Board:   [DoveNet] Unix/Linux
Subject: Re: KDE Neon.
From:    Darksix
Date:    Thu Jun 25, 2026 15:25

@VIA: DARKSIX
>   Re: Re: KDE Neon.  By: Nightfox to Matthew Munson on Wed Jun 24 2026 09:37 am
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>  MM>> I want to run a bbs on it. I am realizing Microsoft is a sinking ship. Windows 11 is just as bad as windows vista.
>
>D  I have ran game servers using Ubuntu withthe LXDE desktop, very light weight leaving recources for the servers.
>D

Why use a gui at all with serverS?

>MM  > One of my favorite Linux distributions these days is Linux Mint.  I've been using Linux Mint on a secondary PC since 2015and have had very little
>MM  > trouble with it.  I was running my BBS in a Windows VM on it for a while, but I moved my BBS tothe Linux side abotu 4 years ago and it has been
>D
>D  I have tried mint in the past, was just to much junk that came with it.  of coarse mint is based on Ubuntu, which is based on debian. I really like the
>D Ubuntu firewall ufw, easy to open or block ports. On my game servers I start with all inbound and outbound ports closed, then I just open ports my servers
>D actually use,I always change my SSH port and VNC ports to ports that are uncommon.
>D
>D  AlrightyDenn
>D

Same answer to you.  Use a CTRL+ALT+F2 for another tty, up to 11. 12 is used for kernel or dmesg, and 7 and 1 would be used for X11 depending how you have yours set up, I haven't tried mint or ubuntu for years now so I don't even know if they have that functionality built in without some configuring.
But if you can use other tty's not under a desktop, you can fire up all the servers you need with a ./serverstartup.sh && in another tty in case you
need to logout of your desktop(or crashing desktop) as i'll keep saying it as.. all servers stay running while you deal with window management problems and
updates..

Blocking ports is pretty easy too.. and thosescanner bots will slow your net down when you use unconventional ports too most likely.
get rid of sudo, especially for ssh anduse encryption keys only for ssh.. If you really need to, you can su into root.. and if you are running ssh, then
synchro won'tbe using that port for it's ssh.. I don't use ssh on my system since it's local I can see it on the screen kinda server. So synchro runs on
the normal ssh port..

Ok enough ranting I suppose.

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