From where in Ohio do you hail?

[firenurse4]

I thought it might be nice to see what places our members call home. I'm from Conneaut which is the extreme northeast corner (aka Ohio's sharpest corner) of the state.

[Vorian]

I thought it might be nice to see what places our members call home. I'm from Conneaut which is the extreme northeast corner (aka Ohio's sharpest corner) of the state.

I live in Chillicothe (aka Ohio's First Capital or Stinky on Tuesday and Thursday mornings - Meade Paper plant:-?)

[speeddemon8803]

Is this one that qualifies as Backyard materials moderators? *blinks* im not quite sure...but I think this does....any clarifications as what specifies Backyard materials would be great :)

[Vorian]

Is this one that qualifies as Backyard materials moderators? *blinks* im not quite sure...but I think this does....any clarifications as what specifies Backyard materials would be great :)

This topic is completely appropriate for the Ohio LoCo forum...;)


The Backyard is for debates, politics etc.

The backyard, well, is the backyard. :mrgreen:

[Vorian]

I thought it might be nice to see what places our members call home. I'm from Conneaut which is the extreme northeast corner (aka Ohio's sharpest corner) of the state.

What are the snowfall projections for you all this year? I lived in buffalo for a couple years, I never had been scared of snow before (or since)

[TheElite1x721987]

Brooklyn, Ohio. An Inner ring suburb of Cleveland.

I'm not sure what the snowfall forecast is this year. But Cleveland winters are kinda harsh. Thanks to the great lake up here, we got lots more snow then the rest of Ohio. I'm personally not in the "Snow Belt" toward eastern cleveland, but I still get a fair share of it :(

[firenurse4]

What are the snowfall projections for you all this year? I lived in buffalo for a couple years, I never had been scared of snow before (or since)

I am not sure if we are supposed to get slammed this year or not. Conneaut is in the snow belt and since I work in Painesville, I get to drive a bulk of the length of it each year.:frown:

[meatballhat]

I'm in Bedford, southeast of Cleveland :D ...although I moved most recently from Akron and my family has roots all over NE Ohio. For others in my quadrant of the state, I'm hoping we can do something similar to the Columbus LoCo in the future: a NEO LoCo, perhaps? ...of course, concentrating on a state-wide effort should be the first priority :cool:

[JoeC21]

I am from Grove City, a suburb of Columbus.

[dralaroc]

Hi Guys/Gals...North Canton is where I dwell. Happy Holidays to all.

[_lynX]

I thought it might be nice to see what places our members call home. I'm from Conneaut which is the extreme northeast corner (aka Ohio's sharpest corner) of the state.

Extreme southeastern Ohio here -- Cincinnati. :)

[Vorian]

_lynX - I just added you to the Team! Welcome:D

[steven8]

Barberton, just west of Akron. Used to be smelly here, then all of the industry moved south. :-(

[timcredible]

i'm from delaware, oh (20 miles north of columbus and the buckeyes).

[mjm115]

I'm from Cleveland

[_lynX]

_lynX - I just added you to the Team! Welcome:D

Thanks!

[Vorian]

Thanks!

:mrgreen:

Happy you're on the team!

[_lynX]

I keep joining #ubuntu-ohio and finding it empty. We should get that moving. :D

[Vorian]

Just waiting for our bot to be added. :mrgreen:

[_lynX]

Sweet. Can't wait!

[TransitMan]

Kettering, Oh, a suburb/city south of Dayton, OH.

Some people cannot wrap their head around the fact that the zip code is for Kettering, yet in their computers it comes back as Dayton. Oh well, i know where I'm from, do you?

[Phototrek1]

Lovely Parma, Ohio. Clevelands biggest burb."Pink Falamingo Country"
Where are the Dayton people. Everyone sees to be from North East Ohio.

[kdawg]

Akron, AK rowdy, *snip*, *snip* whatever you want to call it. woot

[jpeddicord]

i'm from delaware, oh (20 miles north of columbus and the buckeyes).I'm from Delaware too. Small world. :)

[DarkDancer]

I know where you are from TransitMan, as I also am from Kettering ;)

[firenurse4]

Akron, AK rowdy, *snip*, *snip* whatever you want to call it. woot

Akron, my alma mater. Go ZIPS!!!

[TransitMan]

Well now.
A fellow resident from my part of Ohio. Was beginning to wonder if I was all alone in the south-western quadrant.

[_lynX]

Well now.
A fellow resident from my part of Ohio. Was beginning to wonder if I was all alone in the south-western quadrant.

I know. Everyone else seems to be from the northern regions. We southern Ohioans are special! :D

[Vorian]

I know. Everyone else seems to be from the northern regions. We southern Ohioans are special! :D

I70 - the mason dixon of ohio.:mrgreen:

[tshirtz1013]

sitting in the glasscity (Toledo).

[firenurse4]

I70 - the mason dixon of ohio.:mrgreen:

I don't know about I 70 but up here we say the same thing about anyone south of IS 90! ;) :p ;)

[rcgolf]

Southern Delaware here(Delaware/Westerville border). :) I'm a bit of a nix n00b but adapting fast. ;)

[TheElite1x721987]

Northeast ohio rocks. :P

I'm surprised how many people are soooo close to me here in brooklyn. parma, cleveland, bedford. I'm no more then 20mins from you. LOL Hell, phototek, odds are, I've rode my bike or driven down your very street since you live in parma. LOL!!! 8)

[cstudent]

I'm from Lucasville, just north of Portsmouth along the Ohio River. Home of the Lucasville Hilton (state maximum security prison). I just joined the team last night and look forward to many good things to come. :)

[Vorian]

I'm from Lucasville, just north of Portsmouth along the Ohio River. Home of the Lucasville Hilton (state maximum security prison). I just joined the team last night and look forward to many good things to come. :)

Lucasville! We go there evey year! That town knows how to throw a party!;)

Welcome to the team cstudent!

[steven8]

A young man who used to work for me is currently a resident of Lucasville. He earned that vacation via a grand theft auto situation, which was actually the last straw after the other things he'd done. . .

[n8qxb]

Mentor, Oh...Lake County

[lumpki]

I grew up in northeast Ohio, lived in other places... and now, by a crazy coincidence, I'm in northeast Ohio again, near Andover. It's almost in Pennsylvania. Spent a few years in Oxford (long ago) so I'm familiar with that end of the state also.

[tnseditor]

Hello everyone. I am in Lima.

[Vorian]

A west coaster! :mrgreen:

[firenurse4]

Mentor, Oh...Lake County
Do I spot another ham? 73 from N8PNB. :mrgreen:

[h2gofast]

cincy, who-dey!

[_lynX]

cincy, who-dey!

Hahah. Our city is so retarded. :D

Who-dey!

[zappa420]

I'm chillin right between Cincy and Dayton. But since no ones representing Dayton I'll go with that.

Dirty Dayton in the house!

[rrittenhouse]

I am in Tuscarawas, Ohio (Tuscarawas County). About 30 minutes north of Cambridge on I77 or 1.5-2 hours south of cleveland on I77. Heck <1 hour from North Canton as i saw some of you are from that area.

[HeavyEddie]

North Olmsted checking in. Moved up this way about 3 years ago.

[h2gofast]

hey _lynX, are there any clug members here or have you checked out clug (cincinnati's lug). I've been meaning to make it to one of their meetings, but never have the schedule to check it out. They have bylaws and board memebers so it sounds like a serious gang of penguins, I'm not sure what they're really up to though.

[That_Geek]

I hailing from right outside Cincy

Who Dey...Who Dey...WHO DEY think gonna beat them Bengals?
NOT dem Browns

lol, go Bucks and Bengals
OH BTW to Browns fans, thanks for knockin KC off yesterday, it was really nice of you, and BEAT THE STEELERS down this week ok?

[_lynX]

Which county outside of Cincy are you in? I'm out in Clermont. Yee-haw, y'all.

[PWill]

Howdy. Just joined the Launchpad team and mailing list.

I'm from Columbus.

[steven8]

Who Dey...Who Dey...WHO DEY think gonna beat them Bengals?
NOT dem Browns

Do they have a football team in Cincy? :-)

[Vorian]

Do they have a football team in Cincy? :-)

Depends on the week:mrgreen:

[That_Geek]

yeah pretty much, but they def showed up sunday and thursday

[_lynX]

Do they have a football team in Cincy? :-)

Hahah, Cincinnati's football teams are Colerain High School and Saint Xavier HS. :D

[JustDon]

I reside in Rittman, OH. It is a very small town near Wadsworth, Medina, Barberton. Old farming community in which very few farmers live anymore so basically it is a struggling community that as of last week does not even have a grocery store. I have been using Ubuntu for about a year now.

I run Ubuntu 6.06 and VMWare with Windows 2000 Professional as a guest OS. I do this ONLY because I am an insurance agent and my business is all done online and utilizes extensive ActiveX Scripting which Linux obviously does not process very well.

I am not a pro with Ubuntu so I don't know what I might could contribute but I want to learn more.

[machoo02]

I'm also living in Toledo. Moved here back in 2004 to work on my Ph.D at the University of Toledo.

[steven8]

JustDon, I was born and raised in Wadsworth. I am 41 years old. I do not know how old you are, but when I was young we did most of our shopping in Rittman. They had a Krogers and a department store called Conley's in a small mall on Sunset. I knew Conley's had been gone for many years, but they no longer have a grocery store!? That stinks! I used to get my hair cut by a fellow on the main street hill by a small diner downtown.

The Rittman Athletics and Reds were a part of our Little League system. I played for the Wadworth Indians. I had a fellow who worked for me at B&C in Baberton who turned out to be the left handed pitcher for the A's who picked us all off first base with the most awesome move I'd (n)ever seen! :-)

It's a mighty small world isn't it?!

[jarvis13]

I used to live in Mansfield a bit over a decade ago...
Now I've migrated to the Dayton area.

[RedBoot]

Greetings!

I'm from Dent, aka the West Side of Cincinnati.

[TheGilmanator]

Hey, folks. New guy here. I'm from the Western suburbs of Cleveland.

[msak007]

Hey all, I'm from Warren (another NE OH person :)). I work in Cleveland though, so I guess you could say I live in Mayfield Heights because I spend more time there lol.

[hikaricore]

Lewis Center (North West Columbus)

[ttrygve]

Extreme southeastern Ohio here -- Cincinnati. :)

Huh, who knew Cincy relocated to the west to the east? ;-p

[ttrygve]

Cleveland.

[todak]

I am located south of Bellville. Also a ham, KN8AW. That itty-bitty Icom 746 to the left should give me away! :mrgreen:

[daisuki]

I live in Willoughby .... about 20 or so minutes east of Cleveland.....

[charon79m]

New to the group....

I'm located in Mansfield, OH and work for a technology firm MT Business Technologies, Inc in network engineering and security.

Also a director of the North Central Ohio Linux User Group (http://www.ncolug.org).

Michael Knisely

[blakesmith]

From the largest city within a city in the world... Norwood, OH (surrounded by Cincinnati)

[kngcrntrd]

I'm from Middlefield.... the world's fourth largest Amish settlement... about 1/2 an hour east of Cleveland...yay

[lfmiller]

Do I spot another ham? 73 from N8PNB. :mrgreen:

And yet, another HAM -- KD8BXP here - living in lovely Middletown, OH - But glad to see there are a few others in South-West Ohio using Ubuntu!

Just for information - Middletown is located about 30 North of Cincinnati, and about 28 miles South of Dayton -- right in the Middle!

Was wondering how many other hams are using a linux OS -- I see at least 4!

LeRoy

[lfmiller]

I'm chillin right between Cincy and Dayton. But since no ones representing Dayton I'll go with that.

Dirty Dayton in the house!


You in Middletown??

[tux72]

I thought it might be nice to see what places our members call home. I'm from Conneaut which is the extreme northeast corner (aka Ohio's sharpest corner) of the state.

I'm, from Maumee, which is a south side suburb of Toledo.

[Bite_me_Bill]

The big Township of Palmyra, located halfway between Akron and Youngstown in Portage County.

[jtfolden]

Springfield, Ohio here... seat of Clark County, stuck between Dayton and Columbus.

[goatdad13]

I am from Grove City

[elj4176]

From Sunny Mansfield! I hope to make it to the ncolug one of these days. I've been running Ubuntu for awhile now and just installed it on my pc at work. I'm the IT Admin for Bendon Publishing in Ashland.
Vorian - I used to live just southwest of Buffalo and I can say winters here are mild!

[Vorian]

I used to live just southwest of Buffalo and I can say winters here are mild!

A - MEN! I lived in Phoenix for a while too, and I think thats even worse (heat) I don't care if it is dry, 120 is HOT!

And Welcome to the Team!8)

[Buckeyefiremedic]

I am from Delaware county in central Ohio nestled between the big burgs of Delaware and Marysville.

[BonBonTheJon]

Cincinnati (Colerain Twp.), but I go to school in northern KY.

[hackle577]

I am originally from Ashville, about 20 miles south of Columbus, in Pickaway County. Google map! (http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Ashville,+OH+43103&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=9&ll=39.781102,-82.944031&spn=1.023686,2.768555)

I go to school at Miami University in Oxford, which is in Butler County. Google map! (http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Oxford,+OH+45056&ie=UTF8&z=9&ll=39.518874,-84.737549&spn=1.027576,2.768555&om=1)

[TheIdiotThatIsMe]

I'm originally from Florida (Sarasota, Bradenton, St. Petersburg, Casselberry, and Longwood). However about three years ago I moved up to NE Ohio to Niles, near Warren (or if you're not from the Trumbull County area, it's not too far from Youngstown).

Then moved over to Defiance, OH, over on the other side of Ohio, where I go to Defiance College for Computer Forensics (only a Freshman right now). Some pretty fun stuff soon though ;)

I'm not actually part of the Ohio LoCo team, but am looking at more information for it, but I am the resident computer geek in my dorm and have already installed Ubuntu onto two friends computers. I'm the official tech support of the dorm so I figured I might as well support something I use more often myself :)

[Vorian]

I'm not actually part of the Ohio LoCo team, but am looking at more information for it, but I am the resident computer geek in my dorm and have already installed Ubuntu onto two friends computers. I'm the official tech support of the dorm so I figured I might as well support something I use more often myself :)

Dorm Computer Geeks are always welcome! Welcome to the team!

[feign]

Live in Ashtabula, work in Cleveland.

[Vorian]

Live in Ashtabula, work in Cleveland.

Now that is a commute:o

[msak007]

Now that is a commute:o
How long of a commute is that? I live in Warren and also work in Cleveland (Mayfield Heights), so it's a little over an hour each way. I pray for winters like the one we're currently having :).

[steven8]

My map shows it to be 58 miles one way. A bit of a commute, but maybe not as far as Warren.

[firenurse4]

Live in Ashtabula, work in Cleveland.

Thats a bit more than mine Conneaut to Painesville. Now if memory serves, that makes 3 in Ashtabula county. :mrgreen:

[msak007]

My map shows it to be 58 miles one way. A bit of a commute, but maybe not as far as Warren.
It's about the same then. My round trip averages 110 miles.

[zerhacke]

I live in Cambridge, OH. East central part of the state, where I77 and I70 cross. Closest person to me is the fellow from Tuscarawas, about 30 miles from me.

I'm also studying for my HAM exam. My father's into it (he's W8RLA and makes extensive use of the Parkersburg, WV repeater) and while he teaches me HAM stuff I teach him Linux stuff. Haven't yet gotten him his own Linux install but that's coming soon.

[Derspankster]

I live in Marion, 20 miles north of Delaware and another 20 north of Columbus. Home and final resting place of Warren G. Harding, the President that makes Bush look like a great guy!

[danbert]

I am originally from Beavercreek (just east of Dayton), I attend UD, and right now I am co-opping at Marathon in Findlay. Ohio rocks!

[o0splitpaw0o]

Live in a dinky town called Richwood. It's on 47, in between Marysville & Marion. Only 1 of 3 Linux users out here.

[gapplewagen]

Extreme southeastern Ohio here -- Cincinnati. :)

Ahhh another Cincinnatian!

[belboz]

I am from the Cincinnati area.

[Bear]

Hi everyone.

I'm from the Athens area.

What happened to global warming? Boy are we ever getting the snow, ice and wind.. :(

[Vorian]

Hi everyone.

I'm from the Athens area.

What happened to global warming? Boy are we ever getting the snow, ice and wind.. :(

It has been a crazy 3 weeks of weather!!!

(ps you should join the Ubuntu Ohio team ----> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio/)

[Bear]

It has been a crazy 3 weeks of weather!!!

(ps you should join the Ubuntu Ohio team ----> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio/)


It sure has.

Thank you for the invite. I joined.

I really like this linux operating system. Good bye micro$oft...

Everyone in here is fantastic, you can learn a lot.

Come on summer...Brrrrr!!

[jpeddicord]

I like the winter weather.. it keeps me out of school.
:guitar:

[Intell]

I dwell in Solon, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. It's cold here now! :)

[hackle577]

I have an uncle in Solon!

[msak007]

I pass Solon on my way to work. I take 422 --> 271 to get to Mayfield. I called off today because of all the snow we had (it took me almost 4 hours to get home yesterday), I had to be at work @ 7:30 and didn't feel like leaving Warren at 5 AM to get to work on time :).

[soham]

Upper Arlington -columbus

[jackichad]

Hello all!

I am the newest of newbies to ubuntu...still trying to fumble my way around with the 6.10 I installed recently.

Anyway, I hail from Canton, Ohio...the lovely home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Have already learned a lot from roaming through the forums and hope to learn much more.

[dralaroc]

Hey Jackichad,

Welcome my friend! It is good to see another Canton person in the house. I live in N.Canton, home of errr, ummm oh I forgot Hoover Vacuum's :) . Have fun with Ubuntu, it has been a year for me this month and I am totally addicted to Ubuntu & Linux. My calls me a wanna be computer geek...Lol! I even purchased a Ubuntu book from Borders on the Strip & I am thinking about subscribing to Linux Pro Magazine. Feb's issue was pretty decent and it included a copy of OpenSuse 10.2. I loaded it on another partition and have been playing with it for a few days now. Anyway, enough of me jaw jackin', again welcome & have fun.

[Vorian]

(ps you should join the Ubuntu Ohio team ----> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio/ (https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio/))

[caver1]

I'm also in Delaware, have a daughter in Warren. Did you you people in Grove city know that your city was named after my great-great-grandfathers family?

[zerhacke]

Good to see some Cantonians. You guys are about the closest ones to me coming in at about 50 miles. There was another fellow from Tuscarawas County on here but I've not seen him around other than the post he said where he was from in.

Welcome aboard the both of you.

[w116tjb]

Huber Heights here. Brick City, ftw. Just north of Dayton.

[Wybiral]

Right on the edge of Dayton (like a few minutes away from downtown)

[Vorian]

Bunches of Dayton folks!

:guitar:

[supirman]

I'm originally from the general Youngstown area, but now reside in the greater Columbus area.

[lyceum]

Westerville (Columbus)

[xaphan]

Greater Cincinnati

[Seekker]

Hello,

I just signed up for the Ohio Team, as well as the Ubuntu-Women and Kubuntu groups ... I'm located in the east Akron [Lakemore] area. The Ohio Education group sounds very interesting to me. I've spent the last two weeks reacquainting myself with linux in general, and with Kubuntu/Ichthux specifically.

When Vista came out, I decided to migrate [back] to Linux permanently. The only reason I went back to 'doze was to keep my skill level up in order to support my customers. I went looking for a Linux solution that I could offer to my customers as a viable alternative to 'doze. Ubuntu appears to be that solution.

Looking forward to getting to know the rest of the Ohio members.

Seekker

[mramsey]

New user in Hudson, OH!:)

[Seekker]

Welcome aboard, mramsey!

[jondecker76]

firenurse4 - I'm in Pierpont, just around the corner from you. I'm thinking about joining the LoCo team

[jseiser]

Port Clinton, Ohio :)

[firenurse4]

firenurse4 - I'm in Pierpont, just around the corner from you. I'm thinking about joining the LoCo team

Welcome aboard. Good to see a few more users from our neck of the woods!\\:D/

[ryan8403]

From Cincinnati

[Atreus12]

I just registered, from Toledo Ohio

-Andrew

[TheIdiotThatIsMe]

I just registered, from Toledo Ohio

-Andrew

Welcome! :-D

[Whatever6750]

Springboro Ohio here. South of Dayton, North of cincinnati.

[netboy541]

New guy here... well, not new... but newly registered. :)

I'm from Hamilton, Ohio -- out near the big CVG.

[hackle577]

@Whatever6750 and netboy541: I go to school at Miami University. Not far away I believe.

[netboy541]

Miami Univ. has campuses all over tho..

There's one in Cinci, one in Middletown, one in Hamilton, and I think there's one in Oxford, but I dunno.

[hackle577]

I'm at the Oxford campus.

[netboy541]

i was in oxford for the first time last week.

not alot there. :lolflag:

[RedBoot]

i was in oxford for the first time last week.

not alot there

Oxford is cool. We go up there for some R&R occasionally. It's a great place to just take it easy and bicycle out to Hueston Woods. 8)

Scott
Cincinnati

[kissotdragon]

Moved to OH from UT and currently hail from Dayton. All Hail J! All Hail J! :)

[jpeddicord]

Moved to OH from UT and currently hail from Dayton. All Hail J! All Hail J! :)

Welcome to the team and to the forums! :)

[kissotdragon]

Good to finally get things settled down just a bit from the move so that I can get back in again.

[notwen]

Coming straight outta Cincinnati(Mason to be exact). who dey !

[kabronkline]

I just registered on LaunchPad, didn't realize this loco team existed until the Ubuntu site redesign.

Anyway, I'm from Circleville, Ohio - about 40 minutes south of Columbus.

I work at the State of Ohio Computer Center in Upper Arlington (Suburb of Columbus).

[hackle577]

Anyway, I'm from Circleville, Ohio - about 40 minutes south of Columbus.

Sweet! I am from Ashville!

[Vorian]

I just registered on LaunchPad, didn't realize this loco team existed until the Ubuntu site redesign.

Anyway, I'm from Circleville, Ohio - about 40 minutes south of Columbus.

I work at the State of Ohio Computer Center in Upper Arlington (Suburb of Columbus).

Neeto! I live in Chillicothe :)

[dlr.pe]

Checking in from Mansfield. I think I saw at least two others from this neck of the woods as I perused the thread.

I am a bridge engineer who has been toying with PC's for over 20 years. I am relatively new to Linux in general, having toyed around first with Red Hat a few years ago, then Debian about a year and a half ago. Last year I discovered Ubuntu (Dapper), and I have been hooked since.

I am trying my hand at helping out with the Kubuntu ISO testing. Eventually, I may dust off my programming books and try my hand at something along those lines...

[tgrisier]

Coming to you from West Unity, about 50 or so miles west of Toledo.

[jimbo2150]

Youngstown, 9th most dangerous city in the U.S. (lucky me).

[lyceum]

Youngstown, 9th most dangerous city in the U.S. (lucky me).

If you keep working at it, you can be #1 ;)

[jimbo2150]

If you keep working at it, you can be #1 ;)

Were probably 90% of the way there. The statistics were for 2006. Already, just since the beginning of 07, there have been strings of murders. It's likely we are already less than 9th and it is only the beginning of 2007.

[lyceum]

Were probably 90% of the way there. The statistics were for 2006. Already, just since the beginning of 07, there have been strings of murders. It's likely we are already less than 9th and it is only the beginning of 2007.

That is really too bad. I said that as a joke, I really hope things can get better there. Sorry, not as funny as I thought it would be.

[msak007]

Youngstown, 9th most dangerous city in the U.S. (lucky me).
Where @ in Y-town? I'm from Warren.

[jimbo2150]

Where @ in Y-town? I'm from Warren.

I live in Boardman (suburb of Y-town), but I spend so much of my time downtown that it feels like I live there.

[TheIdiotThatIsMe]

I live in Boardman (suburb of Y-town), but I spend so much of my time downtown that it feels like I live there.

Hey I also live in Boardman! :-) Although I'm the opposite, I rarely ever leave the main strip of Boardman to venture into the heart of Youngstown.

[jimbo2150]

... I rarely ever leave the main strip of Boardman to venture into the heart of Youngstown.

When you are a student and work at the University, it quickly becomes a second home :p

[msak007]

When you are a student and work at the University, it quickly becomes a second home :p
I used to work in Boardman and YSU (WCBA) while going to school a couple of years ago :).

[steven8]

Were probably 90% of the way there. The statistics were for 2006. Already, just since the beginning of 07, there have been strings of murders. It's likely we are already less than 9th and it is only the beginning of 2007.

When I was young (I'm 41) Youngstown was known as a haven for organized crime. Is that the source of your murders?

[gxr]

Springfield, OH.

Just inbetween Enon and Springfield :)

[psyberpnk]

Bowling Green here. I am somewhat new to Linux and am looking forward to learning much more.

[jimbo2150]

When I was young (I'm 41) Youngstown was known as a haven for organized crime. Is that the source of your murders?

What do you mean by 'Is that the source of your murders?' ?
If you mean biased based on the past, no. I have just been, unfortunately, watching the news lately. I usually don't because of thats pretty much all you hear about.

[TheIdiotThatIsMe]

What do you mean by 'Is that the source of your murders?' ?
If you mean biased based on the past, no. I have just been, unfortunately, watching the news lately. I usually don't because of thats pretty much all you hear about.

I think he meant are the murders today largely due to organized crime, like in the past, or just a high murder rate in general.

[jimbo2150]

I think he meant are the murders today largely due to organized crime, like in the past, or just a high murder rate in general.

Oh, I don't think organized crime makes up much of any crime today. Most of it is probably just the typical 'I have a problem with x john doe' which eventually spurs a driveby or simply walking into a house and shooting, arsen, etc.
Some of it may have to do with drugs, but I am not certain. But yes, there was a lot of organized crime in the past, but pretty much all the old crime bosses are either dead or in jail at this point, and I don't think it makes up much of the problem any more.

[Frizguru]

Strongsville and Wickliffe. And I know for a fact there are about 19 others here in Wickliffe with Ubuntu. Why? Because I converted and installed them!

[hackle577]

You are from Strongsville? I have some friends there, and they play frisbee, you may know them!

[Aoirthoir]

Hi! I am new to the board..going to sign up for the Ohio-Ubuntu local I think.

Anyhow I am in Fairview Park, and I work in Rocky River.

[PWill]

Hi! I am new to the board..going to sign up for the Ohio-Ubuntu local I think.

Anyhow I am in Fairview Park, and I work in Rocky River.

Welcome to the team!

[moe_fwacky]

I'm up in Lakewood here.

[Philote]

I'm from Fairborn, OH. It's a burb of Dayton
I did not know there was an Ohio section in the forums. I'm glad to see it.
-Joseph

[PWill]

Be sure to join on Launchpad if you haven't yet: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio

[majunbu]

I hail from Galloway, OH which is a burb of Columbus.

It is great to see such a strong Ubuntu presence here in Ohio

[StickyRiceBandit]

Orrville ... home of Smuckers Jelly/Jam :guitar: :popcorn:

[irish1916]

I am from Brunswick.Half way between Cleve. and Akron.

[TheKid965]

Grove City. I have a good view of the Columbus skyline from my rooftop.

[m3741]

Beavercreek here, just outside Dayton.

[gss6]

Brooklyn, Ohio. A suburb on the westside of Cleveland, 15 minutes from Downtown.

Home of the Seatbelt (and cell phone) law, and the world headquarters of American Greetings.

Currently at UAkron for Computer Information Systems (say a curse word whenever you see a Cisco Systems ad for me).

[Malakia]

I'm from Akron, OH and I signed up too. I am dual booting Windows and Ubuntu but as soon as I am done with college I am dumping Windows.

[GeorMar]

I am from Grove City, Ohio

[PWill]

I am from Grove City, Ohio

Woo! Columbus!

[irish1916]

Hey,Akrob guys do you belong to the Akron Lug and if so how is it

[razali2k5]

Hi all,

I am very excited to be on the Ohio Ubuntu Team!

I was born in Romania and lived there for 12 years. And then I moved to North Canton, OH. I noticed one other user is from North Canton and another is from Canton so that's sweet.

Since September of last year I have lived in Columbus since I go to THE Ohio State University. In about 1 year I will be moving permanently to Columbus.

Anyway I would like to say I represent all 3 areas since I've lived in one of them at one point! Romania, North Canton, and Columbus! :D

Nice to meet you all!

[PWill]

Hi all,

I am very excited to be on the Ohio Ubuntu Team!

I was born in Romania and lived there for 12 years. And then I moved to North Canton, OH. I noticed one other user is from North Canton and another is from Canton so that's sweet.

Since September of last year I have lived in Columbus since I go to THE Ohio State University. In about 1 year I will be moving permanently to Columbus.

Anyway I would like to say I represent all 3 areas since I've lived in one of them at one point! Romania, North Canton, and Columbus! :D

Nice to meet you all!

Welcome! I live in Columbus, too. I am in Clintonville, just north of campus!

[matthewdhandley]

Hey everybody. My name's Matt. I am from Cedarville, OH, where I attend Cedarville University.

[hackle577]

Cedarville, eh? Do you know a Jack Legg?

[Naer Dinsul]

Hey all! I'm hailing from Waverly, and currently attend classes at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth.

Speaking of which, maybe I should be paying more attention in this class... :D

[matthewdhandley]

Cedarville, eh? Do you know a Jack Legg?

No, not personally. I checked his facebook, though, and he looks familiar. How do you know him?

[hackle577]

He went to my high school. He's a pretty funny guy. :-)

[rich36]

Like many others, I'm from Dayton. I just recently installed Feisty Fawn and I've been really happy with it. I started using Ubuntu about 7 or 8 months ago, although I've been using Linux and UNIX for years.

[interurban]

Springboro, near Dayton, just off I-75.

[Lothlómendil]

I'm from Greenville, Ohio, which is pretty much on the Indiana border. Mid-west region, if you will. I attend The Ohio State University, so I also call Columbus home. GO BUCKS! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/Mothgalad/spam/emotes/brutus.gif

I've been using Ubuntu and visiting this forum for quite a while, but I've yet to get deeply involved in anything, This looks like a good place to start. :)

[R&CRULE]

i live in good ol' Cincy.

[saber11]

Howdy's all. I am brand new to Linux and Ubuntu. I Live in a suburb of Dayton, called Clayton.

I am a geek. If any of you are Amatuer Radio operators I can be found on the WB8SMC 147.135 repeater, echolink node code is 43988

My call is N8PPZ

[Artstew]

I'm hailing from Columbus, OH... what is "hailing" exactly anyways? Does that mean where you hail a cab? or is it where you come down from the sky in little ice pieces? I dunno. Anyhow, i'm from Columbus. Just intalled my first Ubuntu setup this month, so far so good. It is having trouble opening graphics though, wants to freeze up. I know this isn't the place for troubleshooting, so if you see me on #ubunu-ohio maybe we can talk about it.

[willda]

I'm in Pomeroy, on the great OHIO River (which is funny since WV own's most of it! :) ) just South of Ohio University in Athens. This is truly Southeastern Ohio. :lolflag:

[saxuntu]

Brand Spanking new to Ubuntu. I had and old hard drive that i riped out of an a computer and put in my new one. I'm running Ubuntu on it (since Ubuntu is smaller) and Win Xp on the hard drive that came with my computer. I'm keeping the XP around for the wife and for while i learn Linux.

Living up in the Akron area, go NE Ohio!!!

[Vorian]

I'm in Pomeroy, on the great OHIO River (which is funny since WV own's most of it! :) ) just South of Ohio University in Athens. This is truly Southeastern Ohio. :lolflag:
hehe

I used to live in Gallipolis ;) (not for very long though)

[digitallure]

Gahanna, OH is where I reside currently.

[PTelly]

Hi to all. Well I finally dug into Ubuntu. First looked at 5.04 and now digging in and trying to learn a little.
I live in Columbus, Stop by some time. (I could use the help).

[jseiser]

i already posted saying i was in Port Clinton, i just figured since my town goes from ~6,000 people to the ~20000 people i see clogging up my streets ( damn tourists ) how many of you are enjoying the nice fishing in my area!

[TheVault]

I live in Middletown, OH. I have a Frankiln address but its consitered Middletown.

So boring here!

[Vorian]

Oh

[Teknician]

Hi all,
Live here in Loudonville near Ashland and not far from Mansfield or Wooster far that matter. I commute to Canton 5-6 days a week (100 mile round trip) for work at the local steel mill. I ran linux for years off and on since Redhat 5.2 before installations where this easy. Mainly run WinXP on 3 PC's and now Linux again on an 80Gig drive on one of my Win PC's. Always loved Linux but most of my work have been on Windows platform since Dos 6 and Windows 3.1 (go figure) and there's lots of work repairing and updating Windows trust me as some of you may know.

Nice to see so many on the Ohio Team and some previous places I've lived in Ohio are Dover, New Phila, Strasburg, Bolivar, Mineral City.

Sorry for the rant and nice to meet you all.

[Leftville]

hehe

I used to live in Gallipolis ;) (not for very long though)

Formerly from Gallipolis, then Athens, then I started moving all over the country. I miss Ohio sometimes, as odd as that sounds. Some places in the country are weird.

[Seisen]

I agree I lived in Kentucky for almost a year and it was completely different than living in Ohio.

[grendelkhan]

Cincinnati checking in!

[redfox]

Greetings from Bowling Green. I'm currently a student, and I had my introduction to linux through Ubuntu back in the Warty days (a nice website does a lot for me). I played around with Ubuntu a bit on my old HP laptop, but then I got a Mac for the killer app Keynote. Now that I have VMWare I can safely toy around with Ubuntu again without frying my MacBook.

I guess it's time to put a search in for other people from Bowling Green. I didn't bother to read the whole thread....

[Cybergod]

I'm from Lucasville, just north of Portsmouth along the Ohio River. Home of the Lucasville Hilton (state maximum security prison). I just joined the team last night and look forward to many good things to come. :)

How's it going cstudent? I'm from West Portsmouth, it's nice to meet you.

[ronmarley1]

Hailing from sunny, tropical, Parma. Originally from Berea.

[oldcomputermann]

My name is Jim and I'm from Xenia which is famous for our tornadoes and now for our bike paths.
My interest is really in Edubuntu, schools and not-for-profit organizations.
If you're curious about me look here:

http://youtube.com/user/oldcomputermann

[mikeg113]

I thought it might be nice to see what places our members call home. I'm from Conneaut which is the extreme northeast corner (aka Ohio's sharpest corner) of the state.

Mansfield, OH

[geraldmes5]

I am from the Lafayette, OH area. This is 6 miles east of Lima, OH. So long Rex

[Sh0tzy]

I'm in the Portage Lakes area (Akron), near Green if you know where that is.

Life long resident for the most part, hoping to move soon though!

[Seisen]

I don't live that far from you.

[svtfmook]

eastlake
where there's a velvet picture of elvis on the wall and a shotgun behind every door.

originally from mentor, then painesville, then wickliffe, then leroy, then wickliffe (again)

[Thearnold]

I live in a small country town of Seaman which is 65 south east of Cincy. 48 miles west of Portsmouth. Is there any organized meetings in Cincy or Portsmouth?

[Cybergod]

I live in a small country town of Seaman which is 65 south east of Cincy. 48 miles west of Portsmouth. Is there any organized meetings in Cincy or Portsmouth?

Hi Thearnold, I'm from Portsmouth. I haven't heard of any meetings in or around the Portsmouth area. I would love to see such a meeting around this area. Maybe when I get a little more time I'll try to organize one.

[KunoNoOni]

Greetings and Salutations all from Columbus, Oh!

[jrod2oo6]

Richwood OH Here

[Lilith17]

Hi I'm new :D , I live in Springfield!

[Vorian]

welcome!
:guitar:

[evolushun]

Hello everyone. I am in Lima.

Close enough. Celina here!

[Xaelar]

My daughter and I, Lilith17, both hail from Springfield, between Dayton and Columbus. We are new to Ubuntu and Linux, found Ubuntu about 4 months ago now, and already love it. We went to OLF and that just made it all the better, seeing the community of people. We felt very comfortable there, which surprised us, and had to become a part of it. Keep up the great work guys and see you at the release.

[CommodoreTeach]

Hi all!

I live in Columbus, less than a mile East of the Ohio State University (currently a student there majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering).

I have been using Ubuntu for several months now. I had some previous Linux experience, as I ran Gentoo around 2000. Then, the Gentoo installation on my computer went funny, and I couldn't fix it, so I went back to ******* for a while.

When I started using Ubuntu, and showing it off, my family took to it, so now I got both my mother and my sister on Ubuntu as well as a friend, and they're just loving it. I work for a Center as a student worker at OSU and currently I'm trying to get that shop to "take the plunge" to Ubuntu. Wish me luck. There seems to be an attitude against Open Source at OSU which really disappoints me - I mean, I thought Universities were supposed to SUPPORT things like Open Source, not avoid them!

I went to OLF finally (been meaning to go for years, it just always landed on an awkward weekend). It was sweet. I was so glad to see all those people with interests like my own, and to talk with them and learn new things.

@Vorian: if I have the right person (apologies if I don't) you ran the "Ubuntu for Beginners" presentation. Thanks for that! My mother and I were there and it really helped her start to learn the system well. I am very excited about Gutsy, I can't wait for its realease. Hopefully I'll be able to make it to the release party. Still having trouble with saying "oo-b-oo-nt-oo" and not "oo-bun-t-oo" but I'll work on it! Thank you for letting me know about the Ohio LoCo team! I didn't know it existed before that presentation. Also thanks for all your other posts on the forums! I've used your advice many a times! :KS

@ Lyceum: What's Up? My parents live in Westerville, and I did too until about a month and a half ago. Sweet place. My alma matter is there - Westerville South High School. Did you go there? I may know you (or not). Glad to hear that Ubuntu is used in Westerville as well! :cool:

Alright, that ends my rant! Greetings all! ):P

--CommodoreTeach

[Vorian]

@Vorian: if I have the right person (apologies if I don't) you ran the "Ubuntu for Beginners" presentation. Thanks for that! My mother and I were there and it really helped her start to learn the system well. I am very excited about Gutsy, I can't wait for its realease. Hopefully I'll be able to make it to the release party. Still having trouble with saying "oo-b-oo-nt-oo" and not "oo-bun-t-oo" but I'll work on it! Thank you for letting me know about the Ohio LoCo team! I didn't know it existed before that presentation. Also thanks for all your other posts on the forums! I've used your advice many a times! :KS
Yep, that was me :) I hope it was an enjoyable time for you. Hope to see you at the release party.

[bstockwell]

Hey,

I'm a first year at Miami in Oxford, majoring in Computer Engineering, I'm from Cincinnati. I just jumped back into Linux once I heard 7.10 was coming. I've been on and off it for the past 2 years... I got a new computer about 6 months ago so the one I had been dual booting I no longer have access to (its at home and only has XP now), I thought it was a good time to try Ubuntu again and it's better than ever.

Anyway, Ubuntu is now my main operating system and I'm loving it.

Can't wait to do more with it.

-Ben

P.S. I still say OO-BUN-TOO

[kroynos]

Hello,

I am fairly new to the scene of Ubuntu series, but to say i live in Bowling Green Ohio. anybody interested on chatting about linux stuff let me know. here is my email kroynos@yahoo.com

thanks,
kroynos

[wildman2]

good ole fostoria

[JeTDoG]

East side of Cleveland (but NOT East Cleveland) here, a stone's throw from the Euclid border.

Been using Ubuntu exclusively for about 5 months, having started with a Wubi install that I promoted to a full partition-based install, and then updated to 7.10 (sort of -- the upgrade hasn't gone completely smoothly).

It's been a great ride so far, and I'm looking forward to telling M$ where they can stick their OS. Is it too early to start making plans for OLF '08? I'd love to add it to my 'con schedule, esp. since I already get to Columbus for Marcon & Origins...

[markyb86]

Im in bedford ohio!!!!

[LeoSolaris]

Hey All!

I happen to currently reside in one of the more boring corners of Ohio, Gallipolis. Luckily that will be changing in June of '08.

I found Ubuntu through Popular Mechanics about two weeks ago. I managed to find the time right before finals to install it earlier this week on my $100 Thinkpad A30. (After doubling it's monetary value by adding 10x more RAM.)

No, I have no idea how to pronounce Ubuntu, by the way.

I've already managed to mess my system up and for a while I was really concerned that it was a hardware breakdown, not a software oops. So I asked my local repair shop to take a peek to see if they could tell me if there was a mechanical error. Of course, two hours after they closed on Friday, I find the work around for the Ubuntu bug. At least it is on a laptop I do not yet rely on.

I'm having fun with Linux so far. I have found that I like Ubuntu for most things because it is easier on the eyes, and Puppy Linux if I need it up right this second.

Week 1 comes to a close with my laptop in the shop over the weekend for no reason. Not the raving success of "it just works" but not a complete flop to make me turn away from Linux. At least the inspection is free for the hardware.

I am still processing how to read the bug fixes and the jargon. I am sometimes unsure if I am reading a command prompt to be typed in, or a series of windows to navigate.

If anyone would like to help/chat/get to know the Ohio newbie, feel free to send me a note.

Leo §.

[hackle577]

Correct pronunciation, I believe, is "oo-boon-too", although I've also heard "oo-bun-too" and even "oo-bahn-too".

[lyceum]

Wikkipedia says 'oo-BOON-too'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28Linux_distribution%29

As long as we are just typing, I don't think it matters ;)

[Delvien]

I've just recently started pronouncing it correctly.. "oo-BOON-too"

I used to pronounce it "Ya-bun-too" which sounds better IMO, meh.

[kustomjs]

I am from Coldwater, OH home of the 2005 and 2007 high school football state champs but hometown is Willshire, OH

[Frumious Boojum]

I'm the new guy from Columbus.

Been using Ubuntu (& Kubuntu & Edubuntu, depending on what computer I'm at) rather regularly the last several months Unfortunately, gotta do the dual boot method for my laptop as Windows is required for school.

Just starting out the CIT program in Software Development at Columbus State... I've been concentrating on much more graphical areas for several years now, so hopefully all goes well with this -- it's been about 10 years since I've actively done programming and that was basic on an Apple IIe.

[stormadvisor]

The small village of Trinway!

[bwhite82]

I hail from Ravenna, Ohio but currently live in Milton Township (Lake Milton). I have been pretty active with Ubuntu for a couple of years now. Don't really know why I haven't checked out this Loco Team sooner. At any rate, I just joined the Marketing Team and I am still trying to figure out how to get started with doing something -- anything in it. I checked out the Wiki page and the Launchpad page, and am in Freenode (ubuntu-marketing). Just need to figure out how to get involved with a project.

[tnseditor]

Welcome to Ubuntu Ohio Stormadvisor and Soldierboy. If you need any help, just ask either on here, on IRC #ubuntu-us-oh, or on the mailing list.

[Delvien]

Welcome to Ubuntu-US LoCo : )

[inoculant]

elyria...where my wifes favorite question is...."was that a firework or a gunshot?" who cares!, just keeps the doors locked. lol

[Delvien]

elyria...where my wifes favorite question is...."was that a firework or a gunshot?" who cares!, just keeps the doors locked. lol

Or car backfire! :P

[markyb86]

Around my neighborhood its normal that those sounds are peoples doors slamming after

a) some domestic violence type deal occured
b) father 1 was caught with babys mama 1 and 2 and wife wasnt so happy
c) 16 year old mother got fed up with her 6 children and was leaving

hahah i can only guess the last two. but 'a' is right on usually

[flyingtiger]

Currently, Brimfield Township, OH ... been hither & thither over the years, e.g. Tremont City, Springfield, Dayton, Miamisburg, Sheffield Lake & Sheffield Village, St. Marys, Warren, Urbana, Rootstown, Black Horse, Ravenna, Kent, & Barberton.

Wrote my 1st program on IBM punch cards. Anyone remember the 8-inch floppy diskette? First modem was blazing 110 baud.

My daily commute ... plant feet on carpet, check into the Lav, then the food room, then to the PC/radio room; 0 miles driven. If curiosity peeks I may check the condition through the silica pane. I work PT/FT hours doing Help Desk for Educate-Online. I've worked with CP/M, DOS, Unix, Linux, all the MS except ME. I own too many PC's

ALUG Member

73 to OM's & YL's - KB8AMZ, QRP CW Op

[CRYPTKEEPER]

Snow is never bad in cambridge. A couple inches of snow for about a week and then just cold as hell...

[zerhacke]

Cambridge? Hey, that's where I live! I hope you get back in this thread as I'm trying to start up a Cambridge LUG.

[zerhacke]

73 to OM's & YL's - KB8AMZ, QRP CW Op

KD8GWM here... you run much 2 meter? I just have a little walkie talkie my dad bought for me so about all I can contact around here is the 146.85 repeater here in Cambridge.

I have Q-Tel set up on my box but I don't use it much.

[morphx99mq]

Boardman :guitar:

[james44]

miamisburg

[wsulinux]

fairborn

[tnseditor]

Welcome to Ubuntu Ohio. If you need any help, just post in our subforum or on IRC #ubuntu-us-oh. We look forward to seeing you online!

[|{urse]

http://www.journeysystems.com/

Cincinnati here ^^

[tobydeemer]

Hi all-

I live in Parma Heights, the ******* child of Parma, i.e., yet another subburd of Cleveland. Originally from NE Ohio in some form or another, and went to school in Pittsburgh.

Out of curiosity, is this site, or a new version of it, somewhere? - http://www.ncolug.org/ The link is dead.

My wife and I are planning to move to Chichago or New York at some point in the however-distant future. Namely when our daughter is a little older. But anyway...

[Bog_Warrior]

Brand new to Ubuntu and living in the great northwest... Defiance

[greyfox1]

Columbus here. Hilliard specifically :D

[Derath]

Dayton here

[morepowerr]

Marion

Just an old bum. Trying to lean as much as i can in life before it gone.

[mygor]

Mt Perry OH. Been using Ubuntu for about a year. I have converted almost 30 people to Ubuntu in that time. However most of my converts are from other parts of the country. I sell hatching eggs in online auctions. I send everyone a copy of Ubuntu. I have given support on the installations by using the forums here. I recently gave copies to a friend of mines daughter to take to her computer lab teacher. The teacher decided to make them part of the class. They each had to build a computer and install Ubuntu on it. She loved the experience and now uses Ubuntu on her home computer. Do you think that there is a list of the schools with computer labs in this state? We should find a way to get copies to all of them!

[Ichido]

Willowick, the "North Coast".
Less than 100 yards from Lake Erie.

[tnseditor]

Welcome to the team! If you have any questions, just ask!

[tritecode]

Lancaster is my birthplace but I live in Bowerston now (the middle of nowhere)