• Question: how do we copy and paste to echos

    From gcubebuddy@21:4/129 to All on Thu Apr 29 13:19:43 2021
    Hi all,
    i am trying to copy and paste info from a text file on my laptop, to an echo mail. i am using syncterm for telnet BBS'ing. i do see the "U" command for uploading to an echo. and when i try to direct upload the text from a local text file over Zmodem(8k) it doesnt seem to alow the message to be uploaded.
    am i doing something wrong? how do you guys upload text from outside docs to your echos?

    Thanks
    - Gamecube Buddy

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  • From Warpslide@21:3/110 to gcubebuddy on Thu Apr 29 11:11:22 2021
    *** Quoting gcubebuddy from a message to All ***

    Hi all, i am trying to copy and paste info from a text file on my
    laptop, to an echo mail. i am using syncterm for telnet BBS'ing.

    You could try using Syncterm 1.0 or switch to Netrunner. I use Netrunner now and copy/paste works as expected. You can grab it for Windows or Linux here:

    http://www.mysticbbs.com/downloads.html


    Jay

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  • From Al@21:4/106.1 to gcubebuddy on Thu Apr 29 19:46:21 2021
    Re: Question: how do we copy and paste to echos
    By: gcubebuddy to All on Thu Apr 29 2021 01:19 pm

    i am trying to copy and paste info from a text file on my laptop, to an echo mail. i am using syncterm for telnet BBS'ing.

    I don't very often want to paste anything but when I do that on my desktop running syncterm in SDL mode I simply right click and it pastes the contents of the clipboard into the message. That doesn't work when I am running in a terminal in curses mode since there is no clipboard.. :)

    I can also import a file with SlyEdit by pressing <CTRL> O.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From gcubebuddy@21:4/129 to Warpslide on Fri Apr 30 12:54:12 2021
    You could try using Syncterm 1.0 or switch to Netrunner. I use

    Hi, ya i actually use syncterm. however i think i am using a beta version
    which i downloaded by accedent. i tried netrunner, but it doesnt seem to like ubuntu 20.04 very well. when i tried to launch it, it gives an error message that it could not connect to the X11 server... my guess is it has something
    to do with wayland not being compatable with it yet....

    Thanks
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  • From gcubebuddy@21:4/129 to Al on Fri Apr 30 17:50:16 2021
    I don't very often want to paste anything but when I do that on my
    desktop running syncterm in SDL mode I simply right click and it pastes the contents of the clipboard into the message. That doesn't work when I am running in a terminal in curses mode since there is no clipboard.. :)
    I can also import a file with SlyEdit by pressing <CTRL> O.

    Interesting, i will have to check that out... for my desktop i am using
    Openbox so i dont know if it has SDL integration on it or not... i usually
    run it to make my old laptop run faster lol.

    Thanks
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  • From Al@21:4/106.1 to gcubebuddy on Fri Apr 30 16:31:51 2021
    Re: re: Question: how do we copy and paste to echos
    By: gcubebuddy to Warpslide on Fri Apr 30 2021 12:54 pm

    Hi, ya i actually use syncterm. however i think i am using a beta version which i downloaded by accedent.

    I use 1.1 on my desktop just because I haven't updated there yet. I use the current beta 1.2a on my plain plain old terminal and I find it works well.

    That is where Deuce adds and tests new features, so..

    Looks like he is adding support for RIP graphics, just saw that today.

    i tried netrunner, but it doesnt seem to like ubuntu 20.04 very well. when i tried to launch it, it gives an error message that it could not connect to the X11 server... my guess is it has something to do with wayland not being compatable with it yet....

    Netrunner is a desktop app. It depends on xorg and friends. It won't run from a terminal. I'm not sure but maybe that is the issue?

    Nodespy has a telnet/rlogin/ssh terminal built in that will run from the terminal. Run nodespy and hit the spacebar and you can connect from there to other BBSs.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Al@21:4/106.1 to gcubebuddy on Fri Apr 30 16:35:19 2021
    Re: re: Question: how do we copy and paste to echos
    By: gcubebuddy to Al on Fri Apr 30 2021 05:50 pm

    Interesting, i will have to check that out... for my desktop i am using Openbox so i dont know if it has SDL integration on it or not... i usually run it to make my old laptop run faster lol.

    Openbox may or may not use SDL but if it's installed your apps should be able to use it. Netrunner should run from an openbox session, I think.

    I haven't used openbox in a long time but I was recently thinking about installing it.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From apam@21:1/182 to Al on Sat May 1 10:33:12 2021
    Openbox may or may not use SDL but if it's installed your apps should
    be able to use it. Netrunner should run from an openbox session, I
    think.

    Yeah, it doesn't matter what window manager you're using.

    Although, KWin (KDE window manager) detects SDL2 and turns of
    compositing. I guess because it thinks you're playing a game. You can
    override it though.

    Netrunner is a bit hit and miss on Linux I've found, some times it works,
    some times it doesn't depending on distribution your using compared to
    what it was compiled on (but then to be fair, so is syncterm binaries at times).

    I'm sure syncterm > 1.0 supports copy and paste - I'm sure I've seen Rob explain how to do it numerous times. I don't remember how, as I hardly
    use it nowdays..

    Magiterm also supports copy and paste :P

    Andrew

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  • From Al@21:4/106.1 to apam on Fri Apr 30 17:50:05 2021
    Re: re: Question: how do we copy and paste to echos
    By: apam to Al on Sat May 01 2021 10:33 am

    Netrunner is a bit hit and miss on Linux I've found, some times it works, some times it doesn't depending on distribution your using compared to what it was compiled on (but then to be fair, so is syncterm binaries at times).

    Yes, precompiled binaries can be that way on linux as compared to windows a precompiled program will just run. Most of the time.

    I'm sure syncterm > 1.0 supports copy and paste - I'm sure I've seen Rob explain how to do it numerous times. I don't remember how, as I hardly
    use it nowdays..

    Yes, it does. It can be done even in a plain terminal but I use it rarely and I forget now how to do that.

    Magiterm also supports copy and paste :P

    I am running slackware-current on my desktop at the moment and MagiTerm builds and installs now without issues.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Blue White@21:4/134 to Al on Sat May 1 09:37:53 2021
    Al wrote to gcubebuddy <=-

    i tried netrunner, but it doesnt seem to like ubuntu 20.04 very well. when i tried to launch it, it gives an error message that it could not connect to the X11 server... my guess is it has something to do with wayland not being compatable with it yet....

    Netrunner is a desktop app. It depends on xorg and friends. It won't
    run from a terminal. I'm not sure but maybe that is the issue?

    I suspect it is because netrunner depends on xorg, and ubuntu has
    "upgraded" to wayland, which replaces xorg entirely and isn't 100% backward-compatable.

    If ubuntu has gone that route, other distros will likely follow in the
    future (unless they can find developers to maintain X). netrunner will eventually need to be updated to support the new tech.

    If that is even the issue. :) I don't know much about wayland but have
    seen some articles where either someone is complaining that things don't
    work the same, or where someone is pointing out that "wayland is not X" so
    you can't expect everything to work the same. :)


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  • From Al@21:4/106.1 to Blue White on Sat May 1 18:02:11 2021
    Re: Re: Question: how do we copy and paste to echos
    By: Blue White to Al on Sat May 01 2021 09:37 am

    I suspect it is because netrunner depends on xorg, and ubuntu has "upgraded" to wayland, which replaces xorg entirely and isn't 100% backward-compatable.

    I didn't realize that was the case. My own install here is xorg but it does support wayland too, in some fashion.

    If ubuntu has gone that route, other distros will likely follow in the future (unless they can find developers to maintain X). netrunner will eventually need to be updated to support the new tech.

    If that is even the issue. :) I don't know much about wayland but have seen some articles where either someone is complaining that things don't work the same, or where someone is pointing out that "wayland is not X" so you can't expect everything to work the same. :)

    If there is no xorg or X server support in ubuntu then apps that don't support wayland directly won't run. That could impact any number of apps like SyncTERM and MagiTerm. I don't know if those apps have support for wayland.

    Looks like stormy seas ahead!

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From apam@21:1/182 to Al on Sun May 2 12:12:01 2021
    If there is no xorg or X server support in ubuntu then apps that don't support wayland directly won't run. That could impact any number of
    apps like SyncTERM and MagiTerm. I don't know if those apps have
    support for wayland.

    SDL2 supports wayland, so it should just run..

    If you need X11 then XWayland should be able to run it.

    I did note that using NVIDIA drivers with wayland, the XWayland part
    isn't working yet, but should be soon.

    Andrew

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  • From Al@21:4/106.1 to apam on Sat May 1 19:32:51 2021
    Re: Re: Question: how do we copy and paste to echos
    By: apam to Al on Sun May 02 2021 12:12 pm

    SDL2 supports wayland, so it should just run..

    That's good to know. I think all the important stuff here (Quake*) and BBS terminals are using SDL2 now.

    If you need X11 then XWayland should be able to run it.

    I did note that using NVIDIA drivers with wayland, the XWayland part
    isn't working yet, but should be soon.

    I hope so, I use an NVIDIA card on my desktop and have a few legacy games like unreal that have not been updated in a long time and will likely never be updated again or be open sourced.

    Slackware us unlikely to drop xorg anytime soon but who knows.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From apam@21:1/182 to Al on Sun May 2 12:49:20 2021
    That's good to know. I think all the important stuff here (Quake*) and
    BBS terminals are using SDL2 now.

    I did note while reading that older games may be built with older SDL2
    and may not work correctly, but if that's the case you can force SDL to
    use the X11 driver and run using XWayland.

    I had thought Fedora 34 used wayland by default also, but it appears I am
    using X11. (Maybe because I am using the XFCE spin - or maybe I just got
    that wrong). I'm installing ubuntu 21.04 now in a VirtualBox to test
    things out. I forgot Magiterm does use XBell for beeping, so I am curious
    to see what happens there.

    Andrew

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  • From apam@21:1/182 to apam on Sun May 2 13:23:26 2021
    that wrong). I'm installing ubuntu 21.04 now in a VirtualBox to test
    things out. I forgot Magiterm does use XBell for beeping, so I am

    Yep, works find under wayland. :)

    I even forced SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER=wayland just incase it was sneakily using
    X11 :P

    Andrew

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  • From Blue White@21:4/134 to Al on Sun May 2 08:51:27 2021
    Al wrote to Blue White <=-

    If there is no xorg or X server support in ubuntu then apps that don't support wayland directly won't run. That could impact any number of
    apps like SyncTERM and MagiTerm. I don't know if those apps have
    support for wayland.

    Looks like stormy seas ahead!

    Hopefully it isn't as bad as we suspect, but I do agree it is best to have
    some sea sickness remedies ready just in case! :)


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  • From Al@21:4/106.1 to Blue White on Sun May 2 15:39:57 2021
    Re: Re: Question: how do we copy and paste to echos
    By: Blue White to Al on Sun May 02 2021 08:51 am

    Looks like stormy seas ahead!

    Hopefully it isn't as bad as we suspect, but I do agree it is best to have some sea sickness remedies ready just in case! :)

    It sounds like it's all going to work, as long as all the bits and bobs are in place!

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Arelor@21:2/138 to Blue White on Mon May 3 05:42:53 2021
    Re: Re: Question: how do we copy and paste to echos
    By: Blue White to Al on Sat May 01 2021 09:37 am

    If ubuntu has gone that route, other distros will likely follow in the future (unless they can find developers to maintain X). netrunner will eventually need to be updated to support the new tech.


    I am not sure Ubuntu is the one everybody is following, as used to be the case. A bunch of the stuff they have done has been ignored and they have pretty much declared they are going to stop doing "special" efforts for desktop/mobile.

    I think the modern Linux trend maker is IBM with Fedora and all the satellite projects IBM is funding through Red Hat's pet projects (Gnome, SystemD, Pulseaudio).


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  • From gcubebuddy@21:4/129 to Al on Mon May 3 12:58:50 2021
    I use 1.1 on my desktop just because I haven't updated there yet. I use the current beta 1.2a on my plain plain old terminal and I find it works well.
    That is where Deuce adds and tests new features, so..
    Looks like he is adding support for RIP graphics, just saw that today. Netrunner is a desktop app. It depends on xorg and friends. It won't run from a
    terminal. I'm not sure but maybe that is the issue?
    Nodespy has a telnet/rlogin/ssh terminal built in that will run from the terminal. Run nodespy and hit the spacebar and you can connect from
    there to other BBSs.
    Ttyl :-),
    Al

    oh ok cool. thanks for the info. :-)

    Thanks
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  • From gcubebuddy@21:4/129 to Al on Mon May 3 13:06:08 2021
    Openbox may or may not use SDL but if it's installed your apps should be able to use it. Netrunner should run from an openbox session, I think.

    Oh ok, so it might be an SDL issue then? i will check that out.

    Thanks
    - Gamecube Buddy

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  • From gcubebuddy@21:4/129 to apam on Mon May 3 13:32:16 2021
    Yeah, it doesn't matter what window manager you're using.
    Although, KWin (KDE window manager) detects SDL2 and turns of
    compositing. I guess because it thinks you're playing a game. You can override it though.
    Netrunner is a bit hit and miss on Linux I've found, some times it works, some times it doesn't depending on distribution your using compared to what it was compiled on (but then to be fair, so is syncterm binaries at times).
    I'm sure syncterm > 1.0 supports copy and paste - I'm sure I've seen Rob explain how to do it numerous times. I don't remember how, as I hardly
    use it nowdays..
    Magiterm also supports copy and paste :P
    Andrew

    oh ok interesting. i will have to look into that.

    Thanks
    - Gamecube Buddy

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  • From Blue White@21:4/134 to Arelor on Mon May 3 16:49:38 2021
    Arelor wrote to Blue White <=-

    I am not sure Ubuntu is the one everybody is following, as used to be
    the case. A bunch of the stuff they have done has been ignored and they have pretty much declared they are going to stop doing "special"
    efforts for desktop/mobile.

    I think the modern Linux trend maker is IBM with Fedora and all the satellite projects IBM is funding through Red Hat's pet projects
    (Gnome, SystemD, Pulseaudio).

    The ones that I know of that don't follow ubuntu are the ones that are also
    not following RH into systemd land. devuan is one of those. :)



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  • From Al@21:4/106.1 to gcubebuddy on Mon May 3 20:14:57 2021
    Re: re: Question: how do we copy and paste to echos
    By: gcubebuddy to Al on Mon May 03 2021 01:06 pm

    Oh ok, so it might be an SDL issue then? i will check that out.

    It could be. These days what you need installed is SDL2 for Netrunner, Syncterm and Magiterm.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From gcubebuddy@21:4/129 to Blue White on Wed May 5 13:31:09 2021
    Netrunner is a desktop app. It depends on xorg and friends. It won't run from a terminal. I'm not sure but maybe that is the issue?

    I suspect it is because netrunner depends on xorg, and ubuntu has "upgraded" to wayland, which replaces xorg entirely and isn't 100% backward-compatable.

    If ubuntu has gone that route, other distros will likely follow in the future (unless they can find developers to maintain X). netrunner will eventually need to be updated to support the new tech.

    If that is even the issue. :) I don't know much about wayland but have seen some articles where either someone is complaining that things don't work the same, or where someone is pointing out that "wayland is not X"
    so you can't expect everything to work the same. :)


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    I did some troubleshooting on this yesterday. it turns out it was the SDL2
    lib i needed to install: sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev that seemed to
    be the magic bullet that let it work. i am actually using it right now. I
    also re-installed LuBuntu Ubuntu on my laptop. i was wanting to take some of the bloat out of my OS so i changed from standard ubuntu to lubuntu. however
    i did the sdl2 install on both my old install and the current one.

    Thanks
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  • From gcubebuddy@21:4/129 to apam on Wed May 5 18:13:29 2021
    I had thought Fedora 34 used wayland by default also, but it appears I am using X11. (Maybe because I am using the XFCE spin - or maybe I just got that wrong). I'm installing ubuntu 21.04 now in a VirtualBox to test things out. I forgot Magiterm does use XBell for beeping, so I am curious Andrew

    Hi, i finally got netrunner going on ubuntu. i had a quick question though,
    for saving an echo or netmail text to your HDD, what keys should i try? i
    know in Syncterm its [Alt] + X which saves it... does netrunner do that too?
    so far the one thing i like about netrunner over syncterm, is the ability to click on the top "enlarge" icon on the top of the menu bar, to make it go
    full scale to my screen. syncterm, when i click on the window enlarge button, the screen size stays the same with out scaling it to the size of the screen.
    i wish syncterm could do that. other than that syncterm was pretty solid...

    Thanks
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  • From gcubebuddy@21:4/129 to Arelor on Wed May 5 21:13:32 2021
    I think the modern Linux trend maker is IBM with Fedora and all the satellite projects IBM is funding through Red Hat's pet projects (Gnome, SystemD, Pulseaudio).

    Ya, unfortunatly though, i had to switch from CentOS to Ubuntu LTS, as IBM is now no longer producing Stable LTS releases for CentOS. they are now only
    doing a "Rolling-release" and support of CentOS 8 will end at the end of
    2021. there is word that someone is going to try and start up another RHEL splitoff called ROCKY. however, i changed to ubuntu due to the prospect of having to migrate anyways once CentOS 8 is EOL. I have used ubuntu in the
    past for A.I. type projects (trying to build my own Jarvis system lol). but i went back to CentOS due to most fed, state, and corp jobs 9 times out of 10 they are using RHEL. RHEL does work awesome with Mystic. however, im not holding my breath that IBM will let CentOS have a LTS version again.

    Thanks
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  • From Arelor@21:2/138 to gcubebuddy on Wed May 5 17:42:52 2021
    Re: re: Question: how do we copy and paste to echos
    By: gcubebuddy to Arelor on Wed May 05 2021 09:13 pm

    I think the modern Linux trend maker is IBM with Fedora and all the satellite projects IBM is funding throu
    Red Hat's pet projects (Gnome, SystemD, Pulseaudio).

    Ya, unfortunatly though, i had to switch from CentOS to Ubuntu LTS, as IBM is now no longer producing Stable LTS
    releases for CentOS. they are now only
    doing a "Rolling-release" and support of CentOS 8 will end at the end of 2021. there is word that someone is going to try and start up another RHEL splitoff called ROCKY. however, i
    changed to ubuntu due to the prospect of having to migrate anyways once CentOS 8 is EOL. I have used ubuntu in t
    past for A.I. type projects (trying to build my own Jarvis system lol). but i went back to CentOS due to most fe
    state, and corp jobs 9 times out of 10 they are using RHEL. RHEL does work awesome with Mystic. however, im not
    holding my breath that IBM will let CentOS have a LTS version again.

    Thanks
    - Gamecube Buddy

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    I am starting to think the business model for Red Hat clones is to create a viable alternative, and then have IBM
    buy them :-P

    Ok, not really (I mean, look at Oracle Linux, right?). But I am sure it worked well for the CentOS people.


    Anecdotically, I've found that human resources people in Spain who are looking for RH/Centos admins tend to be
    impressed if you have experience with distributions with a reputation for nerdiness, even if you have never touched
    yum or dnf :-)

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  • From apam@21:1/182 to gcubebuddy on Thu May 6 09:43:12 2021
    Hi, i finally got netrunner going on ubuntu. i had a quick question
    though,
    for saving an echo or netmail text to your HDD, what keys should i
    try? i
    know in Syncterm its [Alt] + X which saves it... does netrunner do
    that too?

    No idea, sorry. I rarely use netrunner, only have installed it in the
    past to work out compatability issues.

    Andrew

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  • From gcubebuddy@21:4/129 to Al on Thu May 6 12:23:24 2021
    It could be. These days what you need installed is SDL2 for Netrunner, Syncterm
    and Magiterm.

    Ya it turned out to be the case. I was able to run Syncterm with out it installed. but with the SDL2 installed, netrunner started working. I have not had a chance yet to mess with Magiterm. when i was looking over the source code, it looked like it was wanting to make a Docker image or something...
    when you have used it, was it in a stand alone binary or did it make you compile the whole thing, and run it as a docker image?

    Thanks
    - Gamecube Buddy

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  • From apam@21:1/182 to gcubebuddy on Thu May 6 22:28:00 2021
    had a chance yet to mess with Magiterm. when i was looking over the
    source
    code, it looked like it was wanting to make a Docker image or
    something...
    when you have used it, was it in a stand alone binary or did it make
    you
    compile the whole thing, and run it as a docker image?

    I think you might be looking at the wrong magiterm. There is another
    project called magiterm that turns up in google search results these days.

    The code for magiterm is available here:

    https://gitlab.com/magickabbs/magiterm

    There is also packages/repositories for the popular linux distros on the opensuse build service (debian, ubuntu, opensuse, fedora, centos and
    raspberry pi)

    You can find the url via my webpage here:

    https://happylandbbs.com/

    Andrew

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  • From Al@21:4/106.1 to gcubebuddy on Thu May 6 05:36:28 2021
    Re: re: Question: how do we copy and paste to echos
    By: gcubebuddy to Al on Thu May 06 2021 12:23 pm

    Ya it turned out to be the case. I was able to run Syncterm with out it installed.

    Yep, Syncterm has both curses and SDL modes, so if you have the SDL2-dev packages installed when you build Syncterm you can use both curses and SDL modes.

    I have not had a chance yet to mess with Magiterm. when i was looking over the source code, it looked like it was wanting to make a Docker image or something... when you have used it, was it in a stand alone binary or did it make you compile the whole thing, and run it as a docker image?

    Magiterm built like any other app for me. I just followed the instructions on the gitlab page. I have no docker here. Magiterm is also a desktop app like Netrunner.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From gcubebuddy@21:4/129 to Arelor on Thu May 6 12:49:22 2021
    I am starting to think the business model for Red Hat clones is to
    create a viable alternative, and then have IBM
    buy them :-P
    Ok, not really (I mean, look at Oracle Linux, right?). But I am sure it worked well for the CentOS people.
    Anecdotically, I've found that human resources people in Spain who are looking
    for RH/Centos admins tend to be
    impressed if you have experience with distributions with a reputation
    for nerdiness, even if you have never touched
    yum or dnf :-)

    wow thats cool. i know i have tinkered with a lot of different OS's.
    everything from slackware, freeBSD, NetBSD to ReactOS, and FreeDOS. I still have yet to tinker with TempleOS, or OpenAmiga OS. Apparently for AmigaOS yo need a PowerPC processor.

    Thanks
    - Gamecube Buddy

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  • From gcubebuddy@21:4/129 to apam on Thu May 6 13:53:36 2021
    I think you might be looking at the wrong magiterm. There is another project called magiterm that turns up in google search results these
    days.
    The code for magiterm is available here: https://gitlab.com/magickabbs/magiterm
    There is also packages/repositories for the popular linux distros on the opensuse build service (debian, ubuntu, opensuse, fedora, centos and raspberry pi)
    You can find the url via my webpage here:
    https://happylandbbs.com/
    Andrew

    wow, awesome! thanks for the link and the info. i will have to check that out.

    Thanks
    - Gamecube Buddy

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  • From Blue White@21:4/134 to gcubebuddy on Thu May 6 15:39:16 2021
    gcubebuddy wrote to Blue White <=-

    I did some troubleshooting on this yesterday. it turns out it was the
    SDL2 lib i needed to install: sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev that seemed to be the magic bullet that let it work. i am actually using it right now. I also re-installed LuBuntu Ubuntu on my laptop. i was
    wanting to take some of the bloat out of my OS so i changed from
    standard ubuntu to lubuntu. however i did the sdl2 install on both my
    old install and the current one.

    Glad you got it figured out!


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  • From acn@21:3/127.1 to gcubebuddy on Fri May 7 16:52:00 2021
    Am 06.05.21 schrieb gcubebuddy@21:4/129 in FSX_GEN:

    Hallo gcubebuddy,

    Apparently for AmigaOS yo need a PowerPC processor.

    As far as I know, the recent versions of WinUAE do emulate PowerPC add-on cards for Amigas, so you can install AmigaOS 4 in this emulator.
    Just fyi :)

    Regards,
    Anna

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  • From Oli@21:3/102 to gcubebuddy on Sat May 8 08:34:49 2021
    gcubebuddy wrote (2021-05-06):

    Apparently for
    AmigaOS yo need a PowerPC processor.

    there is still an AmigaOS for 68k and AROS for x86 and ARM and other platforms.

    Icaros is the most popular AROS distro for PC:
    https://vmwaros.blogspot.com/

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