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I'm a 31 year old father of three living in the United States, in the Bluegrass State of Kentucky. By day I am a Network Administrator supporting mostly Windows machines. I have been using Linux (Ubuntu, Gentoo, Red Hat, Suse, Slackware) for about 4 years now. It all started for me when I started learning Perl. I was writing my code on a Red Hat 8 machine and a friend of mine challenged me to do something that wasn't so easy. He said that I should try to run Slackware. So I did. He then kept giving me more and more challenges and in the process I was getting deeper and deeper into Linux. | I'm a 31 year old father of three living in the United States, in the Bluegrass State of Kentucky. By day I am a Network Administrator supporting mostly Windows machines. I have been using Linux (Ubuntu, Gentoo, Red Hat, Suse, Slackware) for about 4 years now. My Linux journey began when I started learning Perl. I was writing my code on a Red Hat 8 machine and a friend challenged me to use a distro that wasn't so easy. He said that I should try to run Slackware. So I did. He kept giving me challenges and in the process I was getting deeper and deeper into Linux. |
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Then comes Ubuntu. In late 2005 a friend introduced me to Ubuntu, then version 5.10. At the time I was using Gentoo and SuSe and really wasn't impressed with it. In November of that year I changed jobs. Within the first few weeks I had a SuSe box up and running on the new companies network monitoring the servers. One of the other members of the IT staff saw that I was running Linux and wanted to know more about it. I happened to have some Ubuntu CDs with me and gave him one to try out. Since he was brand new to Linux I thought that it would be a good idea for me to set up a machine for myself to run Ubuntu. That I could see what he was seeing when questions came up. At that point I was hooked. I have been using Ubuntu since that point and have never looked back. | === Enter Ubuntu === |
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In Janurary 2007, I founded the KentuckyTeam LoCo team. The team started with a small group of three and in the first month grew to 15. We have some big plans for this year. The biggest of which is to start a [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KentuckyTeam/CharityProject Charity] project that will focus on providing PCs to people that can not afford to purchase on. Of course pre-loaded with Ubuntu. | Late 2005 a friend introduced me to Ubuntu, then version 5.10. At the time I was using Gentoo and Suse and really wasn't impressed. In November of that year I changed jobs. Within the first few weeks I had a Suse box running on the network monitoring the servers. One of the other members of the IT staff saw that I was running Linux and wanted to know more about it. I happened to have some Ubuntu CDs with me and gave him one to try. Since he was brand new to Linux, I thought that it would be good for me to set up a machine myself to run Ubuntu. That way, I could see what he was seeing when questions came up. At that point I was hooked. I have been using Ubuntu since that point and have never looked back. In Janurary 2007, I founded the [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KentuckyTeam KentuckyTeam] LoCo team. The team started as a small group of three and in the first month grew to 15. We have some big plans for this year. The biggest of which is to start a [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KentuckyTeam/CharityProject Charity] project that will focus on providing PCs to people that can not afford to purchase one. Of course pre-loaded with Ubuntu. |
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* Started and lead the Ubuntu-KY LoCo Team. | * Started and lead the Kentucky LoCo Team. |
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* Help the team grow in ability and size. | * Help the team grow in technical ability and size. |
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My Contact Info
Email: MailTo(ericlake@gmail.com)
IRC: etank on irc.freenode.net
Ubuntu Forums: [http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?find=lastposter&f=203 etank]
Public key: [http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xA37FA7A6&op=index A37FA7A6]
About Me
I'm a 31 year old father of three living in the United States, in the Bluegrass State of Kentucky. By day I am a Network Administrator supporting mostly Windows machines. I have been using Linux (Ubuntu, Gentoo, Red Hat, Suse, Slackware) for about 4 years now. My Linux journey began when I started learning Perl. I was writing my code on a Red Hat 8 machine and a friend challenged me to use a distro that wasn't so easy. He said that I should try to run Slackware. So I did. He kept giving me challenges and in the process I was getting deeper and deeper into Linux.
Enter Ubuntu
Late 2005 a friend introduced me to Ubuntu, then version 5.10. At the time I was using Gentoo and Suse and really wasn't impressed. In November of that year I changed jobs. Within the first few weeks I had a Suse box running on the network monitoring the servers. One of the other members of the IT staff saw that I was running Linux and wanted to know more about it. I happened to have some Ubuntu CDs with me and gave him one to try. Since he was brand new to Linux, I thought that it would be good for me to set up a machine myself to run Ubuntu. That way, I could see what he was seeing when questions came up. At that point I was hooked. I have been using Ubuntu since that point and have never looked back.
In Janurary 2007, I founded the [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KentuckyTeam KentuckyTeam] LoCo team. The team started as a small group of three and in the first month grew to 15. We have some big plans for this year. The biggest of which is to start a [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KentuckyTeam/CharityProject Charity] project that will focus on providing PCs to people that can not afford to purchase one. Of course pre-loaded with Ubuntu.
Contributions To The Ubuntu Community
- 187 Posts on the forum. Growing every day.
Started and lead the Kentucky LoCo Team.
- Passing out Ubuntu CDs to any and all that are interested.
Personal Goals For 2007
- Become an Ubuntu Member.
- Pass the LPI Certification test.
- Become an Ubuntu Certified Professional.
- Attain my black belt in Aikido.
Goals for Ubuntu-KY For 2007
- Help the team grow in technical ability and size.
Become an Approved LoCo team.
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