Subj : Win4lin To : Sam Alexander From : Time Warrior Date : Tue Sep 27 2005 09:11 pm From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet To: Sam Alexander Re: Win4lin By: Sam Alexander to Time Warrior on Tue Sep 27 2005 05:12 pm > To: Time Warrior > Re: Win4lin By: Time Warrior to Sam Alexander on Tue Sep 27 2005 > 03:38 am > > > > Question for anyone who has the answer... > > > > I've wondered if Synchronet/Win32 will work on Linux via Win4lin. A > > > > anyone who has gotten it to work, I haven't heard anything. As for > > > > working, i've heard one person say it breaks. > > > > So, has anyone gotten it to work with Win4lin? Has anyone broke it? > > > > why did it break (if you know) and how might the error be fixed to > > > > Synchronet not get mad at it? (if its possible) > > > Just a question -- why use Win4Lin when you can use the native Linux i > > > of Synchronet on Linux? Just curious... the Linux version is rock sol > > #1 - My unfamiliarity with Linux. Would you give a toddler a motor cycle > > a big wheel? :-) > If you've got a BBS up and going and have more then a total novice's > knowledge of computers, your analogy isn't all that accurate. Anyone who's > worked with BBSes for years and knows Windows, plus had a computer pre-M$ > can grasp Linux without any problem. It's like going from HTML to PHP. > Linux totally lets you take control of your computer, and granted it takes > alittle extra effort to learn the system, but once learned you'll wonder why > you ever gave Bill any money :) > > #2 - I've heard the Linux version lacks a few things that Win32 Sysops ar > > accustom to. > Like what? Sync has a fancy GUI interface, but you have all the same tools > through Linux, just not as pretty'ed up. I for one run my BBS on a headless > computer, so this type of interface is useless to me. My BBS literally sits > in my living room under an end table. With Linux no worries about needing a > reboot or needing any interaction other then via Telnet/SSH. ------ I've already got Linspire installed. Look, everyone learns in different ways. I refuse to allow my learning proccess to screw up and otherwise destablize my stable BBS or local area network because I don't as of yet know certian things. If it takes you 24 hours to learn all that needs to be known then I applaud you. However, I would appreciate it if you or anyone else would not presure people into "your way" of learning. I've noticed alot of Linux People and Programmers insist how easy it is and such and yes, for you and many others all of this stuff comes as easy as DOS did to people like me in the pre-Wincrap days. However, not everyone is you, not everyone learns the same way you do, different people learn in different ways. So i'd appreciate it if my way of learning was respected and when I ask questions, if people know the answers, that they be answered. Not patronized with "oh well you don't need to do that you can just..." ... I appreciate your input, i respect your opinion and I am happy that Linux and / or Programming come easy for you. However for others -- learning requires a bit of a different stratagy and syntax to do so than it does for you. I am not being defensive nor do I intend to be hostile or insulting. It's just one of my pet peeves and I figured i'd politely and respectfully explain it -- and in the same light, I hope you can respect the way that is easiest for me to learn and help make my learning experience go smoothly as I venture into the wonderful world of Microshit-FREE and bloatware-eliminated, 100% open source, Linux. Thanks in advance for your understanding, tollerance and patience. It is appreciated. -- .---------------------------------------------------------------. | [TiME WaRRiOR] aka [Dave Kelso] AIM: Twar782 | +o Malkavia BBS | | www : synchsupport.net - malkaviabbs.com - xpresit.net | | www$: josephsjewelersonline.com - preferedinsurance.com | | @: time.warrior@malkaviabbs. com | \______________________________________________________________/ --- Synchronet 3.12a-Win32 NewsLink 1.76 * Malkavia - Chicago, IL - telnet://malkaviabbs.com --- Synchronet 3.13b-Win32 NewsLink 1.83 .