NIGHTFOX (21:1/137) wrote to klunk <=-
I eventually decided to move my BBS to a 64-bit Linux distro. 16-bit
DOS doors run decently well with dosemu or dosemu2 (at least with Synchronet).
Not all of us are technologically adept, thats what keeps us slaves
to the windows plantation.
It's not necessarily about being technologically adept. You don't need any more tech know-how to do anything on some of these Linux distributions these days than you do Windows.
The issue is more than likely that you have been so used to running Windows over the course of 3-4 decades now, whereas you may have never once took the time to even look at Linux. So it's probably more about
the fear of leaving your own comfort zone, than it is being some kind of 'Linux technogeek', or whatever you want to /think/ you need to be.
On 16 Nov 2025, Accession said the following... Ac> Ac> It's not
necessarily about being technologically adept. You don't need Ac>
any more tech know-how to do anything on some of these Linux Ac> distributions these days than you do Windows. Ac> Ac> The issue is
more than likely that you have been so used to running Ac> Windows
over the course of 3-4 decades now, whereas you may have never Ac>
once took the time to even look at Linux. So it's probably more
about Ac> the fear of leaving your own comfort zone, than it is
being some kind of Ac> 'Linux technogeek', or whatever you want to /
think/ you need to be.
NIGHTFOX (21:1/137) wrote to klunk <=-
I eventually decided to move my BBS to a 64-bit Linux distro. 16-bit DOS
doors run decently well with dosemu or dosemu2 (at least with
Synchronet).
Not all of us are technologically adept, thats what keeps us slaves to the windows plantation.
Hey Bucko!
Sorry for going way off topic here, but may I ask what you used to quote that? Was my original text messed up that bad that it would have quoted
it like that? Or was that something on your end (as I doubt a Mystic internal editor would do something like that). It's possible it's just
the way it's displaying on my side, too. *shrug*
We could move this portion over to FSX_TST if you wish, I'm just messing about in my Thunderbird about:config settings with format=flowed and
some quoting stuff trying to iron out some of these quirks I'm noticing
on my end. If I'm creating an issue that I'm not seeing, I'd like to
know about it so I can undo it! ;)
Regards,
Nick
Sorry for going way off topic here, but may I ask what you used to
quote that? Was my original text messed up that bad that it would
have quoted it like that? Or was that something on your end (as I
doubt a Mystic internal editor would do something like that). It's
possible it's just the way it's displaying on my side, too. *shrug*
Hey Nick, actually, inside the Mystic editor and looking at my
original response it is all correct here. LOL It's possible
Thunderbird is playing with the carriage returns.. No biggie though..
No harm done...
Hey Bucko!
I agree. It looks fine everywhere else I look, too. I've messed with the config editor far too much in Thunderbird to figure out what specific option I changed that is messing things up. It's about time to revert
back to defaults, at least things that I've changed regarding quoting
and wrapping anyway.
I'm the same way! I want things a certain way, when they aren't I
sit there and try to figure out what I did! Eventually, settings go
back to default. LOL
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