I'm just wondering how many of you guys are from the Pittsburgh area (Western PA essentially, preferably on the eastern side of Pittsburgh). Would be rather interesting to create and ubuntu linux user group for the people in my area.
Any Pittsburgh Ubuntu Users?
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im going to school at st. vincent college in latrobe right now, but im an Arch user at the moment. im a senior, so im only here for another two months or so unless i get a job around here.
No offense, but this might be better placed in the Community chat area. Best of luck starting a good ubunutu lug :) I wish we had one in Madison WI :(
Errr... forget what I just said.
St. Vincent, not that far from me. I'm in the northern part of the county. Don't go by there much now...nice looking college though (from a distance at least...don't go near it at all).
I live about 30 miles out of Pittsburgh in Northwestern Westmorland county.
If you look at the shape of the county and can see that that it's kinda shaped like a cow I live in the neck of the cow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Map_of_Pennsylvania_highlighting_Westmoreland_County.png
You wouldn't happen to live in the Apollo/Avonmore area, would you?
I, too, am in SW PA. Washington County.
All the way on the east side, much closer to Philly. I think that automatically makes us enemies.
raublekick said: All the way on the east side, much closer to Philly. I think that automatically makes us enemies.
You don't scare me with your orange lampshade!
BWF89 said: You don't scare me with your orange lampshade!
It's a bucket! But of course, someone from out *there* would think it's a lampshade!
C J Pro said: I'm just wondering how many of you guys are from the Pittsburgh area (Western PA essentially, preferably on the eastern side of Pittsburgh). Would be rather interesting to create and ubuntu linux user group for the people in my area.
C J Pro you may want to join the existing "NU Ubuntu Team" (Northeastern United States of America Ubuntu Local Community Team; ME,NH,VT,MA,RI,CT,NY,NJ,PA,DE,MD,DC,VA,WV)
We have many members from PA,...and as a regional group we are more able to combine our resources for effective marketing, distribution and education....and you can be a regional Team leader for the Pittsburgh area...
The official users forum is here: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=190
launchpads accounts are here: https://launchpad.net/projects/nuubuntuteam and here https://launchpad.net/people/nuubuntuteam
here is the Ubuntuforums thread about the "NU Ubuntu Team" http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=184438&highlight=NU+Ubuntu+Team
Anyway we would love to have you on board
Jozef
(below you will find a map of the region our local community team covers)
Unfortuantely, I can't register on those forums without fibbing about my age.
C J Pro said: Unfortuantely, I can't register on those forums without fibbing about my age.
welcome to the NU Ubuntu Team.
*moving to the NU Ubuntu Team sub-forum*
I'm from the Pittsburgh area (Westomreland county also, never though of it as a cow before, but I guess it sort of does look like one!), but I'm only 16, so I doubt I'd be able to meet up.
I love about 20 minutes south of Pittsburgh, just started using ubuntu, so a user group would be great. :)
We've got quite a few members here at the University of Pittsburgh who do.
We (I'll get to who 'we' are in a second) passed out almost 100 Ubuntu CDs at the Freshman Activities Fair, along with how to get Linux to work with Pitt's network. Many freshmen who already ran Linux just got that info.
'We' refers to the club that one of my good friends started, PittGeeks. We plan on doing more Linux advocacy in the future, this is the first year of our club. I'm sure many of our members would be quite interested in joining a Ubuntu Users Group...
Phantom784 said: I'm from the Pittsburgh area (Westomreland county also, never though of it as a cow before, but I guess it sort of does look like one!), but I'm only 16, so I doubt I'd be able to meet up.
LollyRoffler said: I love about 20 minutes south of Pittsburgh, just started using ubuntu, so a user group would be great.
steevk said: We've got quite a few members here at the University of Pittsburgh who do.
We (I'll get to who 'we' are in a second) passed out almost 100 Ubuntu CDs at the Freshman Activities Fair, along with how to get Linux to work with Pitt's network. Many freshmen who already ran Linux just got that info.
'We' refers to the club that one of my good friends started, PittGeeks. We plan on doing more Linux advocacy in the future, this is the first year of our club. I'm sure many of our members would be quite interested in joining a Ubuntu Users Group...
please start a list that I can add to the NU Ubuntu Team...
I'll bring it up at the next meeting on Sunday, and post something up then. :)
Phantom784 said: I'm from the Pittsburgh area (Westomreland county also, never though of it as a cow before, but I guess it sort of does look like one!), but I'm only 16, so I doubt I'd be able to meet up.
I have added you as a member:
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LollyRoffler said: I love about 20 minutes south of Pittsburgh, just started using ubuntu, so a user group would be great. :)
steevk said: I'll bring it up at the next meeting on Sunday, and post something up then. :)
I tried adding both of you as members but you need to open a launchpad account first.
Living in Mt. Lebanon currently, and still attending High School (16). So add me if possible. Thanks
Ziox said: Living in Mt. Lebanon currently, and still attending High School (16). So add me if possible. Thanks
just tried adding you but could not.
Have you opened a launchpad account yet?
This is required to add you.
RAV TUX said: just tried adding you but could not.
Have you opened a launchpad account yet?
This is required to add you.
Yep, just created one. I think it's registered as "Xavier"
Ziox said: Yep, just created one. I think it's registered as "Xavier"
There are a ton of people registered as Xavier, please PM your email for the account so I can add you.
Jozef
My Launchpad account name is just 'steev'.
steevk said: My Launchpad account name is just 'steev'.
there are about 10 different steev's please PM your email associated with this account
I'm in school in DC right now, but during Xmas and summer I split between my dad's house in Shaler and my mom's in Robinson. I switched the computer at my mom's house to Ubuntu (Dapper, figured LTS was a good thing to have there as I don't feel like updating them often or giving them Edgy which, well, yeah, they don't wanna deal with bugs...in fact the whole point is me not getting calls about Windows bugs) over Thanksgiving, though.
My ex is up in Pittsburgh using Ubuntu though. I'll tell him to visit this thread.
macogw said: I'm in school in DC right now, but during Xmas and summer I split between my dad's house in Shaler and my mom's in Robinson. I switched the computer at my mom's house to Ubuntu (Dapper, figured LTS was a good thing to have there as I don't feel like updating them often or giving them Edgy which, well, yeah, they don't wanna deal with bugs...in fact the whole point is me not getting calls about Windows bugs) over Thanksgiving, though.
My ex is up in Pittsburgh using Ubuntu though. I'll tell him to visit this thread.
This is really cool I live right near by and work in Downtown DC..
Hey everyone,
I work in downtown Pittsburgh and live west of the city. It's nice to see a Pittsburgh thread here on the forums, and in the NE group. I work with a group of people who really are into Ubuntu, so that can add even more people to a 'user group' if it was created.
Rock on
Two of my friends have requested Ubuntu install disks from me over break. I guess I'm gonna be teaching.
I do editing for ubuntu guide and I live near the center of pittsburgh, near the birmingham bridge.
Wow, I phased out for a couple of months there. Had to reread through this topic and I'm quite pleased at the number of people in this area who are interested in a Pittsburgh Ubuntu Users group. The problem for me is that whereas the rest of you appear to live within Pittsburgh itself, I live in the rural area surrounding Pittsburgh. Driving into Pittsburgh becomes hectic for me and takes a while.
C J Pro said: Wow, I phased out for a couple of months there. Had to reread through this topic and I'm quite pleased at the number of people in this area who are interested in a Pittsburgh Ubuntu Users group. The problem for me is that whereas the rest of you appear to live within Pittsburgh itself, I live in the rural area surrounding Pittsburgh. Driving into Pittsburgh becomes hectic for me and takes a while.
C J Pro good to see you as always bro!
C J Pro don't let that stop you from starting a Pittsburgh LoCo team...I'm sure Mackenzie can help you out....as far as the set up
I will always be here to help you.
C J Pro I am going to sticky this thread to help you recruit Pittsburgh members...
Pittsburgh and surrounding region if you will
Okay, I gave in. I started up the launchpad group.
I added it to the NU Ubuntu Team, and I joined it.
I'm also out in the sticks CJ.
I'd be willing to try to get to a Pgh group, though.
Hello Pitt Ubuntu friends!
I live in Shadyside. Still feel quite new to Ubuntu and don't know very much, but it works great got my old desktop to quit crashing all the time and it installed super quick.
Can even get into my Firstclass server because they happen to have a beta client that works in Linux!
I would be very interested in a Pittsburgh Ubuntu group. I figure with CMU down the street there has to be lots of students with the brains to make the most of this awesome tool.
-Best regards.
i rep 412. i live in the bloomfield free state. i have been an ubuntu user for two years. general linux user for 6.
i live near pittsburgh
I will be moving there in June. Going to ITT-Tech :)
I will be home in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. I'm bringing a roll of Ubuntu stickers for any Pittsburgh Ubuntu users that want them. We should try to get a meetup scheduled and get this thing going.
macogw said: I will be home in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. I'm bringing a roll of Ubuntu stickers for any Pittsburgh Ubuntu users that want them. We should try to get a meetup scheduled and get this thing going.
You should work on developing the Pittsburgh Launchpad site further: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuinpitt
Also develop a Pittsburgh site on the Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PennsylvaniaTeam/Pitt/
Also someone should PM a request for a Pittsburgh forum to Ubuntu-Geek here at ubuntuforums.org
Now that summer is starting up for many people in this area, something might as well get going.
Little slow on the uptake here.
Feel free to e-mail me.
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[email]smorrea@stansgnosticus.net[/email]
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I know that this group is not exclusively ubuntu, but feel free to check out WPLUG, which is the Western PA Linux Users Group. A lot of the people such as myself are using ubuntu, as well as other Distrobutions. Meetings are open to the public and are generally once a month.
I'm a pittsburgh user of ubuntu! Sounds like I'm admitting to a drug habit (although the countless obsessive hours of computing might be termed as such). I applied to the launchpad groups but reading through the dates of these posts depresses me because there havent been many recently.
I live in Leechburg which is near Apollo, it is quite close to Pittsburgh.
West Central PA here.
Run ubuntu dual boot on my main system and the 'kids" computer. I also have four test systems that I play with whenever I have time.
I'm a current staff worker here at Robert Morris University. I'm a network engineer, and live in aliquippa. We actually use ubuntu for quite a few servers here on campus. Ubuntu is great stuff, and you got to love the community.
I'm in the south hills of pittsburgh.
Great to see other pittsburghers who use Ubuntu!
To be honest i didnt expect to find this many users. Two of the call center analysts who were hired recently (im in desktop support but talk to those guys all the time) use ubuntu. Wheni wear my ubuntu polo to work people recognize it and ask me questions. I've told probably 20-30 people about ubuntu at work. If they get really interested i show them my macbook pro (santa rosa) and huge cinema display with dual cubes. Because citrix makes a linux client, most of my work apps are easy to run without the use of my virtual XP (although that runs flawlessly for the stubbern programs that dont run in my linux).
I'm not technically FROM Pittsburgh. I'm FROM further East than my Western Friend from Philly. Having said that, I currently LIVE in Pittsburgh and have for the last 7 years (Monroeville), so I guess I qualify. The question is do you have enough vicadin to pass around for those of you that say U-Ins when this *nix NOOB shows up at the newly formed group?
B
No vicadin needed :) Although the last part of your sentence was completely greek to me. Guess im a n00b lol!
Sorry about those errors in judgement on my part - U-Ins was to be phonetic for the funny way people from Pittsburgh say you. I can see how with Ubuntu and Unix the U could get confusing and my point be missed in writing. the *nix I have seen in BSD, and Linux forums, and I take it to mean all forms of and flavors of Unix.
I apologize for not adhering to rule #1 - there are too many three letter groups we have to remember at work, we don't want to remember them for fun. i won't let it happen again, at least not today. sleep well.
cheers.
Haha not that big of a deal. I do recognize *nix (from being aroudn the forums alot) but usually i type U-ns as yinze lol. Pittsburgh-ese just doesnt type out well. Yinze like pop and peirogies n' at?