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<div align="right"><h5>Last update 11-Jan-2004</h5></div> <div align="right"><h5>Last update 12-Sep-2007</h5></div>
<div align="center"><H1>Unix Distributions.</H1></div> <div align="center"><H1>Unix Distributions.</H1></div>
<H3>Which distribution</H3> <H3>Which distribution</H3>
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disadvantages for bbs use. Which distribution to pick is very personal. disadvantages for bbs use. Which distribution to pick is very personal.
Since late 2001 a port to FreeBSD is available, from version 0.33.19 this Since late 2001 a port to FreeBSD is available, from version 0.33.19 this
port is ready to use. port is ready to use.
Since januari 2002 a port to NetBSD is available, this version is not ready for Since januari 2002 a port to NetBSD is available, later other *BSD versions
use. were added.
<P>&nbsp;<P> <P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>Slackware</H3> <H3>Slackware</H3>
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<P> <P>
I write this as if these are the same which isn't true of course. From MBSE I write this as if these are the same which isn't true of course. From MBSE
BBS's point of view they are almost the same, so that's why I treat them as BBS's point of view they are almost the same, so that's why I treat them as
the same distributions. The E-Smith server and gateway based on Redhat is also the same distributions. The E-Smith server and gateway based on RedHat is also
supported. supported.
For people with little GNU/Linux experience these For people with little GNU/Linux experience these
distributions are a good choice if you can spare the diskspace. I haven't distributions are a good choice if you can spare the diskspace. I haven't
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How to build an optimized Debian system is not tested by me. How to build an optimized Debian system is not tested by me.
<P>&nbsp;<P> <P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>Ubuntu</H3>
<P>
Since 0.91.10 the installation on Ubuntu 7.04 works fine. Read the file README.Ubuntu in
the source for more information.
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>GenToo</H3> <H3>GenToo</H3>
<P> <P>
Installation and startup scripts are tested on GenToo. Installation and startup scripts are tested on GenToo. Read the file README.Gentoo for
more information.
<P>&nbsp;<P> <P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>FreeBSD</H3> <H3>FreeBSD</H3>
<P> <P>
I tested on FreeBSD 3.2, 4.4 and 4.7 stable releases. I tested on FreeBSD 6.2 stable release. Older releases have been used and work.
The setup is quite simple, do a small setup (average user), and add some needed packages The setup is quite simple, do a small setup (average user), and add some needed packages
from the ports collection such as gcc, mgetty, infozip etc. The test machine from the ports collection such as gcc, mgetty, infozip etc.
has a 500 MB harddisk, about 250 MB is still free. Note that the older
precompiled mgetty packages may not always have Fidonet support compiled in.
You may need to build mgetty yourself if you have an older FreeBSD distribution. You may need to build mgetty yourself if you have an older FreeBSD distribution.
<P>&nbsp;<P> <P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>NetBSD</H3> <H3>NetBSD</H3>
<P> <P>
I use an old Sun Sparcstation 2 with NetBSD 1.5.2. This is more stable then Currently NetBSD 3.1 is used for the latest tests. NetBSD before 3.0 doesn't
GNU/Linux on Sparc systems. Only network connections are tested. work anymore.
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>OpenBSD</H3>
<P>
Currently OpenBSD 3.7 is used for testing.
<P>&nbsp;<P> <P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>Famous last words...</H3> <H3>Famous last words...</H3>
<P> <P>
I don't have the diskspace for all kinds of GNU/Linux distributions to install I don't have the diskspace and time for all kinds of GNU/Linux distributions
at the same time, with the current size of GNU/Linux, I only have 2 versions to install for testing. Most distributions work without major changes. For
installed. Also, I don't buy every new distro that's available. If you have questions about "unsupported" distributions, the best place to be is in the
a problem with that, just send me the new distro on CD to test by snailmail. MBSE support echo.
<P>&nbsp;<P> <P>&nbsp;<P>
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