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dummy@example.com (merelyjim) — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:57:34 +0000

P.S. I almost lost everything I wrote because it logged out while writing. Good thing I remembered to copy it.

Anything over three lines, I open up a text-editor. Saves the the time of editing a post later on when I realize I've said something thoughtless.

Welcome to #!

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dummy@example.com (lcafiero) — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:48:57 +0000

Thanks for sounding off a3e6u9, and enjoy your stay!

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dummy@example.com (VastOne) — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 23:47:24 +0000

Welcome to CrunchBang and the Community a3e6u9, we are glad to have you!

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dummy@example.com (pvsage) — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:28:09 +0000

Aw, shucks! :blush:

Welcome to #!Ranch, Pilgrim.

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dummy@example.com (a3e6u9) — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:04:30 +0000

I forgot to add what a nice forum you have here, with nice, helpful people. It's probably one of the best Linux forums.

what's this? :)

dummy@example.com (a3e6u9) — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:19:39 +0000

So, I'm not new, I've been here for half a year with a different username.
Anyway, I thought I'd introduce myself.

I've started using Linux in 2006. I tried it earlier than that, but Slackware was not exactly the best choice. Anyway, after a few failed attempts with Mandriva, Fedora and some other distros that I can't remember, I finally discovered PCLinuxOS, which was like a breath of fresh air and this is where my journey began.

After a while I've used openSUSE 10.2, then PCLinuxOS 2007 (amazing release). By then I was a big fan of KDE 3, but, alas, KDE 4 appeared and I went to Ubuntu.

In this period I got my hands on an old laptop with only 128 MB of RAM (which does not accept more), so I started to search for lightweight distros, beginning with Zenwalk, Puppy, Antix etc. At one point I decided to try Debian, so I did a CLI netinstall and I was amazed that I managed to do it and installed Xorg, fluxbox, etc. From that point I was hooked on Debian.

I liked Debian with fluxbox so much, that I installed it on my main laptop and used it since, but I did use Lubuntu for a while, when it appeared, and CrunchBang since February. Right now I'm using plain Debian with openbox on both laptops, but #! is great and when I need a liveCD or a quick install, I just install #!

To me, #! is the perfect distro, because it's basically Debian configured: stable, lightweight, very configurable and easy to use. It could be prettier by default, but I can live with that.

P.S. I almost lost everything I wrote because it logged out while writing. Good thing I remembered to copy it.