For the old-school Linux.org users...

I can't help but notice how active this forum has become in the past few years. We get a whole lot of activity lately.

I think that's a good thing. It means we're helping more people. I suspect our ranking in the search engine helps but I suspect our civility and helpfulness helps even more.

Seriously, there's a lot of activity now. That's a good thing, even if it can be a bit taxing at times.

Without you folks who have been here for years, I don't think we'd have this amount of posting and commenting. So, I figured this was a fine time to thank you for your contributions.

KGIII said:

I suspect our civility and helpfulness helps even more.

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That is the key, it attracts lots of people and keeps them coming back

Condobloke said:

That is the key, it attracts lots of people and keeps them coming back

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I even see comments about this from time to time.

Yes!
Thank you all for your help, hard work and most importantly Your Patience!

Hillbilly H said:

...and most importantly Your Patience!

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I liken this place as being like a (Linux) teaching hospital.

If some of us are its doctors, then yes, we get to see a lot of patience (sic)

Lol

Wiz

groans

That sort of behavior should be punished.

wizardfromoz said:

If some of us are its doctors, then yes, we get to see a lot of patience (sic)

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ultra groan.....(walks away, shaking head....)

KGIII said:

groans

That sort of behavior should be punished.

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But he outranks all of us! And he's a wizard!

atanere said:

But he outranks all of us! And he's a wizard!

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LOL All the more reason!

Two-thirds of "PUN" is "P-U!!"

Maybe it's friendly helpful people...members who run many Distros and of cause what's happening elsewhere.

bob466 said:

Maybe it's friendly helpful people

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That's pretty much the reason - I think...

We get a whole lot of activity these days, much more than when I started.

(That's a wonderful thing.)

Linux....try it out of being curious, but it can become a more comfortable thing. When you have MS being more controlling of what is yours, the "Rotted Core" company even more controlling on their stuff. Tux is more about tinkering with things. It is about not conforming in some sense. When it is more and more phone's and tab's, the normal computer stuff we used to do is less and less, so more and more Linux is growing. Got MX running on an old 2GB DDR2, dual core laptop at the shop, mostly used for looking up things, doing searches and using maps, getting them used to Linux. It also helps that even the old thing saw the network printer without doing a thing.

atanere said:

But he outranks all of us! And he's a wizard!

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And wizards have magic powers!