Linux and MysticBBS
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njburchett66 · 2020-08-28 00:18

Survey... If you were going to run a MysticBBS on Linux, which distro
would you choose and why?

I currently us Majaro (Arch-based) on my laptop and have a lot of
experience with Debian-based distros. I'm curious which distro tends
to be less painful setting up a BBS on with dosemu and Echomail.

Share!

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analog_potatoes · 2020-08-28 01:46

Most use Debian or Ubuntu. I am a fan of Ubuntu and run 18.04 LTS for
my board. Though I run Mystic in a Docker container so it's portable
to any distro.

I wrote a simplified Docker example for Mystic 1.12 A45 if anyone is
interested. No real instructions yet as I'm lazy.

[Mystic 1.12 A45 Docker with Dosemu2 and Darkness 2.0
Exemplar](https://github.com/deadbeatz/mystic_a45)

Telnet:[deadbeatz.org:23](https://deadbeatz.org:23) if you need help
or have questions. Also, feel free to post issues/feature requests on
my Github.

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mrhatestheworld · 2020-08-28 04:43

I run Mystic on Ubuntu 20.04. Works fine.

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UM-Underminer · 2020-08-28 22:30

Debian - You don't need the rolling release update frequency for a
BBS, and the stability and package availability makes things a snap,
while keeping things reasonably lightweight so that it's more
appropriate for older hardware you may want to dedicate to the board.

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redbrickchimney · 2020-08-30 10:54

2nd debian