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   -=> Sean Dennis wrote to Dan Clough <=-   
      
    DC> Things run on Slackware here, too, and have for a LONG time.  I have   
    DC> similar backup configurations, all automated, validated, and reliable.   
      
    SD> Except when I think I'm smart and start breaking things...   
      
   Hahaha!  Don't do that!  :-)   
      
    DC> I do understand how folks are reluctant to make a switch from Windows   
    DC> to Linux.  It's a big jump, with a LOT of learning needed.  For many   
    DC> (most, even), it's not worth it.  I'm glad I did it many years ago,   
    DC> when Linux was even harder to learn about, but Windows wasn't   
    DC> completely intertwined into everything I do.  ;-)   
      
    SD> I'll be honest: if I was going to do it all over now, I'd just shut the   
    SD> BBS down and run as a point.  However, over the years it took me to do   
    SD> what I want, I'm glad I did it as it helped me learn Linux and BSD.  I   
    SD> learned a lot that does serve me well now but I'm at the point to where   
    SD> I am done experimenting.  I remember trying to compile Slackware   
    SD> Linux's kernel in 2000 from scratch on my P3/933 and it took hours upon   
    SD> hours then configuring the system (I'm looking at you, X...).  If   
    SD> Windows didn't enforce forced obsolsence (sp), I'd still be using   
    SD> Windows 2000 Professional.   
      
   The last Windows I really used was XP, and somewhere around 2002 I    
   switched to Linux full time.  Mandrake was my first daily driver, and    
   then around 2004 I went to Slackware for everything.  I actually dabbled    
   with Slack first in 1998 but didn't do too much with it at that time.  I    
   had run my BBS (PCBoard software that I paid for) back in 93-96, on    
   MSDOS of course.  Was active duty Navy at that time and when I had to    
   transfer the BBS came to an end (as they all were generally around that    
   time) as the internet emerged.  I continued full time with Linux though,    
   and finally in 2018 re-birthed my BBS (Synchronet now), on Linux.  I    
   also remember the joy/pain of compiling Slack kernels back in the early    
   2000's, and having to edit X-Windows config files (remember    
   "modelines"?).  Ugh.  I don't bother with it any more either.   
      
    SD> On a side note, my parents will be using computers with Slackware   
    SD> installed soon as they basically only use Firefox and Thunderbird for   
    SD> everything.  My mom needs more programs than my dad as she is the   
    SD> finance arm of their household but they were never fans of Windows   
    SD> anyway.   
      
   Excellent idea, and likely no virus worries from them either.   
      
    SD> BBSing has always been a niche hobby even when it was more mainstream.   
    SD> While we all enjoy discussing the hobby's halcyon days, I also don't   
    SD> feel that there is a "one size fits all" solution and every BBS is   
    SD> different and a labor of love for its sysop.   
      
   100% agree.   
      
    SD> -- Sean   
    SD>    (who is still sick and waxing poetic under the influence of Nyquil)   
      
   Hope you feel good soon, and thanks for the good convo!   
      
   Dan   
      
      
      
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