Subj : Re: BBS platforms
To   : paulie420
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Sep 14 2022 06:43 pm

  Re: Re: BBS platforms
  By: paulie420 to Nightfox on Wed Sep 14 2022 02:47 pm

 Ni>> That's cool.  For my current BBS, I was running it on a PC with
 Ni>> Windows, and I moved it to Linux about 5 months ago.

 pa> Nice - welcome to the *nix side. I find it more stable for running a
 pa> full-time... but I did recently have a decent experience with Windows - I
 pa> can see how ppl enjoy having everything on what they know, or use daily...

I've used Linux for various things on and off for years, but originally I figured I'd run my current BBS on (32-bit) Windows because DOS doors generally just work without any extra hassle that way.  Also, Windows is generally what I use most of the time for my personal work, so I'm more familiar with it.  But with my BBS PC, years ago I had decided I wanted to use some other things (like Plex Media Server), and I thought Linux would be a better choice, so I ended up installing Linux on it for those things and running my BBS in a Windows VM.  Eventually I wanted to get rid of the Windows VM, and now that I have, I think the system runs a lot better, and I think it's nicer that it's all Linux now.

Nightfox
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