Hey all.. Has anyone created a DOC file or can give me some tips, I am thinking about moving my board off of Windows, and over to Ubuntu. To many issues lately with Windows and I am tired of the bi-monthly update shut down.. Any info would be appreciated...

Al

... What hair color do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men?

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/11/06 (Windows/32)
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On 15 Nov 2021 at 01:54p, Bucko pondered and said...

Hey all.. Has anyone created a DOC file or can give me some tips, I am thinking about moving my board off of Windows, and over to Ubuntu. To
many issues lately with Windows and I am tired of the bi-monthly update shut down.. Any info would be appreciated...

there's some info on the wiki about shifting from Windows to Linux (Rpi etc.) that's helpful.

Are you new to Linux (like I have been) or a seasoned pro ;-)

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On 16 Nov 2021, Avon said the following...

there's some info on the wiki about shifting from Windows to Linux (Rpi etc.) that's helpful.

Are you new to Linux (like I have been) or a seasoned pro ;-)

Thanks bud.. I am in the middle, been playing with it for a little over a year and have been enjoying it.. Just trying to move everything including my daily driver over to Ubuntu now.. If I can get KVM to mimic my 3 screens which I believe it will do, I will be set... LOL

Al

... Everyone smiles in the same language.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/11/06 (Windows/32)
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On 15 Nov 2021 at 03:55p, Bucko pondered and said...

Thanks bud.. I am in the middle, been playing with it for a little over
a year and have been enjoying it.. Just trying to move everything including my daily driver over to Ubuntu now.. If I can get KVM to mimic my 3 screens which I believe it will do, I will be set... LOL

Yeah I have been using it on/off for some years but the last year made the switch over to it for Agency and the HUBs I run. Still learning and get caught up with permissions stuff still.. the joys :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/11/06 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

On 16 Nov 2021, Avon said the following...

Yeah I have been using it on/off for some years but the last year made
the switch over to it for Agency and the HUBs I run. Still learning and get caught up with permissions stuff still.. the joys :)

My son who has been not necessarily pushing me but helping me keeps telling me Google is your best friend! LOL He is right though.. Permissions drive me crazy also. Like you I am still learning but have 3 computers already converted and 2 more to go, these are my BBS computers. Setting up a dry run in a VM of Mystic install then bringing my board over to it, if it goes well the VM can be converted from VMWare to KVM very easily, and I will shut down the Windows VM and replace it with the Ubuntu version.. Seems like a good project over the next week or 2... :) At least until I start my daily driver conversion to see if I like it or not as a daily use Computer..

AL

... A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/11/06 (Windows/32)
* Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Wrong Number ][ (21:4/131)

Hey all.. Has anyone created a DOC file or can give me some tips, I am thinking about moving my board off of Windows, and over to Ubuntu. To
many issues lately with Windows and I am tired of the bi-monthly update shut down.. Any info would be appreciated...

Al

I wrote someone a few tips once, but I don't have a DOC or HOW-TO. There is usually Linux-specfic BBS Software install wikis - for Mystic and Synchronet, anyway...

But I'd certainly be willing to help. Dependant on what type of machine/system you'd like to build, Ubuntu Server or Ubuntu Desktop might be a good choice. If yer gonna run one computer on Linux and want a GUI/desktop manager, some other choices might be worth looking into.

Theres a ton of Linux help on the FTNs, too... several of us help eachother out a ton... I'm amatuer to intermediate and would be willing to answer any questions I might know answers to. :P

What type of system do you wanna build? Like - if it were just a small Linux cloud server, you'd surely pick some lighter non-GUI distro.... do you know yer set on Ubuntu? Desktop, Server or you dunno yet?



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Yeah I have been using it on/off for some years but the last year made
the switch over to it for Agency and the HUBs I run. Still learning and get caught up with permissions stuff still.. the joys :)

Tee, hee - funny how we all struggle with certain hurdles when learning/switching to nix. :P I'm learning more and more bash scripting ATM - and can barely solve my intermediate permissions issues. Got the NAS all ironed out; which was a..... :P



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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/10/25 (Raspberry Pi/32)
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On 15 Nov 2021, paulie420 said the following...

I wrote someone a few tips once, but I don't have a DOC or HOW-TO. There is usually Linux-specfic BBS Software install wikis - for Mystic and Synchronet, anyway...

But I'd certainly be willing to help. Dependant on what type of machine/system you'd like to build, Ubuntu Server or Ubuntu Desktop
might be a good choice. If yer gonna run one computer on Linux and want
a GUI/desktop manager, some other choices might be worth looking into.

Just set up a VM with Ubuntu Desktop, already have Mystic running in it, I considered Mint as it is a light setup, but no need for lightness while running Mystic, at least in my opinion.. LOL the wikis are my friends! LOL

Theres a ton of Linux help on the FTNs, too... several of us help eachother out a ton... I'm amatuer to intermediate and would be willing
to answer any questions I might know answers to. :P

What type of system do you wanna build? Like - if it were just a small Linux cloud server, you'd surely pick some lighter non-GUI distro.... do you know yer set on Ubuntu? Desktop, Server or you dunno yet?

System is already done, it's a VM with Ubuntu Desktop. We'll see how things go, right now it is going really easy.. I will rebuild the desktop tomorrow and reinstall completely then copy my current system on top of it and convert all of the paths etc. Once all that is done, I will work on pulling in DoorParty and MRC etc with the outside programs that stuff runs.. Shouldn't be hard, if I can get a few hours to myself I can have it running in a few hours I think.. The fun part will come in 2 weeks when I toss the new 1TB SSD in my daily driver, and install Ubuntu and KVM and if KVM will allow me to run 3 monitors in a Windows VM (you know there at least needs to be some Windows support wine is nice but is a pain in the ass to get everything to run in it) lol if that works, I will run Ubuntu as my daily driver permanently..

Al

... The person who snores the loudest will fall asleep first

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