Just another old man that’s been around windows since the tail end of 3.11, begining of win 95…for me the pinnacle.of windows was 7 pro, been a downward slide since, and recently my 10 pro sorta back handly “upgraded” me to 11…which left a bad taste in my mouth overall. A format n reinstall back to 10 pro n I started reading n researching Linux…after trying a couple different distro’s, I came upon the Garuda dragonised and I stalled the zen version. I’m already quite pleased with how the I stall and updates all went for me, I even managed to find some cad and 3d modeling software to learn as alternatives to the 3ds max and solidworks I use often. Other than a slite hiccup involving a realtek USB wireless dongle which was solved via a hardline, I’ve gotten further along with less issues in Garuda than the other 3 distro’s I had dual booted to my laptop (Windows 10 HAS to stay for now due to software I use daily, at least till I find and learn alternatives in Linux) so far it’s been a pleasant curve in Garuda. Hope to be around often n asking dumb newbie questions 
I work in the steel industry, and carpentry as a hobby. I’m older n been around the block a few times which ofc leaves me a cynical bas’ard at times with a dark sense a humor.
You and me both, so welcome to the Linux fraternity pal.
Ya, I hear you there. I’ve been using Linux for a long while, but pretty much stopped using Windows completely with the advent of Windows 8 as I found it repugnant. I couldn’t possibly imagine returning to Windows now, with it basically being spyware masquerading as an OS.
Our community has plenty of older members, so I’m sure you’ll fit right in here. Welcome to the Garuda community old dude. 
Welcome!
I was born just after Led Zeppelin called it quits, so I guess I’m not a spring chicken myself anymore. 
The latest version of Windows that I touched was XP SP3. At some point I got so fed up with all the blue screen errors I decided to run it as a lightweight VM within Ubuntu (yay nLiteOS!). I’ve tried to keep Windows 98 alive on my parents machine using all kinds of unofficial service packs (there used to be quite a dedicated Win98 community back then), but at some point I must have given up. 
Anyway: enjoy the ride!
Thats not old I was born just after the 2nd world war and don’t consider my self old, just a wee bit older than a teenager.
o/\o my pre-“modern windows” brother. I started out in the DOS 6 era, and switched to Linux in 2018. It’s been a long walk to get to Garuda but honestly my PC kinda feels like home now. I like the cheerful colours! I like how things just work. I like how it doesn’t nag me to accept things I don’t like or tell me I can’t do things I want to.
I like how its getting incrementally better because it’s made by people who want me to enjoy it, rather than getting rapidly worse because its made by people who want to exploit me.
Mostly I like being able to use my PC freely like I could 30 years ago.
I was around before the birth of personal computers, since my first was a VIC-20
I hear you with that, but I used virtmanager to run a Win 10 and 11 virtual machines, don’t trust Windows with dual booting
Yep , one of my friend’s laptop in which I installed Linux, it’s boot option was nuked after an update in windows , and he is left with a windows only system again .
I won’t believe that until it happens to me personally.
Win11 has destroyed Grub once for me, but has never accessed or deleted other partitions.
Grub can be repaired, the other would be a reason to sue M$.
That’s why you should always make backups of important files.
I’m so old, I still hold a phone to my ear to make calls.
I’m joking, I use earbuds to make phone calls so my hands are free for my walker 
Rollator for craftsman
Welcome Aboard! I’m in my mid-seventies myself, but in my mind, I don’t feel that age. I’ve been using GNU/Linux since the late '90s off-n-on. Today, I dual-boot Win-11 with Garuda’s KDE-Lite flavor. My favorite Garuda feature is the collection of ease of management utilities. I’m not sure that I’ll ever stop using Windows, but I work to make it as unnecessary as possible, continually. At some point (probably soon), I’ll move Win-11 into a VM (QEMU/KVM) on Garuda, and end my dual-boot days for good, but not just yet. I’m waiting to see what Win-12’ll bring before I make any real decisions about my OS choices.
Ernie
Being “yet another” old dude I welcome you. You are in a unique position here. I’m 72 and have been running various Linux flavors for 25+ years. But I’m not alone–we have an unknown number of Garuda users of similar age and experience resident here. (Even if the main developers are just kids.)
Ask and ye shall receive.
Welcome!
Y’all have been welcoming and friendly. Thanks for that.
I’ve been lurking about n reading things, on my laptop I’ve been exploring thru my garuda as I can. Haven’t bothered to monkey about with my wifi dongle yet since the laptop just sits on my desk 95% the time and the USB to cat 5 & hardline sorted me pretty fast.
I’ve added blender and freeCaD to the mix and have been tinkering about in them. Found LinuxCnC, might try and figure out how to give a go at the install since I read that’s it’s for Debian…idk …an actual CNC simulation on my code would be nice in Linux for me ( usually I’m in windows for that )
I would like to eventually leave Microshaft behind before I have to even dread win 12…I don’t see it getting better again, eventually I will likely add the Garuda to my desktop rig as well since things have been cruising right along for me.
Such introduction posts, as well as the welcomes are really making being part of this community worthwhile. I’m glad to have all of you guys around!
or paru linuxcnc
paru linuxcnc
1 aur/linuxcnc 2.9.3-3 [+9 ~0.00]
Controls CNC machines. It can drive milling machines, lathes, 3d printers, laser cutters, plasma cutters, robot arms, hexapods, and more (formerly EMC2)
2 aur/linuxcnc-git 2.9.3.r2206.g93e0b80715-2 [+1 ~0.28]
Controls CNC machines. It can drive milling machines, lathes, 3d printers, laser cutters, plasma cutters, robot arms, hexapods, and more (formerly EMC2)
3 aur/stl2ngc-git 18.273f1cc-1 [+1 ~0.00] [Veraltet: 2024-01-24] [Verwaist]
converts an STL file to LinuxCNC compatible G-Code.
4 aur/linuxcnc-ethercat 0.9.1.938387ded-1 [+0 ~0.00]
LinuxCNC EtherCAT HAL driver
5 aur/pyuscope 2.1.0-1 [+0 ~0.00] [Veraltet: 2023-08-28] [Verwaist]
py-gstreamer microscope software for panorama captures using LinuxCNC
Welcome. 
So good to see another person seeing the light and move the right way when it comes to computing. i’ve been using Linux since XP, and will never go back to using windows as main Distro again. i love having control over my operating system and hate having to pay an arm and a leg for security that might still fail.
For when i ran XP, i got hacked on various occasions, even with a third party virus protector and firewall, and even lost a whole year of photos, for i had not made a recent back up. However since i have been using Linux, i have had no more problems. Mainly for i wrote a script that will disconnect my computer when i am not using the internet, and reconnect when i do need it, plus Linux is far safer when it comes to cyber attacks than Windows will ever be.
i hope you will enjoy Garuda as much as i have. As far as i’m concerned it is the best Linux version around.
I’m only 62, positively childlike,
I am now finally as old as I have always felt (63) 
Just kidding. My fitness equipment is a solid, robust old German ladies’ bike, slightly modified, with real racing bike rims, Schwalbe Hurricane tires, a bald head in the middle, but a strong profile on the outer edges that allows me to make sharp, steep turns. Air pressure 3.4 atmospheric pressure. Mounting a racing bike rim on a 3-speed hub is unusual, but with the smallest possible pinion it is optimized for me because I have a strong acceleration by nature. Disc brake at the front, of course.
When the traffic light turns green, I pedal through first gear, quickly shift to third gear via second, and it takes a while for the traffic to catch up. I love it.
I keep myself mentally fit with Arch, especially Garuda. Furthermore, I have rarely laughed so much. Thank you 
Your just a young tykeI will not brag of my age but i’ve got a few years on you
well, at 54, i still ride my ATV, a “mildly ” warmed over kfx 450r, bored,stroked,cammed, fuel injection mods, the list goes on…th wife hates i still have it. lol…
on a good day i can still out ride the younger crowd,…for about 4 to 6 hours,…then its the next 2 days on the couch sore AF n wondering when imma grow up…which is likely never. 
