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**Once again, it's time for the FNGT!** If you don't know how this works, [click this link](https://fngt.gq/index.php?page=intro). That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down. **NOTE:** That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask Crazy, or myself. If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only. Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then [you can donate](https://poal.co/donate).

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Blfs os awesome can make macro systems so small and lite fuck yes l9ve thwm have a few cds from pre 2012. Ill probably settle with artix for now has few light themes and quite secure. Manjaro that still around? I have an old manjaro disc hell i found a ubuntu 7.o4 lts i think it was couple qeeks ago ina old batch evema super grub recorvery disc from before i met my w8fe lol

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Yup. Manjaro is still kicking. Man, that distro has some history. From Mandrake to Mandriva and now onto Manjaro - but based on Arch. It's amazing.

Hell, Slackware (finally) just got a new version. The last new version was 15 in 2014 or 2015. They're now on 16, I guess...

I don't do the 'news' thing for the site really. I just do articles every other day. I can't possibly keep up with all the news.

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Mandrake oh man memories there when i was young. I started with linix at abput 8 yrs old and have tinkered but really need to stop doing usb live persistent systems and build me a full on linix desktop. Slackware is still around thats goos news lots of linux support still sweet. Yeah i dont know how any9ne could keep up so many changes consistently

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I used Linux pretty early on but I didn't use it as a desktop OS (exclusive of all other desktop OSes) until 2007. My business was a DEC business before becoming a Sun shop. We mostly used Sun hardware (and Solaris/SunOS, a UNIX) on the server side. So, I had some familiarity coming into it. Plus, as a geek, I'd toyed with Linux on the desktop lots of times. I just didn't use it exclusively until 2007.

Since then, I've largely approached it as an academic pursuit. I'm actually a well-respected, modestly-known member of the community. I've made it a point to give back to the community in ways that I could, even from the start. I'd find questions and then recreate the situation to find solutions when nobody else knew the answer. Today, I'm a recognized Ubuntu member (able to speak for and represent Ubuntu) and moderate one of the largest Linux forums online.

Linux has been a fun hobby for me.

Now if I'd stop buying servers... In the past two weeks, I've rented two new VPSes for two new projects.

I pretty much suck at being retired. In theory, I should be sipping whiskey while chilling with the wife and ignoring the internet. Instead, we're watching cartoons while I keep up with my online obligations. I'm always obligating myself to something new.

I guess 8 would be a pretty young time to get involved in Linux. That probably helps in the long term. Rather than learn a bunch of bad habits with other operating systems, you've learned to administrate your own boxes. With this, you'll have a better understanding of what the computer is really doing under the hood than people in your same age category.

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Wonder since going to arch will they remove systemd as well for security? That ill look into now my linux fever is hot again lol thanks

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I don't really see systemd as a security issue but that's 'cause I understand it. It's just a giant, bloated init system with some great features. By itself, it's pretty harmless. The FUD out there about it is just astounding. There's a reason every major distro uses it - and lo and behold, those systems are not insecure. Not only that, it's reliable - reliable enough for mission critical applications including being used in space for vital components. Hell, systemd is even on Mars.