Subj : Win4lin To : Digital Man From : Time Warrior Date : Thu Sep 29 2005 07:40 pm From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet To: Digital Man Re: Win4lin By: Digital Man to Time Warrior on Thu Sep 29 2005 08:41 am > To: Time Warrior > Re: Win4lin By: Time Warrior to Digital Man on Thu Sep 29 2005 01:06 > am > > > For what its worth, I think it's a *really* bad idea. If you want to b > > > familiar with how Synchronet for Linux looks/feels/works, just run sbb > > > instead of sbbsctrl.exe. > > > Your challenge will be configuring/using Linux, not Synchronet. Don't > > > things even tougher on yourself by trying to run a kludged BBS when it > > > necessary. > > I (and alot of other people) who still don't know much about Linux would > > to be able to learn it without still needing a winblowz machine to run > > Synchronet. For people not flient in linux, trying to use synchronet linu > > while still learning linux itself will be tougher on us than "trying to r > > kludged BBS". > I disagree. I doubt you'll be successful getting Synchronet for Win32 to run > under Linux *at all*, but good luck to ya, I guess. If it was easy to do, someone already would have :-) > > I respect your input and superior knowledge and skills but please, people > > need to learn how they need to learn, not everyone learns the same way (i > > went on a rant about this the other day). Please just agree to disagree. > > If i'm in for a rough ride, then it's my rough ride to be in for, and i'l > > learn alot from the journey. > Like I said, good luck. You'll need it. I don't doubt it. -- .---------------------------------------------------------------. | [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 .