Subj : Re: BBS on a Raspberry Pi
To   : ChkSum4Gvn
From : paulie420
Date : Sat Apr 12 2025 19:23:34

 Ch> Is there a 'best' BBS software to run on a Raspberry Pi and if so, what
 Ch> is it and why? If I do it, I would want to use no less than a Pi4, I'm
 Ch> guessing... I assume I could use a smaller slice of Pi but I've always
 Ch> been a greedy glutton when it comes to Pie, so knowing me, I'd probably
 Ch> use a Pi5, but I don't want to get stupid about it. 

You can run any of the BBS softwares on [mostly] any Raspberry Pi. I started 2oFB on a Pi 4 - and a Pi 5 would give even more CPU - but I think you'll find that you could have went w/ a Pi 3 and be totally fine...

2oFB has grown, and I mostly moved it to enterprise server hardware because of the massive File Conferences - something most BBSes will never need to worry about.

A simple answer to your question is that ANY Raspberry Pi will run a BBS software - its just how vast you add to the BBS that will dictate how much CPU you'll need. :P Have fun - you can get started BBSing with a Pi... easy peasy.

What are you gonna run? I always ran Raspberry Pi OS Lite. A nice Debian Linux based OS that could run my Mystic, Synchronet, Enigma .5 or other BBS software... the w0rld is your oyster!



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