Subj : RE: BBS platforms
To   : Nightfox
From : nugax
Date : Tue Sep 13 2022 05:52 pm

On 13 Sep 22  10:46:56, Nightfox wrote: 
-> For sysops Im just curious what platforms & operating system you run your BBS in?
-> 
-> When I started my current BBS in 2007 I ran it in Windows for many years (sometimes on native hardware and sometimes in a Windows VM).  About 4 months ago I decided to move my BBS setup to run in Linux (Ive been running Linux as the host OS on my BBS PC since 2015 but had been running my BBS in a Windows VM on it).  Im using Synchronet which is cross-platform so I basically just had to move my comfiguration over to the Linux host OS and then update my DOS door configurations to make sure theyd run with DOSEMU in Linux.  I did have a couple of Win32-native doors which I lost unfortunately (Tournament Trivia Ashrella: Test of Time) but I was able to move at least one set of trivia questions to a DOS trivia door.
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-> TradeWars 2002 initially wasnt running in Linux (DOSEMU 1.x was the default supported by Synchronet) but this past weekend I was able to get DOSEMU2 working with Synchronet and now TradeWars 2002 is able to run again.
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-> I feel like my BBS PC setup is more efficient now as everything is running in Linux and I dont really need to run a Windows VM on it now (I also run Plex Media Server and a Minecraft server on it and Im also running PiHole on it as a network-wide ad blocker).
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-> I think its pretty cool what you can do these days with Linux a free OS and the free software available for it.
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-> Sorry for the long-winded post..
-> 
-> Nightfox
-> --- SBBSecho 3.15-Linux
->  * Origin: Digital Distortion: digdist.synchro.net (21:1/137)
-> 

I am writing CyberBBS - which at this point will only support Linux, Pi, and maybe FreeBSD.

-Nugax [CyberBBS]


--- CyberBBS v1.0.8 2022/09/13 [LMDE 4/x86_64]
 * Origin: CyberBBS WHQ | http://www.cyberbbs.com (21:1/167)

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