEMâs were welcome to join the party as well.
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Gabe Newell confirms the company is working on hardware to compete with next generation consoles.
Valve is known for keeping their cards close to the vest, but every once and awhile, founder Gabe Newell opens up a bit. The legendary CEO was on hand at Friday nightâs VGA awards, and confirmed during an interview with Kotaku that a Steam Box would go head to head with the next generation of consoles.
Valve seems to have been empowered by consumer interest in âbig picture modeâ, and is actively researching new and interesting ways to make PCs work better in the living room. The fact that Steam now runs on Linux could also help keep costs down. The prospect of a Steam Box in the living room brings to mind endless possibilities, but Newell was careful to manage our expectations when it comes to added functionality.
"Well certainly our hardware will be a very controlled environment," he said. "If you want more flexibility, you can always buy a more general purpose PC. For people who want a more turnkey solution, that's what some people are really gonna want for their living room. The nice thing about a PC is a lot of different people can try out different solutions, and customers can find the ones that work best for them."
A locked down Steam Box running Linux probably wouldnât be all that useful, however, Newell made it clear that third party OEMâs were welcome to join the party as well.
What is the best and easiest-to-manage Linux OS / POP / SMTP server for a novice Linux administrator?
Q. I am a novice Linux server admin (I can us SSH, vi, cron, and understand config files), but I am willing to learn. However, I do not have hundreds of hours to research and learn all the ins-and-outs of Linux. I need something fairly turnkey:
What is the best server software that will do all or most of the following:
- POP3 server
- SMTP server
- Webmail server (with good standard features, like WYSIWYG editor, attachments, etc.)
- Web-based end-user configuration tools
- Anti-virus
- Anti-spam (blacklists and whitelists & RBL support required, spam filtering logic a plus)
- Authentication data stored in a database for easy management.
- POP-before-SMTP authentication
Similarly, I need to pick the best Linux OS to run this puppy on. I would like an OS with a wizard install, and one with adequate security for a publicly accessible server.
Last of all, it would be great if all of the above would be freely available for commercial use.
Thanks for your help!
What is the best server software that will do all or most of the following:
- POP3 server
- SMTP server
- Webmail server (with good standard features, like WYSIWYG editor, attachments, etc.)
- Web-based end-user configuration tools
- Anti-virus
- Anti-spam (blacklists and whitelists & RBL support required, spam filtering logic a plus)
- Authentication data stored in a database for easy management.
- POP-before-SMTP authentication
Similarly, I need to pick the best Linux OS to run this puppy on. I would like an OS with a wizard install, and one with adequate security for a publicly accessible server.
Last of all, it would be great if all of the above would be freely available for commercial use.
Thanks for your help!
A. There is a fantastic tutorial on qmail at the links below. qmail is very secure and is widely used. Many developers have ported it to the application extensions you want to use, like WebMail, anti-virus and anti-spam.
This should at least get you started.
Good luck.
This should at least get you started.
Good luck.
What is the budget version of the windows home server?
Q. same function but cheaper
A. According to Google the price ranges from $140-$180. The low price listed was from newegg.com I am talking about the software only here. If you don't have a PC to run it on your going to have to pay for that too.
A cheaper version of the same functionality would be a Linux distribution. There are some companies that offer a free implementation that does the many of the same things offered by the windows home server. But I suspect the windows home server offers wizards and other turnkey functionality that is often missing in a Linux solution.
After looking at the information provided I think you would still have to buy a URL and static IP address or else rent space on a dynamic URL dns as well as have permission to be using your access to run an internet server.
One of the Linux links claims that windows home server is nothing but a print and files sharing server. I believe that is wrong because when I read the fine print it refers to things that I interpreted to mean a web server was being made available on the internet.
Considering how expensive most Windows Servers are, this is a very low price (most Windows servers start at $500+)
A cheaper version of the same functionality would be a Linux distribution. There are some companies that offer a free implementation that does the many of the same things offered by the windows home server. But I suspect the windows home server offers wizards and other turnkey functionality that is often missing in a Linux solution.
After looking at the information provided I think you would still have to buy a URL and static IP address or else rent space on a dynamic URL dns as well as have permission to be using your access to run an internet server.
One of the Linux links claims that windows home server is nothing but a print and files sharing server. I believe that is wrong because when I read the fine print it refers to things that I interpreted to mean a web server was being made available on the internet.
Considering how expensive most Windows Servers are, this is a very low price (most Windows servers start at $500+)
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