I did get wwiv installed in linux, but I still have a few more steps with it.

Its the high cost of subscriptions, its the fsking AI, its the bloated operating systems.



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On 16 Aug 2025 at 02:19p, Utopian Galt pondered and said...

I did get wwiv installed in linux, but I still have a few more steps
with it.

Its the high cost of subscriptions, its the fsking AI, its the bloated operating systems.

I left over 20 years ago, and I'm glad I did it back then, so I don't have to "rush to the exit" to avoid things like this.

It will take a bit of getting used to, but well worth it.

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On 16 Aug 2025, Utopian Galt said the following...

I did get wwiv installed in linux, but I still have a few more steps
with it.

Its the high cost of subscriptions, its the fsking AI, its the bloated operating systems.

You can do it. Been on linux for years now. What distro did you choose? What issues are you having? I would love to help.

DrClaw
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I made a post earlier today, Its just I cant write new files or directories in my user group.
File permissions is the big issue.

Linux Mint was selected.


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Hey Utopian!

On Sat, Aug 23 2025 15:41:07 -0500, you wrote:

I made a post earlier today, Its just I cant write new files or
directories in my user group. File permissions is the big issue.

Linux Mint was selected.

The distro doesn't matter. If you install something, or create a directory with one user and/or root, then try to write files or directories to it with a different user/group, you'll usually run into issues.

Have a look at 'man chown' (or google 'chown' without quotes) to change ownership of files/directories.

Regards,
Nick

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I made a post earlier today, Its just I cant write new files or directories in my user group.
File permissions is the big issue.

sudo chmod 0777 *
try this!

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On 02 Sep 2025, mary4 said the following...

I made a post earlier today, Its just I cant write new files or directories in my user group.
File permissions is the big issue.

sudo chmod 0777 *
try this!

You can also chown. So if its your user files you can change the owner as well. making something 777 can be dangerous as it allows all users even bad actors to access and the file. if you do an ls -al it will show the owners of the files. If it says root only root can access it. sudo chown user:user -R /directory and bam you will have access as that user you choose.

hope this helps

DrClaw
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mary4 wrote to Utopian Galt <=-

I made a post earlier today, Its just I cant write new files or directories in my user group.
File permissions is the big issue.

sudo chmod 0777 *
try this!

That's a VERY bad idea, and not recommended.



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