Re: BBS on a Raspberry Pi
By: ChkSum4Gvn to All on Mon Feb 03 2025 07:45:16

Is there a 'best' BBS software to run on a Raspberry Pi...

"Best" is a relative term, however, probably the most popular is Raspberry Pi OS (whodda thunk?), which is a Linux distro.

...I'd probably use a Pi5...

You'd think the latest and greatest might be the way to go, but there are tradeoffs between the Pi 5 and 4. Also, don't limit youself to just the Pi SBCs, there's a whole slew of other brands out there, including SBCs that use the x86 platform, so you could install Windows, if you want. There's also RISC-based SBCs, if you want the bleeding edge.

I don't know your SBC level of knowledge, but here's a couple of resources you might want to check out:

Raspberry Pi Comparison Chart
https://socialcompare.com/en/comparison/raspberrypi-models-comparison
Videos on SBC Reviews
https://explainingcomputers.com/sbc.html

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

I ran MagickaBBS and, later, Talisman BBS on a Pi. They were both pretty
easy to set up, and IIRC Talisman is still being maintained
(talismanbbs.org).

I was running both on a Pi 2. A Pi 3 or better might work better for
Talisman.

There are folks running both Synchronet and maybe Mystic on Pis, too. I
have not tried those.


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