Blog entries from Aaron Bylund

Michael Proper & Dave Loper To Appear On TWIT’s Floss Weekly Show

Aaron Bylund — Tue, 31 May 2011 17:30:20 +0100

Michael Proper, ClearCenter CEO and Dave Loper, ClearFoundation President, will appear tomorrow on This Week in Tech's (TWIT) FLOSS Weekly Show to discuss some of the upcoming features in ClearOS and ClearCenter offerings. You can watch or listen to the show’s taping live tomorrow Wednesday, June 1 at 9:30 a.m. PST at http://live.twit.tv or you can download the show at http://twit.tv/FLOSS a day or two later. TWIT has an IRC chat room that can be reached directly at http://irc.twit.tv cRead More...

ClearFoundation Appoints President Loper

Aaron Bylund — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:17:34 +0100

ClearFoundation's Community Oversight Committee is pleased to announced today that Dave Loper has been named President of ClearFoundation. Mr. Loper will manage the development and maintenance of the ClearFoundation community. His technology background and expertise will be valuable in defining the future plans and continued flourishment of ClearFoundation and ClearOS.

We would like to thank John Terpstra for his service and involvement with ClearFoundation. We appreciate his continuedRead More...

ClearCenter Signs Simple Soft Products As Exclusive Partner For The Benelux Region

Aaron Bylund — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:42:31 +0100

Simple Soft Products signs Value Added Distributor Agreement after success with ClearOS and ClearBOX Solutions

San Antonio, TX - September 1, 2010 - ClearCenter, a leading provider of open source Linux Server, Network and Gateway solutions, welcomed Simple Soft Products today as an Exclusive Value Added Distributor in the Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg) region.

“Simple Soft Products brings the kind of resources, commitment and expertise ClearCenter needs in the Read More...

The Samba-Microsoft Bug Is Dead

Aaron Bylund — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:10:05 +0100

Many thanks go out to a number of people who have helped to close a bug which caused an error message to display when joining a Samba domain. What is significant and noteworthy about this bug and the resolution is that it required a team of people to solve it from multiple companies. The bug is described here at this link.

I'd like to thank the partners of ClearCenter who originally reported the bug, the Samba team members who confirmed and tested the bug, and special thanks to the eRead More...

ClearCenter Details Hybrid Service Provider Strategy At CompTIA Breakaway 2010

Aaron Bylund — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:29:23 +0100

ClearCenter’s ClearBOX and ClearOS on-premise solutions integrate seamlessly with cloud-based applications and services such as Google Apps.

San Antonio, TX - August 9, 2010 - ClearCenter, a leading provider of open source Linux Server, Network and Gateway solutions, today detailed its Hybrid Service Provider strategy during the “Selling the Green IT Promise” panel discussion at CompTIA Breakaway 2010. ClearCenter’s ClearBOX 300 is a power efficient Linux servRead More...

ClearBOX Now Running ClearOS 5.2

Aaron Bylund — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:10:01 +0100

ClearBOX running ClearOS 5.2 is released! This release includes new features and utilities. Some of these features are contributions from community members and innovations at ClearCenter labs.

In addition to the great features provided by ClearOS 5.2, ClearBOX 300 now features:

Ability to reinstall the system without a network connection using on-board data.
Ability to reinstall the system and preserve user data on the user partition. This includes preserving home directories, fRead More...

ClearOS Scores A 9 Out Of 10 In The Linux Format Firewall Roundup!

Aaron Bylund — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:16:39 +0100

It's nice to get high marks for our ease of use and integrated services! Linux Format Magazine, the top Linux magazine in the UK, just published (June issue, page 30) their roundup of firewall distros.

From the review: "ClearOS is by far the sleekest looking firewall distribution...But this distribution is about a lot more than sleek looks."

They found ClearOS to be easy to use and full of extra services to run your network. Clearly the ClearOS setup, interfRead More...

ClearOS Enterprise 5.1 User Guide...Now Available In All Its Glory

Aaron Bylund — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:02:14 +0100

We know you've been asking for more documentation and we've delivered. ClearOS Enterprise 5.1 now has a much more robust user guide. It's available on the ClearCenter website.
http://www.clearcenter.com/support/documentation/clearos_enterprise_5.1/user_guide/start

The user guide includes:

System PreparationInstall/Post InstallDirectory ModulesNetwork ModulesGateway ModulesServer ModulesSystem ModulesReportsAppendix

Schwarzenegger Endorses ClearOS!

Aaron Bylund — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:50:15 +0100

Its always open season on the execs on April 1st! The ClearCenter Team conspired to trick our fearless leader Michael Proper with an endorsement by Arnold Schwarzenegger! With a bit of creative programming and some bold faced plagiarism, we mocked up a fully functional copy of the Sacramento Bee web site in our internal servers and spiced up a recent Arnold quote with a raving endorsement of ClearOS! We even included a few juicy comments by celebs and a photo caption!

We had him unRead More...

Call For Participation From The Russian Community

Aaron Bylund — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:30:19 +0100

The following is an excerpt from a message read last week in our first developers web conference. The ClearFoundation exists to facilitate collaboration between all types of peoples and cultures to advance the usability and proliferation of ClearOS around the world.

"My name is Valeria and I am representing Pavel Vorko from Dimitrovgrad (Russia) and Maxim Savin from Moscow (Russia) who are here to represent the Russian speaking community of ClearOS and we are glad to greet Read More...

ClearCenter Gives To Mercy Corps

Aaron Bylund — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:47:35 +0100

One of our customers is Mercy Corps in Portland, OR. They are a global relief agency helping those in need around the world. During a recent conversation, they described their first hand knowledge of the devastation in Haiti. They are on the ground delivering needed supplies and resources.

The Small Business Server Replacement is Clear(OS)

Aaron Bylund — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:10:20 +0100

Microsoft still has a stranglehold on the desktop and servers for small business. While wheels are in motion for the former, the answer to the latter may already be here.

When it comes to the Internet, Linux is a big win.

Mail and web servers, databases, computational clusters and supercomputers all belong to the domain of free software. When it comes to embedded devices, Linux is also king of the roost.

There are two main areas where Linux has still not broken tRead More...

ClearOS 5.1 Final Version and ClearSDN Beta Released

Aaron Bylund — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:40:49 +0100

ClearOS 5.1 software and ClearSDN services are live! We're live and the doors are open! ClearFoundation released the ClearOS Enterprise 5.1 final version, and ClearCenter has opened ClearSDN services (beta) for business. We want to thank all the beta testers, partners and customers who have offered such valuable feedback on the launch of the products and services. Enjoy! What's new: AntiphishingWindows 7 SupportGraphical Console ToolImproved Usability Read More...

ClearOS Sneak Peek....Exclusive Screenshots

Aaron Bylund — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:56:40 +0100

We thought we'd drop you all an early Christmas gift and release some screenshots of the new ClearOS interface. We won't say when it will be released....just that it is coming soon!

The interface has been tested in all major browsers and will be accessible via netbook, laptop, desktop, tablet and even mobile devices (Android/iPhone).

You'll notice that we've changed up the menu items a bit. This reflects the complete solution ClearOS brings to SMBs to manaRead More...

ClearOS Is Coming....

Aaron Bylund — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:56:22 +0100

After living in beta for over a month, the time is drawing near for the final version release of ClearOS 5.1! The usual suspects have been working very hard to ensure that the software is ready to go. ClearFoundation is excited to share this new release with the world, and it will be available very soon. Stay tuned to www.ClearFoundation.com for updates.

A CLEAR New OS Concept.

Aaron Bylund — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:43:32 +0100

This blog posted courtesy of ClearFoundation Community Member Shane Shields. Originally posted on Toolbox for IT

First of all I guess I should do the obligatory disclosure according to the American FTC which is just a guide but has lawful penalties (how do they figure that one out?) I received this product for free from the Clear Foundation. In return I am going to do a review of their product.

That being said they are giving their product away for free to everyone. In tyRead More...

ClearFoundation Attends Utah Open Source Conference

Aaron Bylund — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:34:52 +0100

This past week ClearFoundation made an appearance at the Utah Open Source Conference. It was a great opportunity to show off ClearOS!

Thursday was full of booth visitors, classes and meeting new friends, and later that night the opensource learning came to a pause, and a new sort of education ensued, a Lego building competition! The ClearFoundation tRead More...

ClearOS 5.1 Beta Launches

Aaron Bylund — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:07:03 +0100

ClearOS 5.1 Beta is hot out of the oven and ready to be downloaded! Come and get it!

We are excited to announce that ClearOS 5.1 Beta has just been released. This is an important day for the ClearFoundation Community as we take the next step on our journey together.

ClearOS 5.1 Beta is available for immediate download at this link:
http://www.clearfoundation.com/Software/downloads

You are invited to evaluate ClearOS 5.1 Beta and join in theRead More...