Subj : Re: Synchronet vs Mystic vs ??
To   : toofargone
From : hollowone
Date : Sun Apr 09 2023 12:55:11

 to> I'm curious as to what the difference between the various software
 to> packages are? Mystic seems to be on the easy end to set up compared to
 to> Synchronet which looks pretty complicated to set up - so many options!

I tried to set both in local network and i succeeded in 30mins with Mystic and I was bamboozled by Synchronet and got bored, so you may be right.

But I'm all newbie. I'm learning now MPL and Python plugins and customizations and that's funny adventure and I see boards on Mystic that are super nicely customized in navigation flow and art, while supporting the same number of fundamental and critical features like Mystic.

Yet, I see such a number of boards running on top of Synchronet comparing to only a few I know that run on top of Mystic, thus I'm sure I miss something.

From the other side, I see all the Synchronet boards but few look and feel the same, which is soulless to me. But perhaps it's not tech, but attitude and ambition of the sysops to stay focused on features, not design of their boards these days.. I'm all into ANSI design/flow niche file and messaging with a style. I'm not sure how representative I am.

-h1

.... Xerox Alto was the thing. Anything after we use is just a copy.

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