Subj : Linux BBS
To   : the Outlaw
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri Jul 03 2026 13:14:50

  Re: Linux BBS
  By: the Outlaw to All on Sun Jun 28 2026 10:51 pm

 TO> asof Late I've been contemplating Turning my Windows 7 BBS into a linux
 TO> server, and running my BBS on linux, Probably Ubuntu Server 26.04, I
 TO> assume my user file and other important files can just be moved over?
 TO> anyway I'll check the wiki 1st.
 TO> I temporarily moved the BBS to a windows 10 machine. It will either be
 TO> alot of fun, or a huge headache, or a little of both.

I moved my Synchronet setup from Windows to Linux 4 years ago. I basically just moved all my files over, including the configuration files & data files - basically my whole sbbs tree. For me, the biggest thing was going through to make sure the paths to all my doors in the external programs configuration were correct and that I had them set up correctly and running (either with native Linux versions, if possible, or to run with DOSBox).

For FTN messages, I was already using BinkIt (which comes with Synchronet & is written in JavaScript), and that just kept running as expected in Linux.

One thing I did on Linux is that I created a sbbs.service file so I could run Synchronet using systemd (systemctl), since I wouldn't be using sbbsctrl.exe anymore.

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