Subj : Win4lin
To   : Time Warrior
From : Digital Man
Date : Thu Sep 29 2005 11:05 pm

  Re: Win4lin
  By: Time Warrior to Digital Man on 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 t
 >  >  >  > familiar with how Synchronet for Linux looks/feels/works, just run 
 >  >  >  > instead of sbbsctrl.exe.
 > 
 >  >  >  > Your challenge will be configuring/using Linux, not Synchronet. Don
 >  >  >  > things even tougher on yourself by trying to run a kludged BBS when
 >  >  >  > necessary.
 > 
 >  >  > I (and alot of other people) who still don't know much about Linux wou
 >  >  > 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 l
 >  >  > while still learning linux itself will be tougher on us than "trying t
 >  >  > kludged BBS".
 > 
 >  > I disagree. I doubt you'll be successful getting Synchronet for Win32 to 
 >  > under Linux *at all*, but good luck to ya, I guess.
 > 
 > If it was easy to do, someone already would have :-)

I thought you were trying increase your chance of success on Linux, not
decrease it.

 >  >  > I respect your input and superior knowledge and skills but please, peo
 >  >  > need to learn how they need to learn, not everyone learns the same way
 >  >  > went on a rant about this the other day). Please just agree to disagre
 > 
 >  >  > If i'm in for a rough ride, then it's my rough ride to be in for, and 
 >  >  > learn alot from the journey.
 > 
 >  > Like I said, good luck. You'll need it.
 > 
 > I don't doubt it.

<shrug>

                                                  digital man

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