-=> Eric Oulashin wrote to All <=-

 EO> I'm just curious what everyone's favorite BBS software is?  It's not my
 EO> I've considered eventually moving my BBS to Linux (although not likely
 EO> any time soon), and I've heard Synchronet has some support for using
 EO> DOSEMU for 16-bit DOS doors, which could make that a bit easier.  When

I am running MBSE BBS which has full support for DOS doors.  Running a
Linux-based BBS can be a rather steep learning curve but once it's done,
you'll enjoy your system and BBS.  MBSE was never a "finished" product but
it is open source and there's a few of us who poke at the code occasionally,
mainly Andrew Leary at this time.

MBSE uses DOSemu, but my DOSemu setup is from the git master and highly
modified for my system.  I use PC-DOS 2000 for my DOS setup and the doors
work fine.  Scrabble gives me fits, but I think it's because of custom
FOSSIL code that wasn't really well-written...something I can't do anything
about.

Anyhow, after using about 40 different BBS packages over the years, I've
seen many pros and cons to each package.  Really, it comes down to what you
like and what you want out of your hobby.  If it's not fun, then there's
something wrong (has always been my motto).

As for Linux-based BBS software, there's Synchronet, Mystic, MBSE, BBBS,
etheral (I think?), Waffle, Pyffle, and a whole plethora of others that I
don't remember.  The first three are actively being supported and BBBS is
still supported although development is slow from what I understand. 
(Janis, Jame, Ross, Sean: can you comment?)

I admit: I still miss my OS/2 setup but it was just getting too long in the
tooth and I needed more autonomy with the BBS running itself and running
headless to keep going that direction.

--Sean
 
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