Windows home server 2011... what is the point??

massahwahl

massahwahl

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So I loaded WHS2011 on my server build to test out some of its features and now i am seriously considering why in the world I bought this...

Whats the point if im just using this as a media server for me and my fiancee's devices? I thought it would be better for or easier to share folders and whatnot but I dont see any differences between this and windows 7 file sharing/automatic backups. Maybe im missing something, but im pretty sure im going to chock this one up to a learning experience and load up Ubuntu and call it a server...
 
Yes but theres no native GUI and I would really like to have a GUI. Also, I dont think you can use it via wireless adapter.
 
Then you can just install your favorite windowmanager via the terminal. If you like Gnome for instance, it would be:
sudo apt-get install gnome

everything can pretty much be configured how you need it, including wireless. It just has a lot less bloat then the standard ubuntu distro.
 
I guess my main concern is whether or not that bloat slows down transfer speeds or just eats hard drive space. Also it seems like a pain to configure from another computer, I dunno I guess I just need today with it some. I definitely do not dig windows server though it is way to clunky and stupid. Not top mention they took away the hard drive pooling! I want to try linux mce again as well.

Damn I love linux so much! :D
 
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