I did a test migration of my BBS from Windows 10 to Linux, and it went
pretty well. I created an Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server VM, followed the
instructions to install via GIT, and got a fresh system up and running.

I copied my \ctrl folder over and was pleased to see how many places the
file location was specified as a relative location (../ctrl) instead of c:\sbbs\ctrl.

I hard coded a couple of references in my menus, needed to clean those
up.

Copied the \data folder and was able to read messages online.

I didn't configure dosemu, I don't have any DOS utilities around. I
should consider it for running nodelist utilities - those are the only
DOS tools I have left over.

I've run Synchronet in Windows for 20 years, and ran Maximus for another
5+ years before that, old habits die hard. I do like having the ability
to move the BBS to a Linux VPS some time, and I'm playing with tmux to
set things up just so.







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Re: Windows to Linux
By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Mon Mar 24 2025 07:11 am

I did a test migration of my BBS from Windows 10 to Linux, and it went pretty well. I created an Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server VM, followed the instructions to install via GIT, and got a fresh system up and running.

I copied my \ctrl folder over and was pleased to see how many places the file location was specified as a relative location (../ctrl) instead of c:\sbbs\ctrl.

Yeah, I think Synchronet runs pretty well in Linux. I moved mine from Windows to Linux 3 years ago after running it in Windows since 2007. Also, since moving my BBS to Linux, I've set it up to run as a service so that it runs in the background like any other service, which I think is pretty cool.

I didn't configure dosemu, I don't have any DOS utilities around. I should consider it for running nodelist utilities - those are the only DOS tools I have left over.

No DOS door games on your BBS?

Nightfox

poindexter FORTRAN wrote to All <=-

I did a test migration of my BBS from Windows 10 to Linux, and it went pretty well. I created an Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server VM, followed the instructions to install via GIT, and got a fresh system up and running.

I copied my \ctrl folder over and was pleased to see how many places
the file location was specified as a relative location (../ctrl)
instead of c:\sbbs\ctrl.

I hard coded a couple of references in my menus, needed to clean those
up.

Copied the \data folder and was able to read messages online.

I didn't configure dosemu, I don't have any DOS utilities around. I
should consider it for running nodelist utilities - those are the only
DOS tools I have left over.

If you're referring to 'makenl', it has a linux-native version.



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Re: Windows to Linux
By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Mar 24 2025 09:21 am

No DOS door games on your BBS?

No, not enough callers to keep them going. I have the javascript games that are in the ../xtrn directory and point the other games to bbslink, where I hope there are more callers.

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Hey poindexter!

On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 07:11:14 -0700, you wrote:

I didn't configure dosemu, I don't have any DOS utilities around. I
should consider it for running nodelist utilities - those are the only
DOS tools I have left over.

Absolutely no need for DOS tools. MakeNL can be snagged and compiled from git just like Synchronet, and voila.. a linux native nodelist compiler!

Other than that, what other DOS nodelist utilities do you need?

Regards,
Nick

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Re: Windows to Linux
By: Accession to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Mar 24 2025 06:03 pm

Absolutely no need for DOS tools. MakeNL can be snagged and compiled from gi just like Synchronet, and voila.. a linux native nodelist compiler!

Great! That's pretty much all I need.

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