FreeNAS sounds like a good plan, but the main problem I have is that my wifi
adapter needs a non-free firmware, and I don't know enough about BSD to
find/instal compatible drivers.
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On Nov 20, 2017, 19:56, Steve B wrote:
> I'll second that. FreeNAS or even NAS4Free is a great out of the box NAS
> solution.
>
> On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 6:01 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> If you are looking for a NAS solution, then I would recommend FreeNAS
>> highly. The web interface is easy to use, plus you get first class ZFS
>> support.
>>
>> On Nov 20, 2017 2:10 PM, "Matthew Crews" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I'm sure this comes up every so often.
>>>
>>> I'm in the process of repurposing an older desktop machine I have lying
>>> around and turning it into a NAS. I would like to do as little system
>>> administration as possible once it is set up. I would like relatively
>>> recent packages too, but I do NOT want to use a rolling release system.
>>>
>>> I haven't decided on which distribution to use. My top three choices:
>>>
>>> 1. Debian Stable (presently 9.2)
>>> 2. Ubuntu LTS (presently 16.04, soon will be 18.04)
>>> 3. Others
>>>
>>> Debian Stretch was recently released, and so the packages are newer than
>>> what's found in Ubuntu 16.04. However, Ubuntu 18.04 is just around the
>>> corner and will contain newer packages than Debian Stretch.
>>>
>>> Anoption is also to install Ubuntu 17.10, upgrade to 18.04 in April, and
>>> keep it on the LTS path going forward, but I feel that could be a recipe
>>> for disaster. Not terribly comfortable with running non-LTS Ubuntu on this
>>> machine, though.
>>>
>>> I'm most comfortable with Debian-based distros, but I'm open to using other
>>> distros if they do the job well, such as CentOS, OpenSUSE, and the like.
>>> I'm open to using a BSD (like FreeNAS) if it does the job and my hardware
>>> works for it.
>>>
>>> What's everyone's experiences? For my use case, what is the preference?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> -Matt
>>>
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