ClearOS - A Linux Server alterntive for Small and Medium Size Enterprise

ClearOS from Cloud Foundation is a powerful network and gateway server designed for small organizations and distributed environments.It is based on CentOS Linux

It has a wide arrays of applications that really helps the Small and Medium Enterprises. Some of the features taken from the ClearOS are listed here.

1. Directory Features

• Integrated LDAP for User and Group Management
• User Security Certificate Manager

2. Network Features

• Multi-WAN
• VPN - PPTP, IPsec, OpenVPN
• DMZ and 1-to-1 NAT
• Stateful Firewall
• Local DHCP and DNS Servers
  

3. Gateway Features

• Antimalware - Antivirus, Antiphishing, Antispyware
• Antispam
• Bandwidth Management
• Intrusion Protection, Intrusion Prevention, Intrusion Detection
• Protocol Filtering including Peer-to-Peer Detection
• Content Filter
• Web Proxy
• Access Control
  

4. Server Features

• Windows Networking with PDC Support
• File and Print Services
• Flexshares
• Groupware with Outlook Connector
• Mail Server - POP, IMAP, SMTP, Webmail, Retrieval
• Mail Filtering - Antispam, Antimalware, Greylisting, Quarantine
• Mail Archiving
• Database with MySQL
• Web Server with PHP Support

Amaha Linux Home Server

Amaha Linux Home Server is not a Linux Distro but a collection of software packed as presented with a web-managed console. It sits on top of the version of Fedora 12.

The Amahi Linux Home Server core purpose makes your home networking simple. According to the Project website, it has a number of features that

1. Audio Streaming with the Amahi Tunes, a customised Firefly Media Server.
2. VPN using preconfigured OpenVPN
3. Networking including DNS, Web Servers and NAS Server
4. File Sharing
5. Hardware monitoring
6. Amaha Private Wiki
7. Backup to a network share
8. Vista Calendar Integration 
9. Outlook Integration
10. ICal Integration
11. For more information, do look at Amahi Feature Gallery

Before you install Amahi Linux Home Server, you have to install Fedora 12 and add the Amahi repository in. Use the web-based console to configure the services you need.