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LXer Announcement: 21-Jun-2007

Scott Ruecker will begin serving as LXer's new Editor-in-Chief effective immediately.

Scott Ruecker will begin serving as LXer's new Editor-in-Chief effective immediately. We all know Scott as a long-time dedicated member of the LXer community who has been an integral part of the LXer Editorial Team. In his time at LXer, Scott has worked his way from Member to Contributing Editor to Senior Editor. Scott says, in his typical humility, that he "had the opportunity to learn from the best here at LXer". It is his continuous quest to learn and do more that has led him to become more involved with LXer and Open Source in general. Scott's motivation and hard work have been a driving force in keeping LXer at the forefront of the Linux community news scene.



For those of you who have been reading between the lines, this means that our long time Editor-in-Chief, Don Parris, will be leaving the LXer Editorial Team. Don's external interests have become ever more demanding of his time, energies, and focus. We at LXer appreciate Don's work with the LXer community and we wish him the best in his future endeavors.



As we turn to the next chapter at LXer, I am excited to be working with Scott in his new capacity as LXer's Editor-in-Chief. Scott's ideas and energy will take LXer to the next level.



Please join me in welcoming Scott as LXer's Editor-in-Chief.



Bob Whitinger, LXer Publisher

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Comments (24)

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Scott_Ruecker ·
I am not sure exactly how to start this..

First off, I want to say that working with Don has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. I have learned from his wisdom and experience as a writer and more importantly, as a human of the highest quality. He has shown me how to improve my writing and how to improve as a human being. I wish Don only the best in life and what the future has in store for him.

Secondly, I want to share with you all of the big changes that will be happening here at LXer..

...

...

:-)

There will be no major changes whatsoever, we are going to continue to do as we have been doing. We are going to strive to present the news and create original content to the highest standard possible. Like we have always done.

In my time here LXer has gradually and continually grown in readership, reach and notoriety and it is my intention to work on keeping those trends doing just that.

I stand on the shoulders of giants, those who have come before me have set a very high standard for LXer, and I will do my best to continue that tradition.

Scott
tuxchick ·
Congratulations, Scott! You and Don and the rest of the team have done a wonderful job. LXer is in good hands.

kozmcrae ·
"Secondly, I want to share with you all of the big changes that will be happening here at LXer.."

Dang, if I'd just kept reading a little more and not jump-the-gun as usual, I wouldn't have had to delete two pages of a perfectly good rant. {:-)
dcparris ·
Scott,

Congratulations. Yes, I said one or two kind of nice things about you. I know for a fact you'll do well. And when the users get out of hand, just remember to point them to that photo of my legs.
Scott_Ruecker ·
You hear that people, if you get out of line I'll show you pictures of his legs!

If that doesn't work..

Umm..

Uhh..

I'll think of something scarier.

That's a pretty big if though. ;-)

Libervis ·
Congratulations Scott! I'm sure you'll be a good new LXer chef. :)

Cheers
number6x ·
Congratulations Scott!
Bullwinkle ·
Indeed congrats to you Scott. And best wishes to the old gray mare Don, as he heads out to new pastures.

I know you'll be busy Scott, but you could drop in to chat sometime! You know the place.

jdixon ·
Congratulations Scott. You have a difficult act to follow, but hopefully you'll be more than up to the job.
dcparris ·
> old gray mare

? Did I retire, and someone forgot to tell me? Oh no! Tell me I didn't forget that I retired!

Old gray mare indeed! :-)
DarrenR114 ·
@dcparris

Hush up and eat your milktoast.
dcparris ·
Yeah, yeah, yeah! ;-)

Keep in touch

rijelkentaurus ·
Hail the new chief!! Congrats to Scott!

I assume (and hope), Don, that we'll still see you here in the forums, right? And good luck in all of your endeavors. You did a fantabulous job at LXER.

:)
NoDough ·
Don,

I hope it wasn't the pig picture that caused this. :-D

Seriously, you do great work. We'll have to try and get together again sometime for some midwest-style BBQ.

My best to you in your current and future pursuits. And, please, don't go away. I would miss your contributions to discussion.

Scott,

Congratulations. When can we get together for our photo?
Scott_Ruecker ·
I am Phoenix bound through the summer at least, but if you wanna come out... :-)

kozmcrae ·
Don, good luck, I mean break-a-leg. Your other endeavors will fare well with your involvement.

Scott, you have size 12 shoes to fill. I'm sure they'll be a comfortable fit.

If I try to say more I'll just embarrass myself.
dinotrac ·
Scott -

We love Don. He did great and wonderful things, pig or no pig.

Time passes.

Your turn to do great and wonderful things, pig or no pig.
dcparris ·
I greatly appreciate the well-wishes and have thoroughly enjoyed my tenure here along with all of our users. I will still be in the journalism field, as I absolutely love this stuff. It's great to know that Bob, Scott, and all of you have great confidence in my journalistic abilities.

Y'all can reach me via 'parrisdc' at Google's mail system. I'm sure you've heard of gmail. It's possible I will announce my next steps in the fairly near future. Keep your eyes peeled. Meanwhile, I'll probably continue to hang out a little bit here at LXer. LXer's been my home for a year and a half - where else can I go?
Libervis ·
So I guess we wont be saying farewell Don. :) Best of luck with your further ventures.

hughesjr ·
congrats Scott ... and thanks to Don

LXer is THE premiere Linux news site on the Web ... thanks to both of these guys and the whole LXer team. I am sure it will continue to be so moving forward.

Hmm ... Now I am looking forward to another place to read (dcparris' next home)

I guess that is what this bookmark feature in firefox is for :P
Sander_Marechal ·
A belated congratulations Scott, and a big thank you to Don. You have done great work. LXer has much improved over the time I have visited here.

Excellent!

schestowitz ·
I love Don's pieces and Scott's are excellent as well. I look forward to seeing how LXer develops under Scott's lead.

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