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y8v

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Registered: 2026-05-28

Posts: 41

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Hi everyone!

I'm a physician and I used to be fully immersed in the Apple ecosystem (Apple Watch, iPhone, Macbook Air, Apple TV, Airpods, etc).

A couple of years ago I landed my first job and I was struck by how the GUI of my EHR (Electronical Health Record) made certain procedures easier, and others more difficult. This got me curious about programming and I started tinkering with Python and JavaScript. From there I discovered Proxmox and fell headlong down the self-hosted/homelab rabbithole. I'm now dual booting Arch Linux and Debian (just in case) on my main laptop. I also have a Proxmox homelab running 20+ useful services on my LAN that I access through a Wireguard VPN from anywhere in the world. It's been a steep learning curve, but the freedom to control what's running on my computer is liberating.

I'm starting to understand why it's called Free/Libre Open Source Software.

Welcome.

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jets87951756

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Registered: 2026-05-31

Posts: 1

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Hello everyone!

I've been using Lubuntu as a daily driver for the past 7 years and spent some time between Mint,  CrunchBang, and Fedora before that. Always wanted to try Arch and today I finally sat myself down and installed it on my laptop! Already loving how comprehensive the wiki is and can't wait to tinker around some more!

merciless_ming

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Registered: 2026-05-30

Posts: 1

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Hey there!

I guess I'm a little late dropping a line here. I've been using Arch Linux full time since September 2025 after doing a bit of a run through various other distros, from Ubuntu, to Mint, to Debian, to Debian experimental.

My time on Debian was spent trying to get the discreet Nvidia GPU to work on my 2013 laptop. I never did on Debian, but in the pursuit I grew my Linux knowledge by leaps and bounds. I decided to finally drop Windows fully on my main rig, and figured Arch Linux would offer me the best pathway to learn Linux. It sure has, and I've never looked back. Still some learning pains here and there, mainly trying to recall how to do the occasional thing a couple months after initially learning it. But I love Arch and being hands on with my OS. I wish I'd done it sooner!

Looking forward to learning even more from the community, and finding ways to give back as well.

Cheers!

woolf

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Registered: 2026-06-01

Posts: 3

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Hi everybody

I'm new here! I've been a long-time Debian/Windows/Mac user but have recently jumped ship to Arch. I really like the way you all do things over here, and was hoping to be able to join in in your effort to make this great OS. I'm a software developer by trade, and I'll be looking into different ways that I can collaborate and join in to do my bit.

At the moment I'm on a journey to escape the evils of big tech, so I've finally bitten the bullet and removed Windows from all of my many many computers. The transition has been really great! although I can see there would be some difficult parts for people new to Linux.

Anyway, hi everybody! I will see you around the forum.

inarsl

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Registered: 2026-06-04

Posts: 4

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Hey there!

I'm new here. Long time I use Windows and Mint (as second system). At 2025 I start with Arch.

owain

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From: Manchester, UK

Registered: 2009-08-24

Posts: 252

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Not a newbie, but a revert saying 'hi again', last post on these forums was 5 years ago.

I drifted away from Arch when I found Windows 11 on a new system with 4k monitor quite usable. I was also using Adobe products quite a bit, so the faff of dual-booting or VMs was avoided.

Have still had Debian running away on a home server and on other minimal-maintenance recycled machines at times. My tinkering drifted towards esp32 microcontrollers etc., which also meant that my daily OS wasn't as relevant.

But with the increase of AI slop being shoved in by Microsoft, and the impossibility of stopping Windows from eventually filling hard drives with *gestures emptily* that can't be deleted, to the point where the system breaks to the point where it even refuses to do a clean Windows reinstall from USB....I'm back on Arch. Anything I still need to do with Adobe (despite them also pushing AI slop) will be simple enough to deal with in a VM.

emr-rgb

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Registered: 2026-06-07

Posts: 2

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Hello. I'm new to Linux. just got tired of windows and figured I may as well switch. Wish I would have 20 years ago. Anyways mainly here to find help when I run into issues but will be contributing today as well.

mickeymegabyte

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Registered: Yesterday

Posts: 1

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HELLO ! to everyone, great to join your forum.

Total Newbie Here, it took me an age to register due to the question....totally threw me.

A little bit about myself :

70 years young.

love Linux.

Just started using Arch linux after installing with "Archinstall".

first impression of it "Great", but I am going to require lots of help as I mess.

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,636

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70 years young.

love Linux.

Nice to have another member close to my age who also loves Linux.   65 yo here.  Welcome to the forums.

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