Subj : Icy Board 0.1.5 release
To   : Omnibrain
From : ogg
Date : Mon Mar 17 2025 03:10 pm

On 17 Mar 2025, Omnibrain said the following...
 
 Om> It's a rewrite of PCBoard with all pros & cons.
 Om> 
 Om> May be easier to set up than the original PCBoard in some ways but
 Om> PCBoard was known for it's hard and unintuitive setup.
 Om> 
 Om> So IcyBoard takes another approach that mystic/synchronet/enigma where
 Om> you've a BBS with all bells and whistles after a small setup process.
 Om> 
 Om> OTOH it's a platform to run PPEs - so you've access to thousands of
 Om> plugin options to configure it. It looks, feels and works like PCBoard -
 Om> just on modern OS.
 Om> 
 Om> I've a new PPL compiler - which is way better than anything available for
 Om> PCBoard - it can produce PPEs for any old PCBoard version and the
 Om> language got extended a bit. (IcyBoard extended PPL in many ways - see
 Om> docs.)
 Om> 
 Om> And IMO the best PPE decompiler available - so if you need a decompiler
 Om> for PPE - take this :).
 Om> 
 Om> https://github.com/mkrueger/icy_board/releases/latest
 Om> 
 Om> Improved documentation a bit https://github.com/mkrueger/icy_board
 Om> 
 Om> --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
 Om>  * Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)

Just wanted to drop a note about the install process. I installed icy_board on
Ubuntu 24.04, 64bit.  I used the source files and installed both Rust and
icy_board.  Used the installer for rust from their web page.

I downloaded the icy_board file into /Downloads. Then unzipped
automatically into /Downloads/icy_board-0.1.5.  Switched to icy_board-0.1.5
and ran "cargo build --release" with no problems.

Where I ran into issues was trying to find "icbsetup." I found it in the
/Downloads/icy_board.../target/release subdirectory.  That took a while to
track down.  Once I ran ./icbsetup, things went smoothly. I have it running
(not online) and was able to run some configuration changes.

I like what I see so far and will be keeping up with your progress.  Last
question is do you have a process for upgrading my current install or will I
just have to download and restart compiling?

|11ogg
|11SysOp, Altair IV BBS
|11altairiv.ddns.net:2323

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Windows/64)
 * Origin: Altair IV BBS (21:2/147)

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