Which home server operating system do you prefer? If you’re still on the prowl for more user-friendly distros for your home lab, there are other alternatives worth mentioning.

State of the server operating system wars The week of June 20 saw interesting tidings in the x86-based operating system front good news for Windows enthusiasts, and bad news for the Linux contingent.

We were impressed, though, with Redbean 2.0 which uses a single executable file to run a webserver — or possibly other things — on six different operating systems.

Microsoft says Windows admins can now opt into automatic updates for .NET (.NET Core) via Microsoft Update (MU) on Windows Server systems.