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    JH> To: Mortar M.   
    JH> Re: Re: BBS Software Recommendations By: Mortar M. to Jas Hud on Sun   
    JH> Nov 24 2024 12:14 am   
      
    JH> > Re: Re: BBS Software Recommendations By: Jas Hud to Nick Andre on Sat   
    JH> > Nov 23 2024 14:55:51   
      
    JH> >  > people were holding onto xp for so long so microsoft kept sending   
    JH> some   
    JH> >  > updates for quite some time.   
      
    JH> > Heh, I'm like that.  I'll squeeze every last bit out of an OS before   
    JH> > upgrading. Usually, that means using third-party virus blockers until   
    JH> even   
    JH> > they stop supporting that versio.   
    JH> > --- SBBSecho 3.23-Linux   
    JH> > * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (1:124/5016)   
      
      
    JH> well my processor is on the win 11 blacklist. i've looked it up and i have   
    JH> the tech to meet their requirements but it's still on that list.   
      
   I can run Win11, but have no desire to do so.   
      
    JH> i'm not hitting any walls now.  i download a game and i can play it. i   
    JH> need to encode video and it does it fast.  If i want to login someplace   
    JH> and say how bad d'bridge is, I don't have any issues.   
      
   Haha!   
      
    JH> I'm not going to upgrade my older computer because i don't need to.  I've   
    JH> got the money to just swap out a processor and a coworker offered to sell   
    JH> me a nice one for 69 bucks, but I don't feel like it.  I'd rather do   
    JH> something else.   
    JH> I'm lazy or i'm focused on something else.  I know windows 10 has been   
    JH> around a long time but I'm old and for me it doesn't feel like a long   
    JH> time.   
      
    JH> furthermore, windows 11 doesn't really excite me. I don't need it yet, and   
    JH> back when i was hesitant to switch from xp I found ways to get updates and   
    JH> ways to secure my system.  I might have to do that again or maybe by then   
    JH> i'll have a newer computer at that time.   
      
    JH> Anyways, back to the subject.  If i were to recommend an Os to run bbs   
    JH> software on,  in the short term i'd say run a vm with windows 10 32bit.   
    JH> If the sysop wants to be around for a while they should probably run a   
    JH> linux vm and use dosemu.  I suggest running a vm because it makes backing   
    JH> up so easy.   
      
   Doesn't work for me, running a Win32 BBS that also runs DOS doors.  I tried   
   the Linux version of Ele, but couldn't get it to run external programs for   
   the life of me.  If there is a way for me to run my bbs under Linux w/ Wine   
   and DOSEMU I'd like to know of it and would gladly switch!   
      
    JH> I'm pretty sure i've been running my bbses in vms for over 10 years, and   
    JH> using a commercial host for much longer than that.  since i started doing   
    JH> things this way i have had very little problems.   
    JH> --- SBBSecho 3.23-Linux   
    JH> * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)   
      
   Yep, running Win10/32bit under VMWare Workstation Pro.  Works pretty well!  I   
   ran XP 32 for a while, then switched to Win7/32 when XP/32 wouldn't run some   
   newer MSVCRT stuff.  When Win7 had support stopped, I moved to Win10/32bit   
   Pro, mostly from prompting from you.  I agree with you wholeheartedly that   
   this is the way to run a BBS.   
      
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