Welcome!

[adastra23]

This is the Welcome thread.
Feel free to post information about yourself, your Ubuntu story, what town you live in, any ideas for events or projects for the Kansas LoCo Team to participate in or create. Please feel free to post here.

Here's mine:
Eric Klemm
31 years old, Salina KS
I come from Overland Park (Kansas City)
I've lived in Topeka and Lawrence.
I've been using Linux for about 3 years, I first installed Ubuntu between Thanksgiving and Christmas last year. When I setup a Dual-Boot machine instead of upgrading to Vista, I started using it on a daily basis.
Other hobbies: I paint canvas with acrylic, I learned to solve the Rubik's cube this year, I've been married to my beautiful wife for 5 years, we have a little Jack Russell Terrier named Mac.

[calane]

Greeting and a bit about me:

Carl Lane
Wichita, KS
New to Linux, but not to computing
I am currently a Web Applications Developer, a Commerical E-commerce Shopping Cart Developer and operate a Web Hosting Company
No time for hobbies, I'm always coding!

[AusIV4]

Hi,
Austin Roberts
I'm from Prairie Village, KS originally and get back quite a bit, but I'm currently a Computer Science major at the University of Tulsa.
I've been using Ubuntu for about 2 years, and Windows has been resigned to a virtual machine for about 9 months.

If you all are having any meetings while I'm in town, I'll try to stop by.

[mekgp]

Hello...
Kevin aka MeKGP
Been using different distros's of Linux for the last couple of years and have settled to using Ubuntu on a daily basis. Currently working on getting a Gateway 2620 TabletPC working with Ubuntu. So far, so good...pen usage is kind of "iffy" at the moment.
I live in Wakeeney, KS.... :)

[raqball]

I am in Topeka and have been using Linux for about 5 years now,,,

[acelin]

Salane Ashcraft

Student at KU

Ubuntu user since March

[zachflanders]

Howdy Yall

I'm 22 and study history at KU. I'm originally from Salina.

I wouldn't call myself a 'computer person,' but I've played around with Linux for several years as a hobby. I have been using Ubuntu as my sole OS for about a year, and I have already converted my girlfriend and one of my roommates!

[kah00na]

I'm in Topeka. I've been working in Linux for about 6 years and have been using Ubuntu exclusively for about 4 months. I still have to use windows to get my flash card reader to work. I purchased a used laptop with Windows already on it so I added Ubuntu and have been using it ever since.

[Beryan]

My name's Brian Henry, and I'm a sophomore at Oskaloosa High School, near Lawrence. I've only just started using Ubuntu in the past few weeks and enjoying it. I'm planning on majoring in Computer Engineering in college.

[Purplecatty]

Matt AKA Purplecatty

I live in Shawnee, KS and work for USPS. I fiddle around Linux as my hobby.

I switched to Ubuntu since last summer due to Windoz XP in AMD64 system crashed. Gotten tired of Windoz's problem, I decided to switch over to Linux. I have been messing around Linux for 5 years as a newbie starting with Mandrake 9.0 and RedHat (been trying out LiveCD and tried many flavors of Linux, Ubuntu seem to be the easiest to use. I do have Mint Linux which is a Ubuntu base OS on other hard drive. But there are some bugs that I can't get few installed software working.). I am still learning but getting better on Console. My kids love Ubuntu better than Windoz becuz browser loads faster and plenty of cool games. I finally figure out how to use WINE. I Google search alot to get info.

Kah00na, I did not have any problem getting Flash card reader working. I have HP PSC 2175 All-in-One printer and it have flash card reader on it's side. I tested and it works great. I believe it have to do with chipset issue.

So I say Hello to everyone!
Catty

[Dennis Hogan]

Howdy from out by Dodge City.

Dennis Jay Hogan
27 yoa; Kinsley, KS
Born and bred here in Kinsley, but have spent a year Lawrence and a met my wife during a year spent in Emporia.
I got started with Linux about 6 months ago; I've preferred the command line since first plugging in my then-new Tandy Color Computer II. So when my mother-in-law gifted us her Compaq that was chugging under XP, I stuck in a new stick of memory and a Debian install disk. Got it running; swapped to Kubuntu 7.10. Now it serves for controlling my daughter's time online, and lets me tinker without screwing up the computer my wife has commandeered for her home business. ;)

[rjcope728]

Hi All,
I'm Rick Copeland, I live in cheney, 30 miles west of Wichita.
I have a room set up for my computer and music fun.
This box was a Compaq (P3 Katmai 550 379 mbs of ram, with a nvidia geforce2 vid card), doorstop. It had XP on it for awhile then it died. I was reading about 7.10 and decided to give it a try. After a ne Hard drive and few Video card swaps plus 3 installs it came out perfect. Not sure why the first 2 didn't work right but it only takes a couple of hours to reinstall.

I've tried to get different distros of Linux to run over the past few years, with no luck due to not knowing any programming langs. I'm very happy with this distro - XUBUNTU 7.10 and I'm now on the prowl for a considerably faster machine to put it on. I'm not quite ready to put it on my Main Computer (P4 2.8 w/2 gigs of ram) yet, but not far off.
If there are any get together's in Wichita, I'd like to be there. Good Luck To all, Rick

[ksujason]

Hello everyone,

My name is Jason Hughes. I live in Topeka with my wife and three kids, ages 15, 13, 12.

I built a new computer about a month ago and decided to give Linux a try for the heck of it. I installed Ubuntu and have been enjoying trying to learn it. I work as a Radiology Engineer so after many years of dealing with Unix based X-ray machines, I thought I could switch to Linux no problem. I sense have learned differently. It is a real challenge to make everything work.

[hlygrail]

Hi.

Chris, here. Live in Wichita. Married, one daughter (10).

Been using Linux for about a year. I love the fact that Ubuntu has been able to breathe some life back into some older machines I've had sitting around. Still trying to figure out the "challenging" parts of the OS, like getting Compiz working with old laptops, or why some annoying little things keep creeping-up, but all-in-all I've become addicted to tweaking and customizing--thankfully, the Ubuntu support community is superb.

I have one old laptop running Gutsy, one [somewhat] newer laptop running Gutsy, and an older PC I'm toying with (it used to be a LAMP server, but I'm not sure what I'll end-up with).

Anywho, just thought I'd say Hey, and that I'm here.

[JoshuaRL]

User: JoshuaRL
Name: Sassafrass (jk, Joshua)
Location: Topeka, KS, USA
Other: Wanting to learn programming, maintain more apps for Wine.
Ubuntu user since 2005

I dual-booted Ubuntu 5.10 on a Windows 2000 Dell Latitude CPx. It worked great, but didn't have ethernet or wireless so it was a little limited. When I went on to another computer I didn't install Ubuntu, but instead went back to Windows.

So eventually I had a problem with a second-hand Inspiron 5100 where Microsoft told me that I had an invalid product key (after about 4-6 months of updates) and that I would need to pay them $150 to get a new one.

So after a halfway botched OEM install disk from a desktop I decided to jump head-first into Ubuntu. It's been great in every way, and I'm working on getting all my friends to convert.

Linux just makes sense in my brain. I always struggled trying to understand Windows, even if I had learned a lot via experimenting. But after the first beginner phase of "I hate this, it's not like Windows, I wish this would just work", I have progressed a ways. I feel I have started to understand the underlying logic to this OS and can provide help to others.

Eventually I will have my main computer as a backend for MythTV and a small thin client running on the TV for music, videos, and Virtualized XP when needed.

I hang some in the Absolute Beginner Forum, and am a new member of the Beginner Team.

[bat21win]

Forum Name:
bat21win
RN:
Mike
Location:
Wichita, Kansas

First started with a dual-boot windows and Ubuntu 6.06 at the recommendation of a friend. Have tried many distributions, Ubuntu being my favorite for a full OS, with DreamLinux my favorite for CD portable use. For most things, I prefer using Linux to Windows, games being the only exception. I think that within a year or two, there will be little reason to pay for a bogged down Windows OS.

Current CS student at WSU. Administrator on two large airsoft forums. Amateur digital photographer.

[NJ0E]

Howdy from Abilene,

Joe Carney here.
Old enought to know better, young enough to still try!
Windows user since 3.0
Getting tired of the problems with Windows. Currently using XP. Trying to install using Virtual machine to work out my bugs.

Side note -- Mr. Klemm could you please email me? I would like to meet with you face to face for some assistance with my machine!

joewolf at spinfinder dot com

Thanks

Joe

[JoshuaRL]

Howdy from Abilene,

Joe Carney here.
Old enought to know better, young enough to still try!
Windows user since 3.0
Getting tired of the problems with Windows. Currently using XP. Trying to install using Virtual machine to work out my bugs.

Side note -- Mr. Klemm could you please email me? I would like to meet with you face to face for some assistance with my machine!

joewolf at spinfinder dot com

Thanks

Joe

Well, I'm about 3 hours away from Abilene, but maybe I can help you through the interweb. What kind of problems are you having?

Oh, and Welcome to Ubuntu! Is it as hot there as it is here? Great googley-moogley.

[NJ0E]

Teh screen shots that pshcyocats has dont look like what I have under hardy heron. I have my HD partitioned into two drivers. One is @ 9.5 GB and the other @ 18.5 GB. I want to install ubuntu INSIDE windows using virtual machine. Trying this out so that I can learn how to set it up while maintiaining an internet connection (wireless is all that I have). When it installs it asks wether I want guided, guided with LVM, guided with encryptede LVM or manual. I have go all three routs and the install program doesnt see the partitions. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks Joe

PS you can hit me off line at
joewolf at spinfinder dot com
or if needed call me at home 785 200 3910 be advised that I head to work @ 1300 daily and dont return until after 2245. (commute to salina)

Again,

Thanks

[NJ0E]

The screen shots that "pshcyocats" has doesn't look like what I have under hardy heron. I have my HD partitioned into two drivers. One is @ 9.5 GB and the other @ 18.5 GB. I want to install ubuntu INSIDE windows using virtual machine. Trying this out so that I can learn how to set it up while maintianing an internet connection (wireless is all that I have). When it installs it asks whether I want guided, guided with LVM, guided with encrypted LVM or manual. I have go all three routs and the install program doesn't see the partitions. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks Joe

PS you can hit me off line at
joewolf at spinfinder dot com
or if needed call me at home 785 200 3910 be advised that I head to work @ 1300 daily and dont return until after 2245. (commute to salina)

Again,

Thanks

[JoshuaRL]

The screen shots that "pshcyocats" has doesn't look like what I have under hardy heron. I have my HD partitioned into two drivers. One is @ 9.5 GB and the other @ 18.5 GB. I want to install ubuntu INSIDE windows using virtual machine. Trying this out so that I can learn how to set it up while maintianing an internet connection (wireless is all that I have). When it installs it asks whether I want guided, guided with LVM, guided with encrypted LVM or manual. I have go all three routs and the install program doesn't see the partitions. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks Joe

PS you can hit me off line at
joewolf at spinfinder dot com
or if needed call me at home 785 200 3910 be advised that I head to work @ 1300 daily and dont return until after 2245. (commute to salina)

Again,

Thanks

What you're talking about is installing using wubi. That doesn't need any partitioning, and in fact I don't believe it can use it. You'll probably want to put the disk space back to Windows if you're wanting to do wubi. I've never used wubi myself, since I had gone single boot ubuntu since before it came out, but I've got some links for you:

http://wubi-installer.org/
http://wubi-installer.org/faq.php
http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=234
That last one is the wubi forum on Ubuntu Forums. They should be able to help if you have any issues.

If (or, hopefully when) you decide to install it to the hard drive proper, I'll be happy to help more. You should consider it, it is faster and safer. Plus, if you ever get malware in Windows, it can affect your wubi install to a degree.

Welcome to Ubuntu!

P.S. Another second shifter I see. I work at 1500 and am off around 2300. But then again, I have very little commute.

[NJ0E]

Joshua RL,

thanks for the inf I am using VirtualMachine not wubi but I will look at it any way.

The only reason I haven't gon head first is my wireless. D-Link DWL G120 not nice for ubuntu. Was happy to see someone close that I could go and get hands on learning!!

Maybe if I am going to parents house I could arrange a meeting with you. Parents live in KCKS.

Joe

[JoshuaRL]

Joshua RL,

thanks for the inf I am using VirtualMachine not wubi but I will look at it any way.

The only reason I haven't gon head first is my wireless. D-Link DWL G120 not nice for ubuntu. Was happy to see someone close that I could go and get hands on learning!!

Maybe if I am going to parents house I could arrange a meeting with you. Parents live in KCKS.

Joe

Glad to help man. If all you're wanting to do is run Ubuntu in a VM, then I would suggest wubi. It is beyond easy, and supported pretty well from Ubuntu.

[NJ0E]

JoshuaRL...

in the process of DL -- 8.5 hr and started at 1030 this am!! Now at work. when I left it had 5 hrs to go. Hopefully all goes well. Am going to try and hold off on install until Friday (have the weekend off 4 glorious days!!)

Will let you know how it goes.

Joe

[NJ0E]

Joshua -- sent you an email thru the forum.

Joe

[GMod]

Greetings from Atchison!

Name:
Greg

Post As:
GMod

Linux Story:
I've been using different flavors of linux for about a year and a half and have been enjoying every minute of it. Currently running Ubuntu 8.04 and Slackware 12.1 in dual boot setup.

Any other Linux users from Northeast Kansas??