Greetings to @Pristinebump and @mariana_marianacross ! Welcome to the forum; best wishes to each of you.
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Hello everyone, I’m Christian from Germany. I work in cybersecurity and run mostly fedora, debian and ubuntu on my devices. Still running a windows desktop though, but today was its last day as a windows 10 machine. and that I found a good enough reason to join here. I am looking forward to learn new things and add my knowledge where I can.
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@vanation , a.k.a. Christian, welcome to the forum. Your background in cybersecurity ought to be useful if you’re willing to jump into cybersecurity discussions. Your experience across three major Linux distributions is also valuable. Looking forward to reading what you have to say.
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@vanation Welcome to our humble little community! With your background in Cybersecurity do you prefer the tools in Kali Linux or Parrot and why?
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Thank you! I started with Kali and been using it every since. Haven’t really got the time to try Parrot, but will definitely do some time. So I can’t really compare it at the moment.
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Howdy! I’m here because I need HALP!!! I’m an industrial equipment technician since the late 1980’s and started personal computing on a state of the art 286 PC running MS DOS. Decades ago I was proficient with command line Unix and DCL (when DEC was a thing) on my job. But for the last couple of decades, I have just used Windows because the insidious Gill Bates Corporation became the default for industry as well as lazy people like me. Now I have to buy new computers to run Windows 11? Enough! I’m here to hopefully figure out what PC options I can buy to AVOID Windows by switching to Linux and supporting a community rather than a corporation.
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Welcome aboard @LurkerMike! Sounds like you’ve got a solid foundation to jump back in. Very interesting topic, I’ve continued my reply here:
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Hello everyone! I’m excited to be joining the LinuxCommunity io community.
I’ll be honest, I’ve had some profoundly disappointing experiences in other online spaces, so I specifically sought out and carefully vetted this community. What truly attracted me here is the strong focus on constructive collaboration—I firmly believe we learn best when we are building projects and ideas up together, not tearing them down.
I am proudly self-taught and constantly learning new things about Linux and coding. My biggest passion right now is the world of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; I’m deeply interested in how we can use this technology to open new avenues that were previously inaccessible and promote a faster pace of advancement. I’ve been busy building my own AI-assisted machines to help with my projects, and I am especially focused on using affordable, used parts to make this powerful technology accessible to more people.
I look forward to jumping into the discussions and interacting positively with this community.
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Hello and welcome to all new members!
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Welcome to all of our latest contributors!
I hope you will find this to be a helpful community!
Hello, I am a TOTAL newbie. Used Win for decades!, but refuse ‘update’ to 11! Also, a HAM and want to use digital comms. I downloaded AmRRON scripts for such use. HOWEVER, when activating several of the programs (JS8, FLRIG, etc), I need the ‘port’ the USB is connected to…on Windows, port identification is easy, but can’t find it in Linux Mint (Cinnamon). HOW is my question, and this forum might help.
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This is new to me. I just visited their website. Welcome to the forums!
You can create a help topic in the #linux-support category and be sure to include as many details as possible. (Paste errors; include screenshots, and anything that would be helpful in solving).
Welcome to our newest members!
Hello! Maham’s here 
I’m an IT student in my second year, and I’ve recently started exploring Linux. It’s only been a few months since I began learning, but I’m really enjoying discovering how powerful and flexible this operating system is. Every day I’m learning something new from basic commands to understanding how Linux actually works behind the scenes
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Hello community,
I’m glad I found this forum. I’m a long-time user (I started with ZX Spectrum, Atari, PC XT, 286…) until I stuck with my beloved Thingpads. I haven’t thrown any Thingpads away, they stay in the drawer and all have GNU Linux installed in various distributions. I’m currently using X13 with Debian. I love GNU Linux because, as they say, I love the freedom. I’m looking forward to working with you. Honza (Jan) from the Czech Republic.
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Welcome, Honza! Great to have another long-time ThinkPad user here. 
That lineup sounds legendary, from ZX Spectrum all the way to running Debian (my fav distro, and it’s drivatives). It’s always cool to see people keeping their older machines alive with Linux.
Looking forward to hearing more about your thoughts on the various forum topics. 
@Maham glad you are here.
I’d be interested in periodic updates on how your education is going and whether any others are also trying out Linux distributions.
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Thank you so much! I’m really glad to be part of the Linux community. I’ve just started learning Linux a little while ago, and I’m very excited to explore how it works.
Right now, I’m the only one from my group who has joined, but I’m hoping some of my fellows will also start trying out Linux soon. I’ll definitely keep you updated on my learning progress and share if others join in too.
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Hey, I’m Rick. 6 months ago I was a dive bartender. I left that lifestyle for code, pentesting, LLM development, and helping the little guy get access to things they didn’t even realize they needed. I have zero formal education but I have learned that my background in maintenance of a bar is a lot like a coding system. With a little translation and language learning a lot has come to me naturally in a short amount of time!
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Welcome Rick.
What are you ‘serving’ today?
Glad you are here.