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<h5>Last update 29-Dec-2001</h5>
<h5>Last update 21-Jan-2002</h5>
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H1>Unix Distributions.</H1>
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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
port is ready to use.
Since januari 2002 a port to NetBSD is available, this version is not ready for
use.<br>
You should also consider the fact if the bbs machine is the same machine on
which you do your daily work on or if you use a seperate system for the bbs.
I will describe the distributions below for use on dedicated bbs computers,
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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
the same distributions. For people with little Linux experience these
the same distributions. The E-Smith server and gateway based on Redhat is also
supported.
For people with little Linux experience these
distributions are a good choice if you can spare the diskspace. I haven't
found a simple dedicated setup for the bbs, so the safest way is to install
allmost everything, which is quite simple. This will cost you about 1200 Megs.
Maybe that someone more experienced with these distro's can give more details
on how to build a small server. Please note that from RedHat 6.1 and up the
startup script (/etc/rc.d/init.d/mbsed) is different than before. Maybe
this is needed for Mandrake 6.1 and up too.
on how to build a small server.
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>SuSe</H3>
<H3>SuSE</H3>
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Since SuSE 7.1 the setup scripts are working and tested. Older distro's
might work.
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You may need to build mgetty yourself if you have an older FreeBSD distribution.
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<H3>NetBSD</H3>
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I use an old Sun Sparcstation 2 with NetBSD 1.5.2. This is more stable then
Linux on Sparc systems. This is still in test, info will follow later.
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>Famous last words...</H3>
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I don't have the diskspace for all kinds of Linux distributions to install
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a problem with that, just send me the new distro on CD to test by snailmail.
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