MyPCLinuxOS 2.0!
Where We Have Been…
I started MyPCLinuxOS.com in 2006 after seeing that there were some individuals in the main forums that wanted to give more back to PCLinuxOS. In February 2006, I bought the domain and threw up a MyBB Forum (one of the BEST Forums out there BTW…just not bridgeable). A month later, I launched the website to the general public. In the first few months, we did about 70k hits on the page with about 250 unique IP Addresses. We had a great core set of people that were getting excited about PCLinuxOS.
A month after that launch, we had 1.1 million hits with 5,500+ unique hits. 3 months later, we were averaging over 10 thousand uniques with 1.3 million hits per month. We’ve had our ups and as of late, we’ve had our downs.
Back in May 2006, we had a lot of churn…we used content management systems like e107 to give us some organization. By December, we were with Joomla. We’ve constantly adapted to the high traffic and active members throughout the evolution of the website.
I resigned from overall administrator on June 30, 2007…mainly due to getting a new job and moving which took time away from operating a website that was as busy as ours. I left the reigns in very capable hands and they’ve done a great job. But everything and everyone has their time. One can’t keep doing this forever. You have to take breaks.
On March 27, 2008 MyPCLinuxOS.com turned 2 years old. This date went quite without notice to most. It gave me the opportunity to reflect on where the site has been, where it is, and where it is going. It also got me posting in the forums again.
This year, we’ve had some churn in the Admin areas and Kdulcimer asked me if I was in a position to come back and pitch in. So I return to you as lead administrator once again.
Where Are We Now?
Currently, we’re in a transition area again. I’m coming back to take the reigns which means I want to shake up how things are done. Why? Because change will get people interested in Projects and MyPCLinuxOS again and because we CAN and WILL improve. Change is what moves us in Open Source and Linux. We’re going to take what we’ve done here at MyPCLinuxOS.com and make it EVEN BETTER. Plus, I’ve been able to see things from a different perspective…that of someone NOT involved…and I’ve noted some things that can be made better.
I can’t do this alone though. I need your help. The PCLinuxOS community is the reason that I host this site, manage it, and give all monies made from advertising to projects for PCLinuxOS (or give it back to Tex). We can make this place fantastic again. Let’s talk about how we can do that.