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My Contact Info

• Email: MailTo([email protected])
• IRC: bkingx on irc.freenode.net
• Jabber: [email protected]
• OpenPGP keys: 7CE4ABDE

About Me

I'm a 33 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. By night, I am a certified geek, dragging the family into my obsession of computers and technology. But I do on occasion enjoy camping and outdoors with the family. Even us geeks have to take a break now and then!

I have been using Linux (Ubuntu, YellowDog) for about 2 years now, but only in the past month have I become obsessed with it.

Enter Ubuntu

Late 2005, I set out to install a network monitoring application to show availability of my network devices. A friend recommended Nagios, which runs on Linux. Seeing as how I had a spare iMac around, I sat out to find a Linux distro that would run on an iMac. I found YellowDog, a Linux distro that fit the bill nicely. The install and interface were a bit convoluted and being a newbie, I had some troubles. But once it was set, I left it alone. Then about a year later, the same friend was mentioning to me a distro called BackTrack (Slax) that I could use to test wireless security applications. I played with this on a spare laptop for about 2 days when he mentioned I should start out with something a bit easier, and Ubuntu was it! At the same time, it came time to move my Nagios install to a better machine. This time I chose a spare G4 PowerMac Server and loaded it with 640 MB RAM. But instead of reinstalling YellowDog, I found the PPC version for Ubuntu. What luck! I installed Nagios and it has been running beautifully since! At that point, I was hooked. I have been using Ubuntu since and have never looked back.

In January 2007, I co-founded the Kentucky LoCo Team. The team started as a small group of three and in the first month grew to 15. In April, we are hosting an Install Fest and Release party on the same day! Talk about overachieving! We also have some big plans for this year. The biggest of which is to complete a 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

• Co-founded Kentucky LoCo Team.
• Ubuntu Advocacy
  • Passing out CD's
  • Hanging flyers for team events
  • Creation of team Welcome Packet
• Conducting Team Meetings
• Provide local support to Ubuntu users
• Active in IRC LoCo Team Channels
• Member of Ubuntu LoCo Enthusiasts
• Member of Launchpad Beta Testers

Ubuntu-Kentucy LoCo Team

• Co-founded Kentucky Loco team.
• Member of the Kentucky Wiki Team.
• Member and Leader of the Kentucky Web Team.
• Member of the Kentucky New Members Team.
• Member of the Kentucky Charity Project Team.
• Created a Welcome Packet for Install Fests, LoCo meetings, and general handouts.

Goals for Ubuntu-Kentucky For 2007

• Help the team grow in technical ability and size.
• Become an Approved LoCo team.
• Establish a support system for non-technical user in this region (Kentucky).
  • IRC
  • Forum
  • Email
  • Telephone
  • RDP
  • IRL
• Establish relationships with LUG's in the state.
• Begin organizing of public demos:
  • Bookstores
  • 'Techy' places
  • Mall Kiosks
  • Career Days

Personal Goals For 2007

• Establish a standard for SubTeams to accomplish tasks (Project Management).
• Compile Real-World Documentation for Ubuntu uses in this region (Kentucky).
• Running Ubuntu Server, move an existing family IIS web site to a Linux CMS system.