PCLinuxOS Wiki Knowledgebase Resurrected, PCLinuxOS Screenshot Showcase, and More
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PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ PCLinuxOS Screenshot Showcase
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PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ PCLinuxOS Wiki Knowledgebase Resurrected!
Due to an unfortunate ransomware attack in mid-June, 2023, the “old” knowledgebase went down for the count. At the same time, the magazine's website, PCLOS-Talk, the PCLinuxOS graphics site, and a few other sites PCLinuxOS users rely on also went down in the attack. You can read about it here.
In the months after the ransomware attack, The CrankyZombie (upon whose servers those sites were running) tried several times to resurrect the knowledgebase, albeit unsuccessfully … and through no fault of his. Many of the programs required to run some of the services had been updated since they were originally set up, and no longer ran on the server as they should.
The CrankyZombie, Meemaw and I worked tirelessly to restore the magazine's website over the course of about three or four days. We were aided by an assortment of PCLinuxOS forum members, who helped supply missing files for the restoration that none of us had retained. Even today, 15 months later, I'm still finding random files that are missing (and I “fix” the problems as I find them). In the end, the biggest thing that is irretrievably missing are some counter log files that log download numbers for the various versions of the magazine, as well as some page hits. If that's all we lost, then I definitely consider the restoration efforts to have been a success.
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PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ From The Chief Editor's Desk...
So, be careful out there. Covid isn't our only pathogen/illness to worry about. This year's trivalent influenza vaccine has missed the mark on the prevalent strains going around (although it **will** convey some protection to you, and make the symptoms much milder should you be unfortunate enough to get an influenza infection … so PLEASE go ahead and get your annual flu shot!). Now we also have to worry about this new atypical pneumonia going around.