[parnote]

Hello. I am the Chief Editor of The PCLinuxOS Magazine. I'm sorry to have to make my first post here a sad post.

Exwintech, a member of your forum, passed away on November 10, 2012 in Sydney, Aus. after a brief illness. He was 64 years old.

I discovered that exwintech (a.k.a. David Doak) was a member of this forum while researching a "tribute" article that I have written about David (scheduled to run in the December 2012 issue of The PCLinuxOS Magazine). He was also a long time member of the PCLinuxOS forum, as well as being a long time user of PCLinuxOS. At the PCLinuxOS forum, David was well known for his passionate "raves" about topics that interested him. In his later years, he took up photography and was passionate about learning as much as he could. Yet, as impassioned as he was about his favorite topics, David also received a tremendous amount of joy from helping others. He tried to helped others as often and as much as he could.

R.I.P., exwintech! You will certainly be missed!

Paul Arnote [parnote]
PCLinuxOS Magazine Chief Editor

[GDRoth]

Thank you Paul for making the extra effort to let us know.

[rawr]

Condolences to his family, and thanks for reporting this.

He seemed a nice guy around these forums. 64 yo is too young.

RIP Exwintech

[daacon]

Much too young. Condolences to his family and friends. Thank you for taking the time to let us know. He is in a better place.

[JohnBee]

Hello. I am the Chief Editor of The PCLinuxOS Magazine. I'm sorry to have to make my first post here a sad post.

Exwintech, a member of your forum, passed away on November 10, 2012 in Sydney, Aus. after a brief illness. He was 64 years old.

I discovered that exwintech (a.k.a. David Doak) was a member of this forum while researching a "tribute" article that I have written about David (scheduled to run in the December 2012 issue of The PCLinuxOS Magazine). He was also a long time member of the PCLinuxOS forum, as well as being a long time user of PCLinuxOS. At the PCLinuxOS forum, David was well known for his passionate "raves" about topics that interested him. In his later years, he took up photography and was passionate about learning as much as he could. Yet, as impassioned as he was about his favorite topics, David also received a tremendous amount of joy from helping others. He tried to helped others as often and as much as he could.

R.I.P., exwintech! You will certainly be missed!

Paul Arnote [parnote]
PCLinuxOS Magazine Chief Editor

Thank-you for taking the time to make this announcement(you are a good man).
R.I.P Exwintech.

[paulh]

Sorry to hear this - I didn't know him, but knew of him here & on the PCLinuxOS forums. Condolences to friends & family, and thanks parnote for letting us know.

[Iksobarg]

Sad to hear this news.
Sounds like he he was a great guy.
Condolences to his family.
RIP fellow Pentaxian.

[ducdao]

RIP, David.

[Docrwm]

Thank you very much for taking the time to let us know. He must have been a great guy to have friends like you.

Condolences to all his family and friends.