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| This is the wiki page of the Kentucky Local Community Team. We aim to provide community support to users of the various flavours of Ubuntu Linux as well as other distrobutions and advocating their use by individuals and organizations alike. | Welcome to the wiki page of the Kentucky Local Community Team. We aim to provide community support to users of Ubuntu Linux, the various distributions, and it's use by individuals, and organizations, alike. |
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| This group is for anyone in Kentucky who uses or is interested in some flavor of Ubuntu, whether it's Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu or any others, including other distros. This group is for people of all technical abilities from I've-never-heard-of-linux all the way to I'm-an-Ubuntu-Master. | This group is for anyone in Kentucky who uses, or is interested in, some flavor of Ubuntu, whether Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, or any others - including other distros. This group is for people of all technical abilities ranging from, "I've never heard of linux.", to "I'm an Ubuntu Master." |
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| * To distribute Ubuntu CDs to businesses, schools, institutions, organisations and individuals. | * To distribute Ubuntu CDs to businesses, schools, institutions, organizations, and individuals. |
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| * To develop a local community developer. * To advocate free and open source solutions (FOSS) as alternatives where they exist. |
* To become a local community developer. * To advocate free and open source solutions (FOSS) as alternatives, where they exist. |
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| Come and chat in our Internet Relay Chatroom (IRC) #ubuntu-ky (it's on irc.freenode.net). You can also go to the forum located at http://ubuntu-ky.ubuntuforums.org and post a question or read about some of stuff we are planning. You can also sign up to be on our mailing list at https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ky. Join the team by going to https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-ky and clicking "Join the Team" on on the left of the screen. | Start by chatting/learning in our Internet Relay Chatroom (IRC), #ubuntu-ky (on irc.freenode.net). You can also go to the forum, located at http://ubuntu-ky.ubuntuforums.org, and post a question, or read about some of the projects we are planning. Also, sign up for our mailing list at https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ky. Join the team by going to https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-ky and clicking "Join the Team" on on the left of the screen. |
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| We meet each Thursday night at 8:00PM EST in #ubuntu-ky on freenode.net. We will also be having "Real world meetings" soon but the time, date and place has yet to be decided upon. Meeting notes found here [:KentuckyTeam/Meetings:Meetings] | We meet each Thursday night at 8:00PM EST in #ubuntu-ky on freenode.net. We will also be having "real world meetings" soon, but times, dates, and places have yet to be decided. Meeting notes are found here: [:KentuckyTeam/Meetings:Meetings] |
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| Are you stuck with something? Can't find the answer? Login to our IRC channel and we'll do our best to help out. If your problem needs to be solved in person, a volunteer will offer to help. Alternatively, if you want to talk to a wider audience about Ubuntu, Linux and FOSS - feel free to post in the forum. | Stuck with something? Can't find an answer? Log in to our IRC channel and we'll do our best to help. If your problem needs to be solved in person, a volunteer may offer to help. Alternatively, if you want to talk to a wider audience about Ubuntu, Linux and FOSS - feel free to post in the forum. |
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| By joining the team! Merely joining and participating would be help enough. Having a steady number of members is encouraging to all in the group. Let us know how we are doing as a team or if there is anything that we are not currently doing that you have a need for. | Join the team, of course - joining and participating is a boon to the moral of current members! Additionally, providing feedback as to how we are performing as a team, or informing us of a need yet to be met, is a great help! |
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| (thanks to the UKTeam for the format and some of the copy used in this page) | (thanks to the UKTeam for the format, and some of the copy used in this page) |
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Welcome
Welcome to the wiki page of the Kentucky Local Community Team. We aim to provide community support to users of Ubuntu Linux, the various distributions, and it's use by individuals, and organizations, alike.
Who is this group for?
This group is for anyone in Kentucky who uses, or is interested in, some flavor of Ubuntu, whether Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, or any others - including other distros. This group is for people of all technical abilities ranging from, "I've never heard of linux.", to "I'm an Ubuntu Master."
Aims
- To provide consultancy and tutor services to new users.
- To distribute Ubuntu CDs to businesses, schools, institutions, organizations, and individuals.
- To develop an Ubuntu identity.
- To become a local community developer.
- To advocate free and open source solutions (FOSS) as alternatives, where they exist.
Team Projects
How do I join?
Start by chatting/learning in our Internet Relay Chatroom (IRC), #ubuntu-ky (on irc.freenode.net). You can also go to the forum, located at http://ubuntu-ky.ubuntuforums.org, and post a question, or read about some of the projects we are planning. Also, sign up for our mailing list at https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ky. Join the team by going to https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-ky and clicking "Join the Team" on on the left of the screen.
Meetings
We meet each Thursday night at 8:00PM EST in #ubuntu-ky on freenode.net. We will also be having "real world meetings" soon, but times, dates, and places have yet to be decided. Meeting notes are found here: [:KentuckyTeam/Meetings:Meetings]
How Ubuntu-ky Can Help You
Stuck with something? Can't find an answer? Log in to our IRC channel and we'll do our best to help. If your problem needs to be solved in person, a volunteer may offer to help. Alternatively, if you want to talk to a wider audience about Ubuntu, Linux and FOSS - feel free to post in the forum.
How You Can Help Ubuntu-ky
Join the team, of course - joining and participating is a boon to the moral of current members! Additionally, providing feedback as to how we are performing as a team, or informing us of a need yet to be met, is a great help!
(thanks to the UKTeam for the format, and some of the copy used in this page)
KentuckyTeam (last edited 2010-08-23 15:28:41 by mail)