Subj : Re: BBS Software Recommendations To : Jas Hud From : Martin Kazmaier Date : Tue Nov 26 2024 17:39:00 JH> To: Mortar M. JH> Re: Re: BBS Software Recommendations By: Mortar M. to Jas Hud on Sun JH> Nov 24 2024 12:14 am JH> > Re: Re: BBS Software Recommendations By: Jas Hud to Nick Andre on Sat JH> > Nov 23 2024 14:55:51 JH> > > people were holding onto xp for so long so microsoft kept sending JH> some JH> > > updates for quite some time. JH> > Heh, I'm like that. I'll squeeze every last bit out of an OS before JH> > upgrading. Usually, that means using third-party virus blockers until JH> even JH> > they stop supporting that versio. JH> > --- SBBSecho 3.23-Linux JH> > * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (1:124/5016) JH> well my processor is on the win 11 blacklist. i've looked it up and i have JH> the tech to meet their requirements but it's still on that list. I can run Win11, but have no desire to do so. JH> i'm not hitting any walls now. i download a game and i can play it. i JH> need to encode video and it does it fast. If i want to login someplace JH> and say how bad d'bridge is, I don't have any issues. Haha! JH> I'm not going to upgrade my older computer because i don't need to. I've JH> got the money to just swap out a processor and a coworker offered to sell JH> me a nice one for 69 bucks, but I don't feel like it. I'd rather do JH> something else. JH> I'm lazy or i'm focused on something else. I know windows 10 has been JH> around a long time but I'm old and for me it doesn't feel like a long JH> time. JH> furthermore, windows 11 doesn't really excite me. I don't need it yet, and JH> back when i was hesitant to switch from xp I found ways to get updates and JH> ways to secure my system. I might have to do that again or maybe by then JH> i'll have a newer computer at that time. JH> Anyways, back to the subject. If i were to recommend an Os to run bbs JH> software on, in the short term i'd say run a vm with windows 10 32bit. JH> If the sysop wants to be around for a while they should probably run a JH> linux vm and use dosemu. I suggest running a vm because it makes backing JH> up so easy. Doesn't work for me, running a Win32 BBS that also runs DOS doors. I tried the Linux version of Ele, but couldn't get it to run external programs for the life of me. If there is a way for me to run my bbs under Linux w/ Wine and DOSEMU I'd like to know of it and would gladly switch! JH> I'm pretty sure i've been running my bbses in vms for over 10 years, and JH> using a commercial host for much longer than that. since i started doing JH> things this way i have had very little problems. JH> --- SBBSecho 3.23-Linux JH> * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705) Yep, running Win10/32bit under VMWare Workstation Pro. Works pretty well! I ran XP 32 for a while, then switched to Win7/32 when XP/32 wouldn't run some newer MSVCRT stuff. When Win7 had support stopped, I moved to Win10/32bit Pro, mostly from prompting from you. I agree with you wholeheartedly that this is the way to run a BBS. -- Shurato, Sysop Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (ssh, telnet, pop3, ftp,nntp, ,wss) (Ports 22,23,110,21,119,8080) (ssh login 'bbs' pass 'shsbbs'). *** THE READER V4.50 [freeware] --- * Origin: Shurato's Heavenly Sphere telnet://shsbbs.net (1:340/1101) .