# Hello All **URL:** \ **Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\ **Created:** [March 31, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hello-all/28044 "2016-03-31T00:56:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GofBorg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8491ac/32.png) [@GofBorg](https://forums.suse.com/u/GofBorg)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hello-all/28044/1 "2016-03-31T00:56:01Z")
Been a good long while since I’ve posted in here but thought I’d see who is still poking around. Not sure how everyone is getting on in this modern IT world we now live in. Pretty much seems to suck most days. So it looks like MicroFocus has begun full assimilation of Novell, dropping the time honored name from most products and transitioning to the Micro Focus label. I also see that Netware is ending extended support. My server is still chugging along. Currently at 408 days of uptime which coincides with our last full blown black out. So I am wondering those of you that have left Netware behind, which way did you go… Windows? SLES? OES Linux? or other? Funny story, I did a pilot for moving to Windows for fileserver. I hated it so much I abandoned it but I cannot decide if OES has a real future. SLES or even RedHat are more obvious choices but I often run into backup software problems with Linux so I’m just not certain which way to go, thus I am sitting on OES Netware still. None of these options I fear are going to offer the no-muss, no-fuss experience of Netware. -G (Why does it give me CAPTCHA saying I can bypass this by logging in…when I’m logged in?) ## – GofBorg GofBorg’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=163319](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=163319) View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=497635](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=497635) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hello-all/28044/2 "2016-03-31T01:04:09Z")
GofBorg sounds like they ‘said’: [color=blue] > Been a good long while since I’ve posted in here but thought I’d see > who is still poking around. > Not sure how everyone is getting on in this modern IT world we now > live in. Pretty much seems to > suck most days. So it looks like MicroFocus has begun full > assimilation of Novell, dropping the time > honored name from most products and transitioning to the Micro Focus > label. I also see that Netware > is ending extended support. My server is still chugging along. > Currently at 408 days of uptime which coincides > with our last full blown black out. > > So I am wondering those of you that have left Netware behind, which > way did you go… > Windows? SLES? OES Linux? or other? > > Funny story, I did a pilot for moving to Windows for fileserver. I > hated it so much I abandoned it but I cannot > decide if OES has a real future. SLES or even RedHat are more obvious > choices but I often run into backup > software problems with Linux so I’m just not certain which way to go, > thus I am sitting on OES Netware still. None > of these options I fear are going to offer the no-muss, no-fuss > experience of Netware. > > -G > (Why does it give me CAPTCHA saying I can bypass this by logging > in…when I’m logged in?)[/color] So my response to GofBorg’s comment is… Whoa! Hey there G. Still plugging along here (Wyoming, USA). We left Netware long ago ☹ We eventually ended up running m$ AD, and now there’s been talk of ditching Groupwise to become a full m$ shop… We are still running Groupwise on sles boxes, which for the most part seem pretty stable. We tried running DSFW for a while, just weren’t able to do the things we wanted to do AD-wise, hence the ditching of edir. Hope all is well with you… – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![AndersG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndersG](https://forums.suse.com/u/AndersG)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hello-all/28044/3 "2016-03-31T08:11:45Z")
GofBorg,[color=blue] > Windows? SLES? OES Linux? or other?[/color] Still have one NW 6.5 server for sentimental reasons. Rest is SLES/OES. I also use OpenSUSE at home as basis for my entertainment system. – Anders Gustafsson (NKP) The Aaland Islands (N60 E20) Have an idea for a product enhancement? Please visit: [https://www.novell.com/products/enhancement-request.html](https://www.novell.com/products/enhancement-request.html) ---
**Author:** ![laurabuckley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@laurabuckley](https://forums.suse.com/u/laurabuckley)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hello-all/28044/4 "2016-03-31T08:16:01Z")
Hi G, Welcome back - great to hear from you. The captcha thingy is to try prevent spammers - which you are obviously not - but your stats are showing 0 posts, thus flagging you as a new user. We left Netware behind in approximately 2008 - 2009 time frame. I believe that OES has a strong future. My GroupWise and file systems are all on NSS which gives you the power of file system security and stability. I just love my OES servers 🙂 They just run and run and run and run… Cheers, – Laura Buckley Technical Consultant IT Dynamics, South Africa ## If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below… laurabuckley’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=122](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=122) View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=497635](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=497635) ---
**Author:** ![ketter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2bfe46/32.png) [@ketter](https://forums.suse.com/u/ketter)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hello-all/28044/5 "2016-03-31T15:45:47Z")
On Wed, 30 Mar 2016 21:56:01 GMT, GofBorg [GofBorg@no-mx.forums.microfocus.com](mailto:GofBorg@no-mx.forums.microfocus.com) wrote: [color=blue] > Been a good long while since I’ve posted in here but thought I’d see who > is still poking around. > Not sure how everyone is getting on in this modern IT world we now live > in. Pretty much seems to > suck most days. So it looks like MicroFocus has begun full assimilation > of Novell, dropping the time > honored name from most products and transitioning to the Micro Focus > label. I also see that Netware > is ending extended support. My server is still chugging along. Currently > at 408 days of uptime which coincides > with our last full blown black out. > > So I am wondering those of you that have left Netware behind, which way > did you go… > Windows? SLES? OES Linux? or other? > > Funny story, I did a pilot for moving to Windows for fileserver. I hated > it so much I abandoned it but I cannot > decide if OES has a real future. SLES or even RedHat are more obvious > choices but I often run into backup > software problems with Linux so I’m just not certain which way to go, > thus I am sitting on OES Netware still. None > of these options I fear are going to offer the no-muss, no-fuss > experience of Netware. > > -G > (Why does it give me CAPTCHA saying I can bypass this by logging > in…when I’m logged in?)[/color] Hey G! Good to hear from you. I really liked Netware, had used it since the 3.x days. So I was concerned about the change to linux. But I have been real pleased with OES 11 and now OES 2015. I’ve been using OES 11 for quite a few years and it has turned out to be a good replacement for Netware. NSS is a great file system. I’m running GroupWise on OES also. ZCM for managing workstations. I moved my websites from Netware to SLES 11, but everything else is running on OES. iPrint works well, but I’m moving from iPrint on OES to the iPrint appliance. Essentially still a full Novell (Microfocus) shop here. Regarding backups… I am using Arkeia - which was a great product. Still works for me. But Western Digital bought them and then killed them about a year ago. I’ve heard great things about SEP [www.sepusa.com](https://www.sepusa.com) Might be worth looking into. For now I’m still using a combination of rsync and Arkeia. I need to eventually find a different solution. And I still access the forums via NNTP, so I don’t have to deal with captchas. 🙂 Ken ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hello-all/28044/6 "2016-03-31T16:39:26Z")
GofBorg, hey you old G! – Shaun Pond in my “day job” I work for ENGL; our aim is to make Windows deployment easy ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hello-all/28044/7 "2016-03-31T16:40:02Z")
KeN Etter sounds like they ‘said’: [color=blue] > And I still access the forums via NNTP, so I don’t have to deal with > captchas. 🙂 > > Ken[/color] So my response to KeN’s comment is… Hear hear! Me too. – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![AndersG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndersG](https://forums.suse.com/u/AndersG)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hello-all/28044/8 "2016-03-31T19:27:06Z")
Shaun Pond,[color=blue] > our aim is to make Windows deployment > easy[/color] Which translates to “Less of a pain…” 🙂 – Anders Gustafsson (NKP) The Aaland Islands (N60 E20) Have an idea for a product enhancement? Please visit: [https://www.novell.com/products/enhancement-request.html](https://www.novell.com/products/enhancement-request.html) ---
**Author:** ![laurabuckley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@laurabuckley](https://forums.suse.com/u/laurabuckley)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hello-all/28044/9 "2016-03-31T22:16:01Z")
Hi, Just to point out… the capthas are only there for the first few posts by a new user, not an ongoing thing. Cheers, – Laura Buckley Technical Consultant IT Dynamics, South Africa ## If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below… laurabuckley’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=122](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=122) View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=497635](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=497635) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hello-all/28044/10 "2016-04-01T10:24:41Z")
Anders, it’s our aim - something to strive for 🙂 – Shaun Pond in my “day job” I work for ENGL; our aim is to make Windows deployment easy ---
**Author:** ![GofBorg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8491ac/32.png) [@GofBorg](https://forums.suse.com/u/GofBorg)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hello-all/28044/11 "2016-04-01T23:06:01Z")
laurabuckley;2424346 Wrote:[color=blue] > Hi G, > > Welcome back - great to hear from you. > > The captcha thingy is to try prevent spammers - which you are obviously > not - but your stats are showing 0 posts, thus flagging you as a new > user. > > We left Netware behind in approximately 2008 - 2009 time frame. I > believe that OES has a strong future. My GroupWise and file systems are > all on NSS which gives you the power of file system security and > stability. I just love my OES servers 🙂 They just run and run and run > and run… > > Cheers,[/color] Well this is my second post…LOL…still getting CAPTCHA’d…which is really bad for me as I cannot normally read them. My account got nuked back when NNTP got moved around. Somehow all my accounts got shuffled around and eventually lost during the Attachmate years. ## – GofBorg GofBorg’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=163319](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=163319) View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=497635](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=497635) ---
**Author:** ![GofBorg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8491ac/32.png) [@GofBorg](https://forums.suse.com/u/GofBorg)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hello-all/28044/12 "2016-04-01T23:16:01Z")
And I still access the forums via NNTP, so I don’t have to deal with captchas. 🙂 Ken I haven’t been able to access Novell’s NNTP since 2014 or there about. A traceroute to the server just dies. Of course these days I’m not even sure what the correct settings would be for NNTP. I used to have it hooked into my Novell account so it would display my name and avatar but that stopped working and then my account completely disappeared. I was shocked I was able to login this last time I tried. Anyway, it all got to be a big problem and I was really busy at work so I just gave up on the forum. Nice to see everyone again…still getting CAPTCHA’s ## – GofBorg GofBorg’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=163319](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=163319) View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=497635](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=497635) ---
**Author:** ![GofBorg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8491ac/32.png) [@GofBorg](https://forums.suse.com/u/GofBorg)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hello-all/28044/13 "2016-04-01T23:16:01Z")
Shaun Pond;2424503 Wrote:[color=blue] > Anders, > > it’s our aim - something to strive for 🙂 > > – > > Shaun Pond > in my “day job” I work for ENGL; our aim is to make Windows deployment > easy[/color] Good luck with that…MS seems determined to make such endeavors an effort in futility. Good to hear from you Shaun. Is there still such a thing as BrainShare or is that gone? ## – GofBorg GofBorg’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=163319](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=163319) View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=497635](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=497635) ---
**Author:** ![GofBorg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8491ac/32.png) [@GofBorg](https://forums.suse.com/u/GofBorg)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hello-all/28044/14 "2016-04-01T23:26:01Z")
Hello Anders, Glad to see you are still around. Staying out of trouble? I’ve seen Xuxan posting so I assume she still is wielding the Thwack-o-matic. ## – GofBorg GofBorg’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=163319](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=163319) View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=497635](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=497635) ---
**Author:** ![GofBorg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8491ac/32.png) [@GofBorg](https://forums.suse.com/u/GofBorg)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hello-all/28044/15 "2016-04-02T00:56:01Z")
Hey Steve! How are things in Wyoming? I still have a NW6.5 OES running as a fileserver that’s about it for Novell which is why I’m poking around at other solutions for files. Would like to run Linux but just don’t have a lot of confidence in SAMBA paired with MS Office products. Would also probably end up working with LDAP which I don’t really care for either. Mostly it’s a devil you know versus devil you don’t conundrum. ## – GofBorg GofBorg’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=163319](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=163319) View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=497635](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=497635) ---
**Author:** ![laurabuckley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@laurabuckley](https://forums.suse.com/u/laurabuckley)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hello-all/28044/16 "2016-04-02T11:46:01Z")
Hi G, Posts in “chat” areas aren’t counted, only in product forums I’m afraid. The captcha should go away after your account has been active for a few days, or when you post in a product related forum. Not too sure if that helps you? Cheers, – Laura Buckley Technical Consultant IT Dynamics, South Africa ## If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below… laurabuckley’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=122](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=122) View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=497635](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=497635) ---
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Hey, G! Good to hear from you again! Sorry I can’t help with your question, other than to support what Laura, Anders, and Ken have said, among others! 🙂 – Susan Novell Community Chat Moderator [http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq\_rules](http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq_rules) [https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars](https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars) Please read the following before posting in here: [http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy](http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy) ---
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Indeed! I’m a little older and slower with it, though! LOL 🙂 – Susan Novell Community Chat Moderator [http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq\_rules](http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq_rules) [https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars](https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars) Please read the following before posting in here: [http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy](http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy) ---
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NNTP server settings I use are just [nntp.suse.com](http://nntp.suse.com), port 119. Nothing else special that I recall. No username or password required. 🙂 – Susan Novell Community Chat Moderator [http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq\_rules](http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq_rules) [https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars](https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars) Please read the following before posting in here: [http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy](http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy) ---
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GofBorg,[color=blue] > Staying out of trouble?[/color] Try to 🙂 – Anders Gustafsson (NKP) The Aaland Islands (N60 E20) Have an idea for a product enhancement? Please visit: [https://www.novell.com/products/enhancement-request.html](https://www.novell.com/products/enhancement-request.html) [Next page](https://forums.suse.com/t/hello-all/28044.md?page=2)