Subj : Icy Board 0.1.5 release
To : Omnibrain
From : ogg
Date : Mon Mar 17 2025 03:10 pm
On 17 Mar 2025, Omnibrain said the following...
Om> It's a rewrite of PCBoard with all pros & cons.
Om>
Om> May be easier to set up than the original PCBoard in some ways but
Om> PCBoard was known for it's hard and unintuitive setup.
Om>
Om> So IcyBoard takes another approach that mystic/synchronet/enigma where
Om> you've a BBS with all bells and whistles after a small setup process.
Om>
Om> OTOH it's a platform to run PPEs - so you've access to thousands of
Om> plugin options to configure it. It looks, feels and works like PCBoard -
Om> just on modern OS.
Om>
Om> I've a new PPL compiler - which is way better than anything available for
Om> PCBoard - it can produce PPEs for any old PCBoard version and the
Om> language got extended a bit. (IcyBoard extended PPL in many ways - see
Om> docs.)
Om>
Om> And IMO the best PPE decompiler available - so if you need a decompiler
Om> for PPE - take this :).
Om>
Om>
https://github.com/mkrueger/icy_board/releases/latest
Om>
Om> Improved documentation a bit
https://github.com/mkrueger/icy_board
Om>
Om> --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
Om> * Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)
Just wanted to drop a note about the install process. I installed icy_board on
Ubuntu 24.04, 64bit. I used the source files and installed both Rust and
icy_board. Used the installer for rust from their web page.
I downloaded the icy_board file into /Downloads. Then unzipped
automatically into /Downloads/icy_board-0.1.5. Switched to icy_board-0.1.5
and ran "cargo build --release" with no problems.
Where I ran into issues was trying to find "icbsetup." I found it in the
/Downloads/icy_board.../target/release subdirectory. That took a while to
track down. Once I ran ./icbsetup, things went smoothly. I have it running
(not online) and was able to run some configuration changes.
I like what I see so far and will be keeping up with your progress. Last
question is do you have a process for upgrading my current install or will I
just have to download and restart compiling?
|11ogg
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Windows/64)
* Origin: Altair IV BBS (21:2/147)
