[SOLVED] Linux General Forum Threads Purged or Moved?
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I don't get out of the Slackware forum much but I decided to browse the Linux-General forum tonight.
I noticed that there are only 3 pages of threads, the oldest dating from December 2nd.
I went to this link in my Subscribed Threads and the thread from October appears to be there in the "linux-general-1" path.
I looked in the Linux-General subforums in case it was moved under one of them, but I couldn't find it.
Why can't I look further back than December (3 pages) in the Linux-General forum? Where older threads purged or moved? ... or this is a personal problem I'm having tonight.
Last edited by TracyTiger; 01-01-2015 at 10:06 PM.
Reason: Changed Title
If you scroll to the bottom you will find a Display Options form which indicates the current listing criteria, and the ability to change it.
At the bottom of the page I found the option you mentioned all the pages became available. Now I can stay awake for days browsing the Linux-General forum back to August 2000 ... or not.
Thanks astrogeek. It was a personal problem after all.
When I look for some feature here on LQ I usually find it. But I do find that unless something comes to my attention such as was the same as your case here, I don't intuitively know what the options and defaults are!
... It appears that you can set your own preferences for this ...
My LQ Thread option was set to Use Forum Default. Which apparently is 1 month.
I've led a sheltered LQ life by staying in the Slackware forum. Now that I'm wandering out into the wider LQ world I'll probably find more surprises. (What do you mean not all Linux distributions work like Slackware?)
I've led a sheltered LQ life by staying in the Slackware forum. Now that I'm wandering out into the wider LQ world I'll probably find more surprises. (What do you mean not all Linux distributions work like Slackware?)
I did that as well until relatively recently, only ever opened the Slackware forum and hit refresh every once in a while.
When I discovered LQSpy a year or so back, I began to open it in a browser tab and keep it there all day. As time permits I try to answer what I can and learn form the answers of others. I have learned more than I have answered that way, and only increased my own appreciation of the wonder that is Slackware!
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All new forums are created with "Show all threads" as the default, but it appears some older fora had the 1 month setting. I've updated Linux - General and a few others.
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Just to deviate a little I tend to look at "new threads" as, whilst I use Debian on my machines, I find solutions for other distributions can work anyhow. I must make more use of LQSpy also.
If I used Slackware day-to-day I think I would combine checking the Slackware forum and the new threads and LQSpy.
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