Re: Good reason not to run a BBS at home...
  By: Denn to nelgin on Wed Sep 25 2024 07:52 am

 De> I paid like $35 and got a little HP thin client to run my BBS. Easy to
 De> work on just holding it, Been running my BBS on it for years. and it's
 De> fanless, I also run my other BBS on a Raspberry PI 3, also been running
 De> for years on that.

Yeah, a few years ago I bought a small used Dell PC from eBay and am currently using that for my BBS.  I also run Plex Media Server on the same PC to stream my (ripped) movies & TV shows so I don't have to get the discs out every time I want to play them (and I also don't have to rely on streaming services, which might remove content).  I also have a TV tuner set up with my Plex media server, and I use it to DVR some shows from TV to watch later (usually game shows like Jeopardy, Beat Shazam, etc.).  That's the kind of thing I think would work best to run at home, and I figure I might as well also run my BBS on it.  I rarely have problems with my computer setups at home, and I like having direct access to them.  And  VPS or other online hosting solution can have different issues - sometimes they have their own outages, etc..

Nightfox

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