What part of Kentucky are you based in?

[emarkay]

I live near Jasper, IN and can't seem to shake the Ubuntu addiction.

Even though sometimes I get the sweats and the shakes, and I can't sleep at night,it's still drawing me in further... :)

MRK

[etank]

As of now we have 4 members. 3 of us are located in Lexington and I believe that the other is from Richmond.

Ubuntu is addictive isn't it.

[bkingx]

I'm one of the Lexingtonians mentioned above. I admit I am new to the whole Linux scene, which has provided a unique experience for etank since I bug him 3-4 times a day with Linux questions!

Never-the-less, I can see some great potential for Ubuntu and Linux as a whole and can't wait to learn more and see where it all goes!

[mid_night gypsy]

Howdy Guys,
I was born in Lexington,Ky.Don't remember much I was to young, Now lived in Scott City MO.
Been learning linux for 'bout three years or so (Truck Driver by Trade go figure). Hey to you all good LUCK. Gypsy

[etank]

Hey Gypsy, good to hear from you. If there is ever anything that we can do to help you with Linux let us know.

[codejunkie]

I live in Inez Kentucky a very small little town.

[etank]

Cool. I've been to Inez a few times for business. Why don't you join the team. :grin:

[codejunkie]

Cool. I've been to Inez a few times for business. Why don't you join the team. :grin:

i didn't know there was a Kentucky team until i saw this post on the main page what exactly would i be required to do?

[etank]

Check out this post http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=339281. Take a look at the links in there. The wiki page will let you know more about the team. If you would like to join us the go to the teams launchpad page and click join on the left hand side.

Thats really all there is to it. We are still very new and forming now so you would be getting in on the ground floor so to speak. We plan to have irc meetings once per week and then try to have a face to face get together once a month.

The links that are in the post I have there are also in my signature.

[codejunkie]

Check out this post http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=339281. Take a look at the links in there. The wiki page will let you know more about the team. If you would like to join us the go to the teams launchpad page and click join on the left hand side.

Thats really all there is to it. We are still very new and forming now so you would be getting in on the ground floor so to speak. We plan to have irc meetings once per week and then try to have a face to face get together once a month.

The links that are in the post I have there are also in my signature.

thanks,
i'll check out the link and then let you know.

[etank]

Sounds good.

[JarG0n]

Joined 1/22/07. I'm from Lexington.

I've been using Ubuntu since the demise Warty Warthog, and I've almost loved it ever since. With the growing privacy invasions from, and my general distrust/hatred of Microshaft, I was looking for a good replacement OS so I would not be forced to eventually upgrade to Vista. My general experience with Ubuntu has been overwhelmingly positive.

It's nice to see the Ubuntu community growing like it has been! I bought the Official Ubuntu book and have been reviewing it for several weeks.

I'm curious to learn what these local groups are about, aside from the general promotion of Ubuntu.

[etank]

I'm curious to learn what these local groups are about, aside from the general promotion of Ubuntu.

Well, for the official info check out https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeams. My view of a LoCo team is this. We are here to promote Linux (Ubuntu) and educate the community around of us of alternatives to closed source software. In addition to that we get together online and in person to discuss what we are learning and teach each other.

We plan to do activities like install fests and also attend conferences that are in the relative area.

[JarG0n]

Yeah, I ran across that link right after I posted that. This always happens to me! Thanks.

I'm curious how many CDs can be ordered for free for local distribution events? Who pays for these CDs? I will soon be delivering flyers door to door for a book promotion/sale (and several other products) and I'd be more than willing to drop in some Ubuntu propaganda along with this teams' info (for free local support!). It may be another month or two when it gets warmer, though. :roll:

[etank]

I'm curious how many CDs can be ordered for free for local distribution events? Who pays for these CDs?

If and when we become an approved team then we get the benefit of https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoGettingCds.

[montgoej]

I'm based in Harrodsburg KY, 45 mins from Lexington, about 30 mins from Frankfort.
~Jordan Montgomery

[etank]

Welcome to the team.

[bkingx]

I'm based in Harrodsburg KY, 45 mins from Lexington, about 30 mins from Frankfort.
~Jordan Montgomery

Hey Montgoej!! Welcome, welcome, welcome!!!!

[jkeyes0]

I'm from Frankfort, Ky, and I've been using Ubuntu on-and-off since version 4. Getting ready to install 6.10 on my laptop (when I can break my WoW addiction for more than 20 minutes, that is...)

[Cuddles-in_KY]

berea here [about 45 minutes south of lexington]. running kubuntu on my main desktop, and regular ubuntu on my laptop.

[bkingx]

Hey Cuddles! Glad you found us! We are actively working on getting things rolling here and would love to see a lot of members join in and make this the place to go for KY Ubuntu!

You can find us in the IRC channel #ubuntu-ky most of the time. Jump in and say hi! If you need help setting up an IRC client, give a shout here!

[smiley2billion]

Bowling Green KY here. Been using Ubuntu since Warty. Hello all!

[etank]

Hey smiley2billion. If you are interested in joining the team at all head over to the launchpad site. While you are at it join us in irc some night. I have the links need to find us in my signature.

[smiley2billion]

What IRC server are you guys on?

[jkeyes0]

all the ubuntu irc channels are on irc.freenode.net. #ubuntu-ky is our channel. :D

[gjtoth]

WOW! When did this group start?! First I've heard of it!

I'm in Derby City... Looavull!

I've been using Linux for about 2 years now, Ubuntu about 6 months and lovin it.

[etank]

gjtoth, We started the team about 3 weeks ago. If you want some more info about it let us know. There are some links in my signature that will give you some info.

[bkingx]

Welcome gjtoth!!!

[gjtoth]

Welcome gjtoth!!!


Thanks! I guess I've joined up. I went to all the links and signed up for whatever they wanted me to sign up for :D so I guess I'm in heheh

[etank]

gjtoth, make sure to go to https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-ky and click join on the left. There is also a mailing list that you can sign up on as well at https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ky.

[gjtoth]

gjtoth, make sure to go to https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-ky and click join on the left. There is also a mailing list that you can sign up on as well at https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ky.


Right. Sez my membership is pending.

[deantn]

If and when we become an approved team then we get the benefit of https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoGettingCds.

And how does the group get approved? And by whom?

I live in Tn, at the juntion of KY,VA,TN. Hancock County.:guitar: Home of Bluegrass

[etank]

Here is a page that describes the process https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoGettingApproved. This is definitively one of the goals that we have as a team. The thing that we are working on now is what types of activities are we going to do. Basically we have to show that we are active in the community. Once we have that part we will submit the application to become an approved team. We are going to discuss some of this on Thursday in the irc meeting.

[gjtoth]

If and when we become an approved team then we get the benefit of https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoGettingCds.

And how does the group get approved? And by whom?

I live in Tn, at the juntion of KY,VA,TN. Hancock County.:guitar: Home of Bluegrass

Not to hijack this thread but, I just REALLY started liking Bluegrass a lot. Maybe because there's a channel devoted to it on XM Radio... dunno. I guess I never really took the time to listen... really listen to it.

<click> back to the thread... :D

[Zuph]

Louisville Checking in here.

[Contrast]

Checking in from Georgetown, Scott Co. I just joined up on the Launchpad site. I got started with Linux just back in September, with Ubuntu being my only distro thus far (switched to Kubuntu starting with Edgy). I had read a little bit about LUG's and was planning on trying to find out whether there's one based around here. I was pleasantly surprised when I scrolled to the bottom of the front page in Ubuntu Forums (not really expecting to find anything of significance) when I saw that there's one based so close to me. I'm looking forward to the IRC chats as well as the "real world" meetings once they get sorted out.

[rusty4r]

I live in far Western Kentucky near LBL. A little town called Benton. Just joined the group, and Ubuntu for that matter. Still trying to learn my way around Linux. Installed Ubuntu 6.06 and Fedora Core 6 at the same time. So. I've been spending most of my time logged in to the beginner forum.

[etank]

rusty4r, come join us in the irc channel #ubuntu-ky on freenode.net. You can use an application called Xchat to connect. If you need help getting in let us know.

[comfurtn]

Hey guys! West Liberty, KY here. I was pleasantly surprised to find a Kentucky team on the forums page this morning... after being with Ubuntu for two years now, it's good to know that others around the state have also made the switch.

[etank]

comfurtn, welcome. If you haven't joined the team yet and would like to then head on over to these links.

Launchpad :: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-ky (go here to join)
IRC :: #ubuntu-ky on Freenode
Wiki :: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/KentuckyTeam
Forum :: http://ubuntu-ky.ubuntuforums.org
Mailing List :: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ky

We are always ready to welcome new members to the team.

[k1001001]

Hey guys. I'm from Lewisport, KY (Hancock County, near Owensboro). I started using Ubuntu last semester after my Windows crashed. Since I didn't have the recovery CD, a Linux guru in my dorm at UK suggested Ubuntu, and so far, it's been a pretty reasonable replacement. I've since transferred to Middle Tennessee State, but there is a LUG group here. Anyways, nice to see others from Kentucky using Ubuntu as well.

[white]

Lexington here too, right off of Tates Creek. :)

[_nax]

Another from Louisville here. Just started using Linux a few days ago, but looking forward to getting involved in the group.

[comfurtn]

Another from Louisville here. Just started using Linux a few days ago, but looking forward to getting involved in the group.

Welcome aboard!

[etank]

If anyone has any questions at all on how to join the team feel free to ask. We will be glad to help.

[coloneladdams]

I'm one of the Lexingtonians mentioned above. I admit I am new to the whole Linux scene, which has provided a unique experience for etank since I bug him 3-4 times a day with Linux questions!

Never-the-less, I can see some great potential for Ubuntu and Linux as a whole and can't wait to learn more and see where it all goes!

me too! Looking forward to helping out around here!

Oh btw 34yrs old, live off of nicholasville rd in southpoint subdivision. Big time BF2142 player and soon to be TF2 player. My brother and I rent a bunch of servers out of DC and host a site called egokillers.com. It's currently being revamped for the big release of TF2!

[montgoej]

Welcome, welcome! I never noticed how many Ubuntu users were so close until now, this is really awesome.
~Jordan Montgomery

[Condoulo]

Never noticed there were so many Ubuntu users in Kentucky. Anyway, I'm a Ubuntu user from the Louisville Area. :) I got into Ubuntu in August 2006, gave up on getting my Wireless card to work on Ubuntu for a couple months, then finally got a re-gained interest in it since August when I got my eMachines. Just Today I finally got my New Wireless Card, and got it hooked up and working in Linux Ubuntu.

Btw, this is my first post ever on the Ubuntu Forums using Linux Ubuntu.

[Mr_Knuckles]

Hey guys,

I live in a little place called Manchester in south eastern KY. I'm fairly new to Linux and to Ubuntu. I initially went for the Suse distro, but got frustrated and reinstalled windows after I couldn't get Wine set up to play a few games and to use Krystal Audio (was not introduced to Audacity at the time). I really liked the extensive flexibility Linux offered though. I decided to try out Ubuntu after I recently got a virus and almost lost a few gigs of data in Win 2K. =P While using windows, I mainly used open source apps anyway (Firefox, Gimp, Gaim, Nvu, Audacity, FileZilla, etc.), so Linux was the next logical progression I suppose. Win 2K is way out of date, and I don't want to waste $200 on getting a copy of Win XP when 2K is just as good, and have no intrest in Vista period! I hate how Microsoft is increasingly choking user rights with DRM and "genuine windows advantage" and such rubbish; not to mention being so non-supportive of web standards. *Kicks them in the teeth* Anyway, I plan on getting a laptop soon and Ubuntu will be my choice of OS. I'll give details on the experience. =)

Are there any programmers here? I'm interested in learning a few languages.

[Condoulo]

Awesome. :) I am using Windows XP on my newer PC, and Ubuntu on my old Dell. Why? Cause I wanna make sure things go well in Ubuntu before throwing out XP. Plus, I may wait till that Emulator thing in Feisty Fawn comes out. (Cause I'm a big shockwave user, and by the looks of it, Adobe isn't making Shockwave for Linux soon)

[Mr_Knuckles]

Yeah, I'll probably end up going the VMware route also. I had Flash MX installed on my old system, and since there isn't an open source option for Flash animation that's basically my only choice. =/ I read somewhere that Adobe is making the Flash ActionScript language open source though.....

[Condoulo]

Hope so. And I hope they end up making shockwave for Linux as well.

[Aaron Whisman]

Hey, I've been using Ubuntu for about a year now..I'm living in West Liberty which is really close to Morehead. I'm worried about if we DID have a real life meeting, if I'd be able to get a ride there..haha. Well, glad I finally posted here on the KY forum.

[bkingx]

If we haven't said it yet....WELCOME to all who have found us!! We are SO glad you have found us and hope you will join us in making a strong presence for Ubuntu in the Bluegrass!!

[Condoulo]

Hey, my brother wants Linux, but he has a SWL-2300U Wireless Card, which has a Prism2 Chip-set. Any ideas on how to get it to work?

[Condoulo]

Ok, this has been annoying me. I can't view Webdings or wingdings through Firefox. Anybody have any ideas how to fix this?

[imhdd]

Franklin, KY, Simpson County checking in. Been using Ubuntu for one year this month. Still dual boot Win98SE for my Web Studio editor, otherwise, Ubuntu Dapper only. I'm probably the old man of the group. See my Web site for more than you want to know about me and mine, ha. Glad to know I'm not alone with Ubuntu in KY and surrounding states.

http://www.imhdd.ms11.net/

[bkingx]

Franklin, KY, Simpson County checking in. Been using Ubuntu for one year this month. Still dual boot Win98SE for my Web Studio editor, otherwise, Ubuntu Dapper only. I'm probably the old man of the group. See my Web site for more than you want to know about me and mine, ha. Glad to know I'm not alone with Ubuntu in KY and surrounding states.

http://www.imhdd.ms11.net/

Welcome!! Glad to see we have some wisdom to pull from! LOL

We are heavy into many projects and need as many hands on deck as possible!

[theaverageidiot]

I live in Florence, Kentucky, like 10-15 minutes from Cincinnati :).

[X-626]

Heh, my first post here and it's in the Kentucky forum..and there are many more Ubuntu users than what I would have thought from Kentucky. Maybe I think that because of the county I live in...Anyway, I live in Lincoln County (I'm not saying which city, though, not confortable enough).
I've been using Linux (in general) for about 2 years now (most is with Ubuntu). Unfortunately, I wouldn't be able to go to any actual meetings, but I can learn IRC and do it that way.

[etank]

X-626, welcome to the team. ):P So far the only meetings that we have had have been in IRC.

[BonBonTheJon]

I live in Cincinnati, but go to school in Northern KY (Thomas More), been using Ubuntu since Hoary I think, at least Breezy. I am a kubuntu user and hang out on freenode in #kubuntu, #ubuntu-ohio, and now #ubuntu-ky.

[Koji-Murasame]

I live and attend school (BCTC currently) in Lexington. I'm looking forward to getting more involved in the community of Ubuntu since there is a local group. I currently use Xubuntu on both my computers and have been using Ubuntu since Warty (though I was still dual booting back then). I experimented with a few different distros, but Ubuntu gave the best experience and so I have been wandering between the different flavors of that. I think I've found what I want in Xubuntu, so I'll say that's my distro of choice for now. While I'm certainly no hacker when it comes to resolving problems I know enough to keep my own computers running and I hope to learn more.

[srwalter]

Another Lexingtonian here. I'm going to the University of Kentucky, in fact. I'm also involved with the UK Linux User Group. Very glad to discover an Ubuntu LoCo team for the area as well. Looking forward to working with you!

[jdimond]

Hi all,

I'm out of Elizabethtown, KY.

[jkeyes0]

Welcome to all of our new members! We look forward to seeing you guys in our weekly IRC meetings (#ubuntu-kentucky on irc.freenode.net), Thursdays at 8pm.

[sjust]

Hi all I am in Campbellsburg. About 30 min north of Louisville and about 40 min west of Frankfurt. This Henry co. I work in Eminence, the other side of the county. I go to ITT tech in Louisville. This is the first I have seen a KY based group, and glad to have found that I am not alone in trying Linux in the bluegrass.

[jkeyes0]

Hi all I am in Campbellsburg. About 30 min north of Louisville and about 40 min west of Frankfurt. This Henry co. I work in Eminence, the other side of the county. I go to ITT tech in Louisville. This is the first I have seen a KY based group, and glad to have found that I am not alone in trying Linux in the bluegrass.

Welcome to the group, sjust!

[Zuph]

Hi all I am in Campbellsburg. About 30 min north of Louisville and about 40 min west of Frankfurt. This Henry co. I work in Eminence, the other side of the county. I go to ITT tech in Louisville. This is the first I have seen a KY based group, and glad to have found that I am not alone in trying Linux in the bluegrass.

Sup, henry county. Two of my Aunts live in Port Royal and my Cousin lives just outside Eminence.

I'm an oldham county boy, though.

[67GTA]

Hello! I was born and raised in Simpson county, about 30 minutes from Bowling Green (Warren county). I just joined the team. I never imagined that there would be a forum section for KY. I have taken Windows off my PC and have used Ubuntu for about two months. I love Ubuntu. I am excited about spreading the news. I have almost talked two of my friends into trying it. I look forward to interacting with the other members. See ya'll later.

[jkeyes0]

Hello! I was born and raised in Simpson county, about 30 minutes from Bowling Green (Warren county). I just joined the team. I never imagined that there would be a forum section for KY. I have taken Windows off my PC and have used Ubuntu for about two months. I love Ubuntu. I am excited about spreading the news. I have almost talked two of my friends into trying it. I look forward to interacting with the other members. See ya'll later.

67GTA, welcome to the team! There are usually a few of us on IRC. Feel free to stop by and say Hi sometime. We have weekly meetings on Thursday nights at 8pm, on irc.freenode.net, in the #ubuntu-kentucky channel. Look forward to seeing you there!

[grimmson]

Paducah area here. And I assumed I was the only one in western KY using ububtu. See what happens when you get arrogant. Bad thing is I'm a truck driver. Don't know what state I'll be in on any given tuesday. Home every weekend. Love to attend a convention or weekend install / tech party. Would like to join but don't wannna be a dead beat member. Might make a joint account. Wife lives here and wants to expand her linux exposure. Anything we can do in Paducah area just let us know. P.s. very interested in distributed computing. would like to compress dvd and mpeg3 to xvid rapidly on a few computers.

[redoscar3]

Just joined the group this evening and I'm from the Crestwood, KY area. I started using Linux in 2002 with an install of Caldera 2.3 I had around the house. Next I tried Mandrake 9.0 and used that for over a year. I wasn't smart enough to get Debian installed, so I tried Libranet 2.0 and that was great. Today I have working installs of Libranet 2.8, Mepis 3.3, Mepis 3.4, Dapper, and Edgy on various machines. Unfortunately I'm not a programmer; just someone who can follow instructions to get things running.

My main machine is the Mepis 3.3 box. It runs 24/7, and in nearly 2 years of operation, has been rebooted only 3 times (all due to power outages). I've built all my computers except for the laptop.

I'm not brilliant, but hopefully I can help out from time to time. Being retired gives me more time to play with Linux. A big thumbs-up to the n+1 guys who helped me get started in Linux years ago.

Red

[Joule]

Representin' Louisville, in the Highlands. I'm a relative noob to Ubuntu - been running it for about 3 months now and still have a TON to learn... but hey, I learn fast and my desire to learn is even greater.

[Condoulo]

Have fun learning. :P Learning about most things in Linux isn't that hard, or boring if you're really interested in it.

[DougInKY]

Hello everyone. I am from Bowling Green and I have been using Linux since about 1998. Started with RedHat, moved to Mandrake when they forked off of RedHat and finally transitioned to Ubuntu last year when 6.06 came out. I have been running Ubuntu 6.06 on my desktop since. (I also have a Mac laptop running OSX.)

[Condoulo]

Sounds like you've been using Linux for a whole. :P

[sadalmelik57]

Near Elizabethtown KY. I first tried Ubuntu in 11/05 but didn't have too much luck with the modem so I didn't install it. I did eventually get it to work with the modem, but the updates and downloads were too much at 56K. When I finally got DSL in my location I got interested again. I knew Vista was on the horizon and ready to K.O. XP, and it just made me mad that I have a perfectly good P2 computer that wouldn't run well because I lost my Win98 CDs. So I got a dual boot running on my P4 3.06ghz Dell with XP, then installed it on the P2 too. I got involved with the local Linux User Group too. Nobody there uses Ubuntu or any of its derivitives. I still use the dual boot XP with Ubuntu because there are still a lot of programs there I use,

I think I've been to 95% of the places people here say they are from (including West Liberty and Benton). I just don't remember ever going to Eminence. :popcorn:

[Condoulo]

I prefer not to dual-boot, thats why i stick with XP on a different computer.

[rottenbreed]

I am in Lexington.

I have been running Ubuntu desktop for about 2 weeks now. Only been using Linux overall for 1 month or so. Went from WinXP PRO to ZenWalk (1 week) to MEPIS (1 week) and now Ubuntu desktop (2 weeks).

ZenWalk hated my network card. And I'm to new and paranoid to go around tweaking config files to get it to work.

MEPIS (yes I know its based on Ubuntu) hated my sound card and graphics card.

Ubuntu I have had no hardware issues as of yet, no need to config anything or install extra drivers. Nice!

[Condoulo]

Glad you did find Ubuntu. :) Glad you also have no hardware problems.

[tcebak]

I'm from lex-vegas! I'm pretty new to Linux and Ubuntu, although i'm not a programmer (thinking about learning it) i come from a hard windows background. mostly delt with programs and why windows was causing them to shut down/ also basic help for friends and small business. but hopefully i will never have to deal with that on ubuntu!

[Churnd]

NKY Ubuntu user here, more specifically Fort Mitchell. Just moved up here from MS. I stumbled upon this forum just doing my usual feed reading. Pretty cool to see such an active linux community around here. At work I support mostly Red Hat and SuSE systems as far as Linux goes. I'm also an avid Mac OS User, and I have Ubuntu running through Parallels on my Macbook Pro. I also have Feisty running on an older laptop at home, and I'm definitely pleased with the way it's going.

Ubuntu is definitely the easiest distro to work with in terms of stability and usability. It's amazing once you get the feel of a linux system how easy everything really is. :)

[67GTA]

Howdy

[Sulla158]

Hey. I'm from northern Kentucky, around Alexandria. I'm new to linux, i installed it yesterday, so I don't really know much about it.

[annihilus06]

From Louisville myself, although i make my way to Lexington for short stops with family.

[cilaes]

Radcliff/Elizabethtown area. 3+ years linux experiance. Ubuntu since warty.

[siralphred]

I am in Campbellsville, KY been using linux for about 2 years on and off, started with SUSE then Mandriva and now Ubuntu, i would like to join the kentucky team but cant seem to figure out how on the website so if anyone can give me directions and also on how to join the IRC, am not very familiar with IRC so i would appreciate detailed instructions, thanks in advance.:D

[etank]

I am in Campbellsville, KY been using linux for about 2 years on and off, started with SUSE then Mandriva and now Ubuntu, i would like to join the kentucky team but cant seem to figure out how on the website so if anyone can give me directions and also on how to join the IRC, am not very familiar with IRC so i would appreciate detailed instructions, thanks in advance.:D

Hi siralphred. For joining the team go to https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kentucky and click on the Join Team link. For IRC I would recommend starting out with XChat. Here is a nice tutorial on getting started https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XChatHowto. I would recommend the regular XChat over the XChat-Gnome but here is a video that may help some too http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/Installing_and_Using_XChat-Gnome. We are in the #ubuntu-kentucky channel. Stop in there and one of us would be glad to help you more if needed. http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/new2irc.html is a site to find more info on what you can do in IRC.

You can also send me a PM and I would be glad to help you if you need it.

[compmodder26]

I too am from Lexington. I work for the UK Libraries. I've been using Ubuntu since Hoary. Before that I was an avid Gentoo user. Just signed up to join.

[etank]

I too am from Lexington. I work for the UK Libraries. I've been using Ubuntu since Hoary. Before that I was an avid Gentoo user. Just signed up to join.

Welcome to the team.

[ddh1969]

Hello Everyone...Danny in Louisville. I've tried Ubuntu off and on and just can't seem to make that transition. I'm so sick of Windows I can't stand it. I'm counting on YOU guys (and gals?) to help me break the chains. I'm looking forward to sharing and learning with you all.

D

[X-626]

Hello Everyone...Danny in Louisville. I've tried Ubuntu off and on and just can't seem to make that transition. I'm so sick of Windows I can't stand it. I'm counting on YOU guys (and gals?) to help me break the chains. I'm looking forward to sharing and learning with you all.

D


Welcome. Yeah, it can be tough to completely break away from Windows. It will take some time, but I'm sure you can do it.

[zackboarman]

I'm from Madisonville, in particular, Anton, right out side the city to the north. It's about time that the ubuntu users in kentucky jumped out of the woods. I'ved been using ubuntu sence I got a ShipIT Cd in May of 2006, Iv'ed used ubuntu, then in June of 2006 I swiched to Edubuntu 6.06 LTS Because of the LTSP thing, (I got old PC's that can't run ubuntu.) It makes a very nice server to. I have been using Edubuntu 6.06 LTS sence then & have only midifyed some libraries & gnome xml files. I am one of the co-founders of the MADisonville, KEntuckY (MadKey) Linux User Group, it's going through an peroid of inactivity, so we are moving websites. It is a nice felling that there are other ubuntu users in this great state for which we live in. I know some shell scripting & know how to change that boot image (well at least in Ubuntu 5.10 & 6.06) to what ever image you want. I also have made *some* live cd with the group (http://forums.madkeylug.org/viewtopic.php?t=2)
Our little LUG new site isn't finished yet. We also could use some suggestions on our site's links page (http://www.madkeylug.org/links.html) We use Nvu & OpenOffice for webpages, GIMP for images, & scribus for newsletter. I hope to get to know the ubuntu-kentucky group better :-)

[comfurtn]

Welcome. Yeah, it can be tough to completely break away from Windows. It will take some time, but I'm sure you can do it.

Amen to that one! I've almost completely severed my ties with Windows now.. after two years of playing around with Linux I couldn't be happier with it!

[olingern]

Hi ya all!

I'm a student from Berea College doing an internship up in Frankfot. I've been an on and off user of Unbuntu/ Kunbuntu and I've always been fond of the usability and UI. I've been programming for about 4 years with some kernel work in nachOS (www.cs.duke.edu/~narten/110/nachos/main/main.html), c++, java, xml, and ASP.NET .

I've snooped around the links provided throughout the forum and I still can't get a grasp of the development that goes on and the contributions to linux community. Could someone give me a brief overview or description of what the Ky team is up to?

[67GTA]

Hello, would be glad to have you. This link tells most of what we are about. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KentuckyTeam
There are a couple of other sticky threads at the top of the main loco page. There is info there about our team meetings also. There isn't a lot of activity on the Kentucky forum. Most of us hang out in the main forums.

[etank]

Hello, would be glad to have you. This link tells most of what we are about. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KentuckyTeam
There are a couple of other sticky threads at the top of the main loco page. There is info there about our team meetings also. There isn't a lot of activity on the Kentucky forum. Most of us hang out in the main forums.

If you want to find where we are most active try #ubuntu-kentucky on irc.freenode.net. There always seems to be someone in there.

[interprb]

GREAT! I am sooo glad to be on board. I'm from Harlan, yea we have computers down here and if our critters run fast enough on the wheel we get power, well enough to get this post out. Seams like bears have more stamina, but the weight issue is a problem, u know...

I noticed that KY is 1 of the approved states. Good job !! =D>

Well, gota go, I will pop in from time to time to help out if I can, can't be cruel to my critters. Looks like he's gettin tired.

Bye uall

[family]

From Louisville.):P

[pienyereye]

Hey - I'm in Winchester, KY but I'm from Lexington. I'm new to Linux and loaded both Debian and Ubuntu to try out and I could not be happier with Ubuntu. The GUI is smooth, it is easy to use and it has so many useful programs. I set up a dual boot system with two hard drives. Originally, I tried to dual boot with both Windows XP and Ubuntu on the same drive with different partitions and had some funky issues but all is good at this point. I hope to contribute somehow instead of just asking ten billion questions - but I wouldn't hold my breath..;]
"I will NOT be force-fed Windows Vista"

[etank]

Welcome pienyereye,

I am in Winchester about every weekend. I practice Aikido there.

[HalynR1500]

Hello,

I am new to the Kentucky scene. I just moved here from Pennsylvania

I am based in Somerset (Pulaski County)

[bkingx]

Hello,

I am new to the Kentucky scene. I just moved here from Pennsylvania

I am based in Somerset (Pulaski County)

Hi there HalynR!!! Welcome to the Bluegrass! Somerset is a real nice town. I'm from Lex but have a good buddy who lives down there. There is also an office from a previous employer down there so I make it down your way quite a bit.

Glad you found us!

[ScatterBrain]

Lexington here, again.

Man I can't believe I've not posted to this thread before.

[jazzymeg]

Hi all,
I'm near Lexington & new to Ubuntu.. needing help, so I'll head back up to the beginner's thread. ^^

[Kobra]

I'm based in Florence, KY, 20-30 minutes away from Cincinnati

[Zuph]

Just want to pop in and encourage all the new guys to hit us up in IRC. We hang out in #ubuntu-kentucky on irc.freenode.net. For a client that behaves almost exactly like mIRC, you can install XChat from the repositories. Even if you don't need help with anything, we're always good for some generic nerdy banter.

[AshDragonScale]

Hey, I am from the "woods" lol... I actually live on the border of Greenup, Carter, and Lewis counties, about 25 minutes from Portsmouth Ohio, about 25 minutes from Grayson KY, about 25 minutes from Ashland KY, about 25 minutes from Vanceburg KY.... in the "WOODS"

I joined the team just now, hope I can contribute!

[wickedwordcraft]

I'm in Lexington until the end of the year, then back home to Dunnville, Kentucky which is south of Danville and Liberty. (Yeah, it's tiny... probably won't even find it on most maps!)

[Zuph]

I'm in Lexington until the end of the year, then back home to Dunnville, Kentucky which is south of Danville and Liberty. (Yeah, it's tiny... probably won't even find it on most maps!)

That isn't a city; It's an outpost!

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=37.197382,-85.007014&spn=0.023724,0.057335&z=15&om=1

[AshDragonScale]

The closest "city" to me is Garrison...

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=garrison+ky&ie=UTF8&ll=38.631355,-82.98111&spn=0.384057,0.907745&z=11&iwloc=addr&om=1

yet I am here...
http://www.isleofyew.com/linux/whereIlive.png

[woedend]

hi all...alex here. from Louisville. Been using linux a couple years I guess. college student, shadetree mechanic, and parts guy...so don't have a load of free time. But if you need help or want to say hi pm me or shoot an email to skinner at insightbb dot com

[Ridefree]

As of now we have 4 members. 3 of us are located in Lexington and I believe that the other is from Richmond.

Ubuntu is addictive isn't it.

I ( Ridefree ) live in Lexington and am intrested in donating time and limited resources to help other people. I am new at Ubuntu but I am willing. Im retired so that will tell you a lot about me.

[jkeyes0]

The closest "city" to me is Garrison...

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=garrison+ky&ie=UTF8&ll=38.631355,-82.98111&spn=0.384057,0.907745&z=11&iwloc=addr&om=1

yet I am here...


Hey, you're near where I grew up!

I'm from Greenup County, Argillite specifically (off Rt. 1/Rt. 207)

[wvg]

I am in Hodgenville and just got started with ubuntu and i seem to like it pretty well .

[roganlors]

Hi this is Rogan. I live in eminence Ky work in a Fiber NOC in louisville where i have slipped in about 15 installs of ubuntu on our secondary non-corporate boxes for use in troubleshooting network issues.

i have a gutsy server at home i host my website www.hollygarth.net (read as shameless plug) on but this is a satellite connection thru hughes.net (it has at least a 600ms-4200ms latency depending on weather, a 400M FAP, and i can not get rdns setup thru the ISP but it works)

I use gutsy on my laptop and only have a few installation querks but nothing major.

still looking for a good tacacs program for linux that is comparable to cisco acs and have looked at jffnms, but having install issues.

look foward to seeing what developes here and maybe i can help

[Teknyk]

Holy crap Rogan! You drive that far to work everyday? How long is your drive? I won't complain about having to drive down Shelbyville Rd. anymore I swear it!

As for myself, I live over by Saint Matthews in Louisville.

[JACooks]

Hmmm, I should have posted on this thread a while ago when I joined the team. I'm located in Northern Kentucky, a transplant to the region originally from Indiana (West Lafayette and Bloomington). Sorry I haven't been that involved, simply can't get away for face-to-face meetings in Lexington.

[bjes]

Another Lexingtonite here, although that is just for school...originally from Berea which is 40 minutes south of Lexington.

[maoglone]

Hmmm, I should have posted on this thread a while ago when I joined the team. I'm located in Northern Kentucky, a transplant to the region originally from Indiana (West Lafayette and Bloomington). Sorry I haven't been that involved, simply can't get away for face-to-face meetings in Lexington.

Looks like there's a growing number of people in the NKY area (myself included). Might be fun to have a NKY-Cincinnati meetup or something.

[jkeyes0]

Looks like there's a growing number of people in the NKY area (myself included). Might be fun to have a NKY-Cincinnati meetup or something.

If you can make it down to Lexington on Saturday, July 26th, we're going to have a meeting at Common Grounds coffeehouse.

More information can be found here: http://forums.bglug.net/index.php/topic,54.0.html

[Midwest-Linux]

Hmmm, I should have posted on this thread a while ago when I joined the team. I'm located in Northern Kentucky, a transplant to the region originally from Indiana (West Lafayette and Bloomington). Sorry I haven't been that involved, simply can't get away for face-to-face meetings in Lexington.

NKY Too

[Midwest-Linux]

Looks like there's a growing number of people in the NKY area (myself included). Might be fun to have a NKY-Cincinnati meetup or something.

There should be some TriState Loco Team for us near Cincinnati. Any local Linux groups nearby? Boone County here.

[bill516]

I am in Columbia, which is south-central, about 2 hours from Louisville or Lexington. (or as I sometimes say, "two hours from anyplace you'd rather be.") New to Linux (about a year at this point?) but enjoying the experience! I'll have to visit the Wiki and find out more about all of you. A KY group would really be nice!

[boggsm]

Hello all!
I am located in Harlan. I have played around with Linux since the late 80's, but have used it exclusively since 2001. I started out with Redhat, Mandrake, Yellowdog, then discovered Ubuntu. I have used Ubuntu exclusively since 2006.

I use 6.06 on an Imac at work, as well Xubuntu on another computer used for some light office tasks. Everything works well except for the printing. I have to copy everything I want to print to a Windows machine on the network and then print from there. At home I have 6.10 on my desktop, but just installed Debian on my laptop. It is an older machine and I was running 6.10, but since the support ran out and the repositories don't work any more I had to make a change, so I decided to put Debian on it.

Glad to see so many people in KY making the switch to Linux.

[maoglone]

There should be some TriState Loco Team for us near Cincinnati. Any local Linux groups nearby? Boone County here.

I'm Campbell, very close to Cincy. Looking at it right now, as a matter of fact, from my front porch. And they say that wireless doesn't work in Ubuntu. Bah! :)

[onecuwldood]

Well, put down one more newbie in Somerset, KY. Seriously new to Ubuntu and Linux. Just installed it on a new Toshiba notebook. The notebook came with Vista Home Premium and I didn't like it much. Always been curious about Linux, so I thought I'd finally try it. So far so good, I like it.

I don't known anyone else using Ubuntu or any Linux, so I'm getting to learn it on my own (well with the help here and other sources on the internet).

[commonplace]

Bardstown, KY.

[Ximal]

I live in Paducah , Kentucky . I wish more of us would speak up you know ?

West Kentucky is kindof lonely though... To be an ubuntu user is to be called a hacker in kentucky if you evolved to anything bove winblows . Especially anything that required brainmatter to operate...
peace to all....

[nickgabbard]

Williamsburg KY represent!!!

You can't go much farther south than this and not be in Tennessee.
I'm a noob, but I'm getting there. Got one installed and networked, even played around with MythTV for a couple of weeks.

[athaki]

I'm living in Lousiville (from Bowling Green) and I must admit the S-LUG at UofL is D-E-A-D.

[Dreggerpc]

Central Kentucky, namely Berea, Ky.

I have been using Ubuntu since 6.04.

[cheme420420]

Western Kentucky. Has anyone heard of Paducah, I'm located around it.

I've been using Ubuntu since Gutsy, tried GNU/Linux a few times before but never really stuck due to dial-up and other issues. I like 8.10 but can't wait to try out 9.04!

[HiddenDev]

I Live In Louisville, Kentucky And I Was Wondering How Could I Join The Kentucky Team?

[Whatnotery]

I'm from Lexington and though new (been using ubuntu for under a week) would like to become involved in the loco group, any tips on how to do that?

[jkeyes0]

Whatnotery / Hiddendev - Best way to get information on the LUG is to go to irc.freenode.net and join the #bglug channel. Alternately, you can come to our main website, http://www.bglug.net and http://forums.bglug.net to learn more and to join the LUG. There's a launchpad group, but we really don't do anything with it. If you request to join that group, I'll approve you, but it's unused.

[praveer_cool]

I live around the University of Kentucky campus area.

I have switched distros many times, but this time around I am staying with Ubuntu. First time I tried Ubuntu was 5.04, at that time my sata hard drive was not yet supported by the kernel. I had my first success with ubuntu 6.04, currently using 9.04 and have been loving it :)

[Leinarcane]

Hello all,
I'm based out of Brandenburg, KY.

I'm Running Ubuntu/Kubuntu 9.04 since June and I love it!! I also have a Gentoo Box I've had for about 5 years now. Had a Acer Netbook running Linpus, now it's my wife's running Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04.
Been using Linux/*nix off and on since 1997-98. I consider myself an Intermediate-Newbie. Hoping to connect with Linux/*Nix people in the area.

[tom_d]

I live in Southeastern Kentucky. Same holler (hollow)where the Hatfeikd and MCcoy feud started. Tom_d

[JohnGalt2010]

Live in Trimble County
Work in Northern Ky
Hail from Eastern Ky

[ShadowSong]

I'm out of Corbin now - born and raised in Barbourville - I've been playing with PC's since the late 90s and branched out into other Operating systems a few years back - how bout them Cats??!!

[Dracona]

I am listed as living in B.F.E Kentucky, actually though, i live in western kentucky. have lived here for 27years...............dear god, i am depressed now. not that i do not like where i live, but damn, im getting old.

there is so much i want to learn about linux, can you really teach an old dog new tricks?

[drpjkurian]

there is so much i want to learn about linux, can you really teach an old dog new tricks?

Hi
You moved me!

[tom kersey]

I was born in Lexington on Delaware Ave. I went to Arlington Elementary School, Lexington Jr High, graduated Henry Clay in 1955. I have been using some form of Linux (exclusively) since Yggdrasil (a source distribution, if memory serves.) I think that was around 1993 but I'm not sure off the top of my old head. Prior to that, I used a proprietary distro of a 16 bit unix. I was not then and have never been a great fan of that other popular OS. I now use Ubuntu exclusively on my network of computers. I will check into joining the team. I now live in Richmond and would appreciate contact from other users in Richmond commuting area.
email works best for me as a contact medium.
Go, FOSS, Go!

[mcoleman44]

I was born in Pikeville, Ky. I lived in Lexington for about two years. Im now living in Louisville. Im attending the University of Louisville majoring in Computer Science. I work night shift at UPS so they will pay for my college. Ive been with Ubuntu since 7.10, and I I fall in love with it more every day.

[linux.is.skynet]

Maysville, Ky here. I've ran linux for about eight years now. We had a LUG but it's disbanded now. I lost interest when I saw that our LUG "recommended" Xandros... That just gives me chills.

[esc1]

I went to Harvard on the Hill in the ville' skynet.

Now I'm in nothern KY. Fort Thomas to be more exact. Just an exit away from Cinci.

[linux.is.skynet]

Yeah, I went there too. Worked for their IT department for two semesters.

[bigtom71]

I'm from Paducah in Western Ky.

[jprobe]

I'm from Paducah in Western Ky.

Paducah, represent. I have some great friends who used to live there...right on.

[Pinkeye]

OMG!! a KY Ubuntu group. Its about time.

<----- Lexington/Georgetown native.

Currently I'm using the Backtrack distro. ..can't wait to join the community and help spread the gospel.

[dogpaddles]

<<< Bowling Green here.

[TRPrecht]

Kenton County here.