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Exwintech .... the raver ....... RIP
« on: November 15, 2012, 08:41:08 AM »
It is with great sadness that I post about the recent death of Dave.

After a short illness of a few days he passed away last Friday/Saturday at his home in Sydney.

Dave was a long time member of the PCLOS family, and for quite a long time kept us amused with his 'raves' .....  sadly he has not been a prolific poster here in recent times.

RIP Dave ......  you will be missed .....

 :( :( :'( :'(
« Last Edit: November 15, 2012, 08:46:33 AM by Just17 »
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Re: Exwintech .... the raver ....... RIP
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2012, 08:43:08 AM »
RIP, Dave.
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Re: Exwintech .... the raver ....... RIP
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2012, 09:01:49 AM »
Thanks for being here, Dave.

RIP  :(
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Re: Exwintech .... the raver ....... RIP
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2012, 09:04:33 AM »
Oh!  That is so unreal.  In read the thread "Iso download options" I was thinking how he was one of the first to help me get started here.  Yes he will be greatly missed.
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Re: Exwintech .... the raver ....... RIP
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2012, 09:28:01 AM »
a great mind is gone... will miss you dave..
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Re: Exwintech .... the raver ....... RIP
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2012, 09:38:32 AM »
RIP, Dave

He was here when I got started in Linux ... so sad ....

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Re: Exwintech .... the raver ....... RIP
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2012, 09:47:05 AM »
 Rest in Peace, Dave.   :'(

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Re: Exwintech .... the raver ....... RIP
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2012, 09:59:41 AM »
Sad news indeed. And he was only 64.
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Re: Exwintech .... the raver ....... RIP
« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2012, 11:22:07 AM »
rip, old sport.
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Re: Exwintech .... the raver ....... RIP
« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2012, 12:03:41 PM »
So sorry to hear this.
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Re: Exwintech .... the raver ....... RIP
« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2012, 12:11:05 PM »
I can't get it...
Do you mean Ɗα√ϵς§?

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Re: Exwintech .... the raver ....... RIP
« Reply #11 on: November 15, 2012, 12:21:53 PM »
Sad to hear, rest easy Dave


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Re: Exwintech .... the raver ....... RIP
« Reply #12 on: November 15, 2012, 12:26:41 PM »
I can't get it...
Do you mean Ɗα√ϵς§?

No, his username was exwintech. davecs is well alive and playing guitar somewhere in Britain, I hope.
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Re: Exwintech .... the raver ....... RIP
« Reply #13 on: November 15, 2012, 12:32:04 PM »
Danke aguila.

Not knowing exwintech.
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Re: Exwintech .... the raver ....... RIP
« Reply #14 on: November 15, 2012, 01:14:43 PM »
He did not like corporations or multinational companies. And he let us know so whenever he got a chance.

He also didn't like KDE4 when it was first thrust upon us. And he let us know that too.

This irritated some people.

But self-censorship, like all kinds of censorship, is a bad thing. We need more people like Exwintech, who just let us know what they believe regardless of what is generally accepted.

And above all we need more people that are as helpful as he was.

I think he was a good man. Rest in peace.


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