Ubuntu support in SW Missouri?

[Richard Owlett]

MR ZenWiz wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Richard Owlett<rowlett at pcnetinc.com>  wrote:
>> I live in Springfield, MO.
>> Only Linux users group I knew of died due to lack of interest.
>>
>> I looked for a hardware/software vendor. All I found was someone willing to
>> sell me hardware, charge me for Windows(tm), charge me for a Linux distro,
>> charge me for installing Linux. Guess what company will _NEVER_ get my
>> business. *LOL* ;/
>>
>> An acquaintance, knowing how I think, has recommended Ubuntu.
>>
> What, exactly, are you looking for?
>

Thanks for all the responses.
I could have phrased my subject line better by omitting the word 
"support". {I was going in circles over something trivial at the 
moment so the word 'support' came to mind ;}

What I'm really looking for is a users' group within driving 
distance. As I'm retired, acceptable driving distance is 
open-ended. My learning style is such that I like to listen to 
how others use things, what problems they encounter, and how they 
solve them. Reading this and a general Linux group daily takes 
care of a lot of that.

As to questions others have raised:
   1. Hardware is not an issue. I've about a dozen unused
      boxes ranging from a Kaypro-10 (got a *nix for that one ;)
      to a recent vintage IBM Thinkpad (model ???).

      If I chose new hardware I'll probably avoid online vendors.
      Although they are Windows only shops, I've dealt with one
      local vendor for ~20 years and there are two other brick-
      n-mortar vendors with whom I've had good experiences. That
      puts the onus on me for choosing appropriately - that's
      fine.

   2. There's a stub for Springfield somewhere in the
      https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MissouriTeam site. But it leads
      nowhere.