Subj : Linux BBS software To : Papabill From : Russell Tiedt Date : Fri Aug 01 2008 06:57 pm Hello Papabill. 31 Jul 08 19:42, you wrote to all: Pa> I'm fixing to switch over to Linux (Ubuntu v8.04), and I'd love to Pa> know if there is any BBS software for Linux that a NOOB (with Linux) Pa> like me could set up and run. We are all learning Linux, even those who have been at it a few years, there is always something, new, easier, better - whatever ... :-) Pa> I'm running VADV now and I love it, but it doesn't come in the Linux Pa> "flavor". EleBBS/EleWeb does, but I didn't much like the DOS/Windows Pa> version I ran for a couple of years (a couple of bugs that cannot be Pa> fixed.) Pa> I'm changing over a little at a time, and won't be making the final Pa> move until I am sure that the box I'm running works correctly. Pa> Or, if there isn't any "easy to run" Linux BBS software, has anyone Pa> ever heard of being able to use the FidoNet message echoes on a Pa> 'forum'-like phpBB, SMF or vBulletin? Well, I used to run Maximus, and MBSE BBS is the best, IMNSHO ... BBBS is also an option, but I don't like the way it works and it's various "quirks" Yes there is a phpbb <-> fido script writtern by the folks in region 250 but currently don't recall it's name ... Russell --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5 * Origin: Rusty's BBS - Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa (5:7105/1) .