Ubuntu is my daily driver but I'm thinking of setting this up on my never used Raspberry PI -- anyone using it? How tough do you think it will be as a first project?

node815, 5 months ago

Brings back memories of running “The Upper Room BBS” and “007 BBS” as a teenager in the late 80’s as a SYSOP. Those were fond memories, of having someone dial into your computer and making online friends from across the country sometimes.

I think now though, you can just Telnet into different BBS’s still.

www.telnetbbsguide.com/bbs/list/brief/

wowwoweowza, 5 months ago

This looks amazing! Thank you.

YIj54yALOJxEsY20eU, 5 months ago

Do you listen to Linux Unplugged podcast? They just mentioned this lol

null, 5 months ago

And if you don’t listen to LUP, you should really listen to LUP. And all the other Jupiter podcasts.

wowwoweowza, 5 months ago

Thank you! I shall start listening!

youngGoku, 5 months ago

<span style="color:#323232;">chmod +x ./install.sh 
</span><span style="color:#323232;">./install.sh
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Hmm usually not a secure practice to do this

0000, 5 months ago

What’s the alternative to doing this? Is it safer to read the script first and then execute it as

sh ./install.sh?

youngGoku, 5 months ago

Read the official docs to build from source.

duncesplayed, 5 months ago

Those instructions are from the official docs, and install.sh comes from the source repo. It’s an annoying script (it basically runs apt, npm, make, on your behalf…thanks, I can do that myself), but if you’re trusting the repo source to begin with, I don’t think it’s any less secure.

wowwoweowza, 5 months ago

I have a great deal to learn…

lautan, 5 months ago

It’s a good idea. I recommend it.

drwho, 5 months ago

As long as you follow the instructions you should be okay.

wowwoweowza, 5 months ago

Thank you — seems like a nice place to start to move beyond starting a browser.

faethon, 5 months ago

Looks like a pretty straightforward install! And a fun project to have a personal message space with friends. It includes the ability to launch gameoso you could maybe set it up as a personal lobby for gaming buddies.

wowwoweowza, 5 months ago

I’m ready to do something lower tech — retro.

I’m a big fan of this old BBS game called Space Trader — I loved it. Hoping to get one going.