U nlike your typical desktop OS, home server operating systems are infamous for their steep learning curves, convoluted UIs, and countless terminal commands… which isn’t entirely true. Sure ...

TL;DR Key Takeaways : HexOS simplifies home server management with a user-friendly interface, “story mode” setup, and one-click app installations, making it ideal for beginners.

FreeNAS: Enterprise-Grade RAID Support. FreeNAS is a very popular home server operating system. While it will work for a simple home server, it's really more geared toward the advanced crowd—to ...

Microsoft’s announcement in January that it would release its Windows Home Server operating system in late 2007 has enticed Hewlett-Packard and Gateway to announce plans to roll out hardware, but Dell ...

Users of the previous version complained about unstable connections and incomplete routing tables. Unraid manufacturer Lime has now made improvements ...

I’m a huge fan of Microsoft's Windows Home Server OS, the very capable and easy-to-use consumer server software. But the only Windows Home Server-based hardware I’ve had a chance to play ...

Ask any Linux enthusiast, and they’ll tell you how awesome an operating system Linux can be. ... One of the most common ways to use Linux in a home server is to install the OS on an old desktop.

Turn old PC hardware into a home server with FreeNAS. By Marco Chiappetta. ... FreeBSD is a full-fledged server operating system, but FreeNAS has been optimized strictly for file serving and storage.

The coming Power Pack 3 for the Windows Home Server operating system will let users backup and restore Windows 7 PCs, Microsoft Corp. said on Friday.

Hewlett-Packard Co. is adapting its MediaSmart Windows home servers to back up customers' Mac computers using the OS X's Time Machine auto-backup feature.

Windows Server 8 will also include improved Offloaded Data Transfer, so that when you drag and drop files between two server windows, the server OS knows to transfer data directly from one system ...