Hi everyone!
I just got an old machine from a neighbor and put it to use running Debian with OpenJDK. I set up SpaceBukkit and MCPC+ on it, and it works well. I have a very basic Minecraft 1.6.4 modded server set up now. There are no mods as of the time of this writing, but I am going to add quite a few.
I am using the Technic platform to host the modpack files. If you don't already have the Tekkit launcher, grab it, and put in this as the platform URL for the pack.
http://www.technicpack.net/api/modpack/teksyndicate-modpack
I will be adding more plugins and mods as time goes, and I NEED VOLUNTEERS TO BE MODERATORS!! Very little knowledge of Linux will be needed, although if you know Linux inside and out that's fantastic and I still want help. If you want to help, let me know by posting here, and we can PM about the details. I can set you up a SpaceBukkit account within about 1 day.
MODDERS:
I am looking for a few people to help do modding for it. I am taking suggestions for mods to add, plus I've got a few I'd personally like. Again, we are using Forge modloader with Minecraft 1.6.4, and the Technic platform to distribute it.
Also, if anyone wants to help host all help is welcome! If other people want to host, I would be very happy. If your machine has 2GB or more of RAM and a decent (mine is a celeron) CPU, its fine. I want to set up a sync system between the machines for failover, maybe we can even do some automagic DNS failover (cough cough Wendell HELP!) but either way we can at least sync files and have multiple DNS records.
If you join now, you will be dropped at a very primitive spawnpoint, with almost nothing in the world except nature. I have been getting the networking mess straightened out for quite some time so I haven't had much time to do world building.
Again, I am open to suggestions for mods and plugins. Post them here and I will try to accomodate ASAP.
Thanks!
Hampton