Subj : Re: LinuxNet To : All From : Nigel Reed Date : Tue Mar 18 2025 21:00:25 On Tue, 18 Mar 2025 17:00:39 -0500 "Dan Clough" (1:135/115) wrote: > Re: Re: LinuxNet > By: Nigel Reed to All on Tue Feb 25 2025 03:45 pm > > > On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:36:37 -0600 > > "Dan Clough" (1:135/115) wrote: > > > > > -=> Sean Rima wrote to Andrew Leary <=- > > > > > -=> Andrew Leary wrote to Dan Clough <=- > > > > > DC>> > Can you advise on the current state of LinuxNet? Is it > > > DC>> > still a viable network these days? Thanks. > > > > AL> LinuxNet is still operating, barely. I can't get a response > > > AL> from Chad most of the time, although his system is still > > > AL> running and accepting mail. I am still producing the > > > AL> distributed LinuxNet nodelists, although I have no > > > AL> confirmation that they are actually making it out to Chad's > > > AL> downlinks. > > > > > AL> All in all, I'm starting to think that there's not much > > > AL> reason to continue it. Perhaps the FidoNet LINUX echo > > > AL> would be a more realistic place to discuss anything related > > > AL> to Linux. > > > > I am actually considering starting up an "alternative" > > > Linux-focused network, and wondering if there would be interest. > > > One thing different would certainly be that it would be > > > actively maintained... > > > > > Anyone that might be interested in such a thing - I'd be glad to > > > hear your thoughts on it... > > > I would much rather see someone else take control of Linuxnet > > rather than start up a new network. > > > > Why not talk to the current owner about taking over if he doesn't > > have time to work and promote it? That is something I would get > > behind. I don't think I'd want to try and start another new > > network from scratch. > > An update on this... I've tried to contact the current LinuxNet > operator via Netmail, Email, Echomail, and his local BBS message > base; for the last three weeks or so, with no response whatsoever. > So either he's ignoring or is just out of the loop completely. > > Not sure what the next step is at this point. I've got an outline of > a plan for starting a replacement Net and may do that by sometime > next month. I've got some work/travel demands that will keep me too > busy until then. > > Still interested in comments from you all on whether that's a good > idea, or some alternatives. I know there is a Fido Linux echo that > is mostly quiet, and not sure if that is a surefire indicator of how > a new Net would do, or not. Your thoughts are welcome if you have > any. --- SBBSecho 3.23-Linux > * Origin: Palantir * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL * > (1:135/115) Just declare yourself 110:0/0 and have the hubs point to you. Done. -- End Of The Line BBS - Plano, TX telnet endofthelinebbs.com 23 --- SBBSecho 3.24-Linux * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (1:124/5016) .