Subj : Re: Win4lin To : Time Warrior From : Finnigann Date : Thu Sep 29 2005 10:54 am -=> Time Warrior wrote to Digital Man <=- TW> From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet TW> To: Digital Man TW> Re: Win4lin TW> By: Digital Man to Time Warrior on Wed Sep 28 2005 08:04 pm > > With help, I'm sure I can bitchslap Win4lin into cooperating with > > Synchronet. > For what its worth, I think it's a *really* bad idea. If you want to become > familiar with how Synchronet for Linux looks/feels/works, just run sbbs.exe > instead of sbbsctrl.exe. > Your challenge will be configuring/using Linux, not Synchronet. Don't make > things even tougher on yourself by trying to run a kludged BBS when it isn't > necessary. TW> I (and alot of other people) who still don't know much about Linux TW> would like to be able to learn it without still needing a winblowz TW> machine to run Synchronet. For people not flient in linux, trying to TW> use synchronet linux while still learning linux itself will be tougher TW> on us than "trying to run a kludged BBS". TW> I respect your input and superior knowledge and skills but please, TW> people need to learn how they need to learn, not everyone learns the TW> same way (i went on a rant about this the other day). Please just agree TW> to disagree. TW> If i'm in for a rough ride, then it's my rough ride to be in for, and TW> i'll learn alot from the journey. Don't forget to write... TW> -- TW> --- Synchronet 3.12a-Win32 NewsLink 1.76 TW> * Malkavia - Chicago, IL - telnet://malkaviabbs.com TW> --- Synchronet 3.13b-Win32 NewsLink 1.83 TW> ώ Synchronet ώ Vertrauen ώ Home of Synchronet ώ TW> telnet://vert.synchro.net Is this doubleing of tear lines from using a USER account for mail? Seems odd, even odd for you, Dave. ΥΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝ ³ "We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, ³ in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology." ³ - Carl Sagan ³ .... Waiter, I want a crocodile sandwhich, and make it snappy! --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.46 ώ Synchronet ώ Bits-N-Bytes BBS One Hellofa BBS telnet://bnb.synchro.net .