Board:   [DoveNet] Unix/Linux
Subject: Re: For you SBBS Sysops o
From:    Gamgee
Date:    Thu Jun 06, 2024 12:14

Subject: Re: For you SBBS Sysops operating on *NIX, what's your flavor?
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-=> DaiTengu wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Da>Re: For you SBBS Sysops operating on *NIX, what's your flavor?
 Da>   By: Gamgee to  on Wed Jun 05 2024 07:25 pm

 Ga>  1: Ubuntu                           [1     16.67%] √
 Ga>  2: Debian                           [1     16.67%] √
 Ga>  3: A Debian variant (Mint/MX/other) [1     16.67%] √

 Da>  These probably could have been combined into one like the
 Da> RHEL/CentOS/Fedora oneis (I assume
 Da> Rocky/Alma/Oracle/Scientific/etc fall under this)

Yes, I thought about that, but I knew there would be more folks using
the above distros and wanted to be a little more granular on the choices
for those.  I know they are all Debian offspring, but they are different
enough to get an individual listing.  :-)

 Da> I run CentOS on my main BBS Box, and it's in desparate need of an
 Da> upgrade. (CentOS 7 reaches EOL at the end of the month). I'm
 Da> considering moving it to Gentoo, whichis what I've run for over
 Da> a decade on my home devbox (and also what hosts my SEXPOTS dialup
 Da> application).

Cool, and an interesting mix there.  Quite different.  I was once a fan
of the Redhat heritage, even ran Redhat for a short while before it went
commercial, and then Mandrake after that (still RPM package management).
I guess I've never tried CentOS, but have installed Fedora a few times,
but found it too Gnome-focused.  I actually liked Gnome back in the
early days with RH and Mandrake, but it's evolved into.... something I
don't like any more.  Finally settled on Slackware (w/ XFCE desktop) and
been there ever since.

 Da> In the end though, I'll probably just wind up moving it to CentOS
 Da> 9 Stream or Possibly Rocky or Alma 9.  Maintaining one Gentoo box
 Da> is plenty. :)

Haha, yes I have tried Gentoo also, LONG ago, and while fun for a while,
was too much work.  Good way to learn about Linux, though.

Thanks for the feedback.



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