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     To: Mortar M.   
     Re: Re: BBS Software Recommendations   
     By: Mortar M. to Jas Hud on Sun Nov 24 2024 12:14 am   
      
    >   Re: Re: BBS Software Recommendations   
    >   By: Jas Hud to Nick Andre on Sat Nov 23 2024 14:55:51   
    >   
    >  > people were holding onto xp for so long so microsoft kept sending some   
    >  > updates for quite some time.   
    >   
    > Heh, I'm like that.  I'll squeeze every last bit out of an OS before   
    > upgrading. Usually, that means using third-party virus blockers until even   
    > they stop supporting that versio.   
    > --- SBBSecho 3.23-Linux   
    >  * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (1:124/5016)   
      
      
   well my processor is on the win 11 blacklist. i've looked it up and i have   
   the tech to meet their requirements but it's still on that list.   
      
   i'm not hitting any walls now.  i download a game and i can play it. i need to   
   encode video and it does it fast.  If i want to login someplace and say how   
   bad d'bridge is, I don't have any issues.   
      
   I'm not going to upgrade my older computer because i don't need to.  I've got   
   the money to just swap out a processor and a coworker offered to sell me a   
   nice one for 69 bucks, but I don't feel like it.  I'd rather do something else.   
   I'm lazy or i'm focused on something else.  I know windows 10 has been around   
   a long time but I'm old and for me it doesn't feel like a long time.   
      
   furthermore, windows 11 doesn't really excite me. I don't need it yet, and   
   back when i was hesitant to switch from xp I found ways to get updates and   
   ways to secure my system.  I might have to do that again or maybe by then i'll   
   have a newer computer at that time.   
      
   Anyways, back to the subject.  If i were to recommend an Os to run bbs   
   software on,  in the short term i'd say run a vm with windows 10 32bit.  If   
   the sysop wants to be around for a while they should probably run a linux vm   
   and use dosemu.  I suggest running a vm because it makes backing up so easy.   
      
   I'm pretty sure i've been running my bbses in vms for over 10 years, and   
   using a commercial host for much longer than that.  since i started doing   
   things this way i have had very little problems.   
   --- SBBSecho 3.23-Linux   
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