Board:   [WWIVnet] WWIV Networking
Subject: Re: WWIVnet etc..
From:    Frank Reid #1 @2
To:      Jahmas #29 @707
Date:    Sun Oct 18, 2026 08:21

J> My college roommate lives around Greenbelt. We both went to St. Mary's
J> near PAX River. Anyhow, I am thinking of a trip in November. Got to get
J> the Subie serviced before the drive. I can do the trip on one tank of
J> gas. I'm playing with Zorin and I checked about Ubuntu and they are both
J> quite similar.

I'd recommend Ubuntu if it's your first foray into Linux hosting. There are
certainly a plethora of other distros, though. Nowadays, I virtually always run
"headless" and SSH into the host for all management functions. However, if you
plan to use the system for desktop functions, there's an excellent (and still
supported) implementation called WINUX. The interface is strikingly similar to
Windows 11, and they've even preconfigured "core" apps that emulate it closely,
including MS Edge (my longtime favorite browser). It's also a Debian-based
kernel, so most configuration stuff will be analogous (if not identical) to
Ubuntu.

Anyway, give me a few days heads-up when you're planning to make the trip south.Give me a few days heads-up when you're going to make the trip south. I should
I'll groom a working box for you, and we can figure out the logistics of
transferring it.

Frank
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