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  • Whic flavor of Linux do you use

    From RickV@1:103/705 to All on Sat Aug 1 13:29:54 2026
    I would like to know what version of Linux everyone is using for the SBBS system?

    RickV

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  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to RickV on Sun Aug 2 18:05:34 2026
    Re: Whic flavor of Linux do you use
    By: RickV to Nightfox on Sun Aug 02 2026 03:46 pm

    I liked Mint a bit more the Ubuntu, but Ubuntu seems to just work better for the BBS.

    How so? I don't doubt Ubuntu works well for the BBS; I've never had any problems running my BBS with Mint though.

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to RickV on Sun Aug 2 18:10:05 2026
    Re: Whic flavor of Linux do you use
    By: RickV to nelgin on Sun Aug 02 2026 03:48 pm

    I have to agree. I have gotten about 10 Sunrise doors running under Ubuntu and dosemu2, and never got any of them working under Mint. I just keep working on one door at time now.

    Interesting.. I'm using Mint and Dosemu2 and have set up a few Sunrise doors and haven't had any trouble with them.

    Nightfox

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  • From Outlaw@1:103/705 to nelgin on Sun Aug 2 20:02:02 2026
    Re: Whic flavor of Linux do you use
    By: nelgin to RickV on Sun Aug 02 2026 12:21 am

    I would like to know what version of Linux everyone is using for the SBBS
    system?

    Ubuntu, it just works. :)

    I agree, Ubuntu is solid, back when I was distro hopping I alway's landed back on Ubuntu.

    |04Outlaw

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  • From nelgin@1:103/705 to Outlaw on Tue Aug 4 01:02:12 2026
    Re: Whic flavor of Linux do you use
    By: Outlaw to nelgin on Sun Aug 02 2026 20:02:02

    Ubuntu, it just works. :)

    I agree, Ubuntu is solid, back when I was distro hopping I alway's landed back on Ubuntu.

    Of course, the downside is that there is a huge amount of bloat.

    The other side of the coin, Arch, which I've enjoyed using at home, lacks pretty much everything and you have to go through and install what you want. I found out that it didn't have any sort of time synchronization daemon running the other after about 6 months of using it :)

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  • From Outlaw@1:103/705 to nelgin on Tue Aug 4 06:46:29 2026
    Re: Whic flavor of Linux do you use
    By: nelgin to Outlaw on Tue Aug 04 2026 01:02 am

    Of course, the downside is that there is a huge amount of bloat.

    I use a light desktop LXDE so not to much bloat.
    I enjoy UFW, I keep thinking when I get time I may move my BBS to linux.
    That might wait until I retire.

    |04Outlaw

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  • From RickV@1:103/705 to Nightfox on Mon Aug 3 06:31:43 2026
    Hello Nightfox!

    02 Aug 26 23:10, you wrote to me:

    @h@bRe@n@b: @h@cWhic flavor of Linux do you use
    @bBy@n@b: @h@cRickV @bto @cnelgin @bon @cSun Aug 02 2026 03:48 pm@n

    I have to agree. I have gotten about 10 Sunrise doors running
    under Ubuntu and dosemu2, and never got any of them working under
    Mint. I just keep
    working on one door at time now.

    Interesting.. I'm using Mint and Dosemu2 and have set up a few
    Sunrise doors
    and haven't had any trouble with them.

    Nightfox

    I very much like running Mint. My BBS ran very good on it. I could never get dosemu2 to work with any doors. I put Ubuntu on the same PC as a dual boot and installed the same BBS setup, installed dosemu2 and did get 10 doors working. They where Sunrise Doors. I have NOT gotten anf of my classic or JNS working yet.

    Also it is VERY possible that it was something I did wrong on the Mint setup..


    RickV



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  • From Accession@1:103/705 to nelgin on Tue Aug 4 16:48:14 2026
    Hey nelgin!

    On Tue, 04 Aug 2026 01:02:12 -0500, you wrote:

    The other side of the coin, Arch, which I've enjoyed using at home,
    lacks pretty much everything and you have to go through and install what
    you want. I found out that it didn't have any sort of time
    synchronization daemon running the other after about 6 months of using
    it :)

    It definitely comes with one installed if you're using systemd, but as you say, it isn't "running" by default. You have to enable it (systemd-timesyncd).

    Not sure why they do that, to be honest. I had used ntpd for so long that after a fresh install some time ago I forgot to install it. Once the issues arose, I looked into what /should/ be running, and have used that ever since.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to RickV on Tue Aug 4 19:01:12 2026
    Re: Whic flavor of Linux do you use
    By: RickV to Nightfox on Mon Aug 03 2026 06:31 am

    I very much like running Mint. My BBS ran very good on it. I could never get dosemu2 to work with any doors. I put Ubuntu on the same PC as a dual boot and installed the same BBS setup, installed dosemu2 and did get 10 doors working. They where Sunrise Doors. I have NOT gotten anf of my classic or JNS working yet.

    dosemu2 seems a bit finnicky. I had to play with it a bit before it ended up working.

    Nightfox

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  • From Kirkman@1:103/705 to RickV on Thu Sep 3 16:47:53 2026
    Re: Whic flavor of Linux do you use
    By: RickV to All on Sat Aug 01 2026 01:29 pm

    I would like to know what version of Linux everyone is using for the SBBS system?

    Debian.

    --Josh

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  • From SBDSTech@1:103/705 to RickV on Fri Sep 4 13:29:11 2026
    Ubuntu 26 LTS Desktop

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  • From Jason@1:103/705 to RickV on Sat Sep 5 02:27:55 2026
    I would like to know what version of Linux everyone is using for the SBBS system?

    Proxmox as the hypervisor with SBBS running Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS

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  • From Grease@1:103/705 to Kirkman on Sat Sep 5 09:22:14 2026
    Re: Whic flavor of Linux do you use
    By: Kirkman to RickV on Thu Sep 03 2026 04:47 pm

    I would like to know what version of Linux everyone is using for the SBBS
    system?

    I'm using Lubuntu at the moment. I used to use EndeavourOs. May switch back.

    Grease (Will)

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