I haven’t been over here much because I’ve been traveling and also doing outdoor and other activities. I’m really pleased to see several people join and contribute since the last time I was active. Welcome to all!
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Hi everyone,
I’m Rahul Kumar Singh. Since 2020, I’ve been working in IT, primarily as a Linux System Administrator. I have strong experience with Ubuntu, RedHat, and AlmaLinux.
Regards
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My name is Zach, I know a little about linux, from 25+ years ago. I have used windows for the last couple decades due to work and then familiarity. I finally have the freedom to use what I want and so I have returned to Linux. Now that I’m back, I remember all the fun it used to be having the freedoms that you all enjoy. I’m truly greatful to be back running a linux machine. In the last few months I started with dual booting Win/Mint on an MSI summit, Dual booting an older macbook pro, and then realized I wasn’t using the Win part at all… So I set my MSI up on Tuxedo and after getting used to it, I ordered this Tuxedo Infinitybook 14 pro gen 10. I had to wait a while for the thing to be built (Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 w/128G ram and a 4T ssd) but it’s been absolutely amazing this past month of owning it. So, now I’m here to actually start learning what I’m doing, and some day hopefully help out in some way.
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Welcome to our community @Zach looking forward to reading your views and feedback on some of the popular topics.
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Welcome to our community and welcome back to the world of Linux. I too had a similar journey. I was on Linux for a few years before 2015, and then I returned to Windows because it was just less of a headache with specific software. After Windows 11 was introduced with it’s new hardware requirements I switched back to Linux and haven’t looked back. Mint is a good start. I started with Zorin.
After the initial install, I am sure you will continue to explore. I have been through quite the number of distros and desktops and window managers. I would say it has been a lovely journey so far. I wish you well as you continue yours.
Again welcome.
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Glad you made it here and back to the Linux community.
Looking forward to reading more about your experience as you hopefully maintain your return to Linux distributions.
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Retired, based in UK, ex university senior lecturer, control systems theory and robotics. Used Linux fairly frequently since about 1990. Apart from Suns running Solaris, I started with Mandrake. In the 80’s had a dabble with Xenix on a Perkin Elmer 3230. Currently wedded to Endeavouros. There haven’t been any Windows (or dirty old Macs) in my house for many years.
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Hi @rogerp welcome! Nice history there. Starting with Xenix on a Perkin Elmer in the 80s and Mandrake in the 90s puts you in a pretty rare group.
EndeavourOS is a solid modern choice. Arch base without all the pain (no offense to all the pure Arch guys here).
I get the “no Windows, no Macs” thing; it feels cleaner sticking with Linux once you’re settled.
What desktop are you running on EndeavourOS—KDE, GNOME, i3, something else? Feel free to share here: Share your OS, Distro, Desktop setup - (screenshots, photos)
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Happy retirement @rogerp! I’m also retired (since early 2018). I was also able to dabble with Xenix on a small Altos computer; most of my other early UNIX computer use was on NCR Tower workstations, which were UNIX System V based with some BSD utilities added in. Done a LOT since then, I have Endeavour OS as one of many multi-boot systems on my hardware today as a retiree. I can freely experiment; always have backup configurations; I HAVE toasted all distributions a few times, one or two were DELIBERATE when I had plans to reorganize, a few others were mistakes; that’s why I preach, BACK UP, back up, back up, test the backups, restore or just boot them; what a surprise it’d be if an important backup failed to work! Glad you’re here!
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KDE Plasma 
@hydn James, you have made me smile! Thank you!
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Nice to know you! I confess to spending a fair bit of time on DEC and OpenVMS. I loved the alpha! A Windows upgrade toasted one of my partitions (destroyed grub). I always used to physically unplug my Linux disk so that Windoze wouldn’t trash it, but that last time, when I forgot, was the last time I ever used Windoze and it was duly banished from my house. My wife uses Ubuntu but I will install endeavouros on her lap top soon. Great to know you too Brian!
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Thanks, I did try out a few other distros, but I think I’m good here now, the Tux flavor has everything I need and quite a bit more, I like KDE in general and thus far, I have only had a few minor issues, which gives me the occasional opportunity to learn a bit, yet hasn’t stopped me from getting done the things I need to do. I looked at Zorin but I didn’t like that they have a pay to play system, it kinda goes against what I enjoy most about the whole linux experience. Thanks for sharing about your experience.
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Glad to be back, no reason not to be here now and enjoying the freedom!
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Hello all!
My name is Benjamin, or Ben. I went out searching for a community that likes Linux and self-hosting and stumbled across this site, so I decided to sign up.
I’ve been working in IT for 11 years, started out as a support tech and have been a technical lead, devops, and am currently doing program management. I thoroughly enjoy gaming and I also enjoy self-hosting and trying to squeeze as much as I can out of older hardware.
I mostly use Debian on my “servers” (old PCs or custom-built by me PCs) but I have a couple running Ubuntu. I run a couple Raspberry Pis as well. My main PC is using Zorin. I enjoy playing MMOs and Minecraft, though any game with a good story is good enough for me!
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Hi @benowe1717 nice to meet you. Welcome! 
Please don’t hesitate to check out some of our popular topics. We would love to read your viewpoints:
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Hi @rogerp Thanks for representing the community; the shirt looks great on you! Love seeing it in action alongside your project there.
We continue to send a free T-shirt each month:
And you guys can check out the rest of our collection here:
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Greetings from Serbia 
Im Stefan Pejcic, starter as a WordPress user, then plugin developer and now 15 years later a SysAdmin. I work daily with Linux, co-founded OpenPanel and now I’m working on a CSF fork named: Sentinel.
Im here for self-hosting articles and ideas!
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@stefanpejcic OpenPanel looks outstanding. Feel free to add it to our Showcase category. Happy to have you join us here. 
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