JH> To: Mortar M.
 JH> Re: Re: BBS Software Recommendations By: Mortar M. to Jas Hud on Sun
 JH> Nov 24 2024 12:14 am

 JH> > Re: Re: BBS Software Recommendations By: Jas Hud to Nick Andre on Sat
 JH> > Nov 23 2024 14:55:51

 JH> >  > people were holding onto xp for so long so microsoft kept sending
 JH> some
 JH> >  > updates for quite some time.

 JH> > Heh, I'm like that.  I'll squeeze every last bit out of an OS before
 JH> > upgrading. Usually, that means using third-party virus blockers until
 JH> even
 JH> > they stop supporting that versio.
 JH> > --- SBBSecho 3.23-Linux


 JH> well my processor is on the win 11 blacklist. i've looked it up and i have
 JH> the tech to meet their requirements but it's still on that list.

I can run Win11, but have no desire to do so.

 JH> i'm not hitting any walls now.  i download a game and i can play it. i
 JH> need to encode video and it does it fast.  If i want to login someplace
 JH> and say how bad d'bridge is, I don't have any issues.

Haha!

 JH> I'm not going to upgrade my older computer because i don't need to.  I've
 JH> got the money to just swap out a processor and a coworker offered to sell
 JH> me a nice one for 69 bucks, but I don't feel like it.  I'd rather do
 JH> something else.
 JH> I'm lazy or i'm focused on something else.  I know windows 10 has been
 JH> around a long time but I'm old and for me it doesn't feel like a long
 JH> time.

 JH> furthermore, windows 11 doesn't really excite me. I don't need it yet, and
 JH> back when i was hesitant to switch from xp I found ways to get updates and
 JH> ways to secure my system.  I might have to do that again or maybe by then
 JH> i'll have a newer computer at that time.

 JH> Anyways, back to the subject.  If i were to recommend an Os to run bbs
 JH> software on,  in the short term i'd say run a vm with windows 10 32bit.
 JH> If the sysop wants to be around for a while they should probably run a
 JH> linux vm and use dosemu.  I suggest running a vm because it makes backing
 JH> up so easy.

Doesn't work for me, running a Win32 BBS that also runs DOS doors.  I tried
the Linux version of Ele, but couldn't get it to run external programs for
the life of me.  If there is a way for me to run my bbs under Linux w/ Wine
and DOSEMU I'd like to know of it and would gladly switch!

 JH> I'm pretty sure i've been running my bbses in vms for over 10 years, and
 JH> using a commercial host for much longer than that.  since i started doing
 JH> things this way i have had very little problems.
 JH> --- SBBSecho 3.23-Linux

Yep, running Win10/32bit under VMWare Workstation Pro.  Works pretty well!  I
ran XP 32 for a while, then switched to Win7/32 when XP/32 wouldn't run some
newer MSVCRT stuff.  When Win7 had support stopped, I moved to Win10/32bit
Pro, mostly from prompting from you.  I agree with you wholeheartedly that
this is the way to run a BBS.

--
Shurato, Sysop Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (ssh, telnet, pop3, ftp,nntp,
,wss) (Ports 22,23,110,21,119,8080) (ssh login 'bbs' pass 'shsbbs').


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