GNU Pipo

What is Pipo ?

Pipo is a BBS (Bulletin Board System).

The features of GNU Pipo-BBS include:

Text and ANSI interfaces with colour for ANSI compatible terminals.
Online help.
Telnet connection (socket one planned).
Ability to talk instantly to a user connected at the same time as you.
Long term messages which can be viewed by non-connected users. They can be seen by all users, a specific group of users or one specific user...
Log of recently exchanged messages, available even after logout.
Ability to view the list of currently connected users.
Mappable keys.
Customisation of colours.
Robots.
Lot of information available on users (available only with that user's permission).
Games.
Easy-to-implement multi language system (see Atlantis-BBS implementation).
Different types of messages, including ASCII-Art.
Discussion lists (a little bit like IRC).
A voting system.

Features Coming Soon

A socket server, because telnet connections are really too slow.
A graphical socket client.
Maybe a Java client.
A lot of other stupid games (e.g. Game of Life), we just need programmers to write them.

Supported Platforms

Pipo-BBS is known to run on these operating systems regardless of the machine type (with a few hacks):

GNU/Linux 2.0
SunOS 5.5
IRIX 5.0
HP/UX 10.0

Why is it called Pipo ?

The name "pipo" is the French for the English "foo" or "bar".

It was suggested as a name for Atlantis-BBS implementation before a theme was found. French programmer put ``Pipo'' constantly when they talk about computer stuff. Take a look at this French site which makes fun of computer related things.

I don't think this word has a real meaning. But the users of the Atlantis-BBS have proposed it and voted for it as the name of the code.

Obtaining GNU Pipo-BBS

See the software page for information on obtaining GNU Pipo-BBS and other GNU software.

Getting Help with GNU Pipo-BBS

Information on getting help with GNU software in general is available at the Get Help with GNU Software page.

Manuals

There is no manual available at the moment. If you want to do one, you're welcome to!
You can read the files in the bbs/DOC/ directory of the release, which give quite a lot of information.

FAQ

You can find a FAQ online by pressing the <h> key after login on the Atlantis-BBS

Mailing Lists

There is no mailing-lists for Pipo, but you can ask any question about the code by going into the island Pipo-Code on the Atlantis-BBS.

The Atlantis BBS

This BBS is running under the GNU Pipo-BBS code. It is located in Marseille, France. Anyone can create an account on this BBS just by giving his or her name and e-mail address.

Here are the different things related to Atlantis BBS:

Telnet server of Atlantis BBS.
Web page of the BBS.
Ftp server of the BBS. Here you can find the latest release of GNU Pipo-BBS as well as information about users.

Further Information

More information is available on:

The Artificial "Intelligence" of one of the robots.
More documentation will be available in the next release.

Please send FSF & GNU inquiries & questions to [email protected]. There are also other ways to contact the FSF.

We thank Grégory VANDENBROUCK and Sébastien APERGHIS-TRAMONI for writing this page.

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Updated: $Date: 2014/03/28 05:02:20 $ $Author: ineiev $