Ubuntu Linux
Sweet, my free Ubuntu Linux discs arrived today. 20 CDs shipped for free, awesome. I ordered 10 PC versions and 10 Mac (PowerPC) versions, each come with the install and live CDs in them.
Why don't more companies do this with their distributions? It's a great way to get them out there into the users hands.
Not sure how long these puppies took to come, I ordered them a good few weeks ago, but again, they are free so I'll forgive their tardiness.
Why don't more companies do this with their distributions? It's a great way to get them out there into the users hands.
Not sure how long these puppies took to come, I ordered them a good few weeks ago, but again, they are free so I'll forgive their tardiness.
posted by Jon at 6:12 pm
3 Comments:
I reckon they ship them from the North Pole as I still haven't got mine. I would think they would arrive sharpish for me what with Ubuntu being a South African based foundation. Ah well.
Maybe if I mail you some of mine they'll get there quicker ;-)
Ubuntu is sponsored by another company, maybe the CDs arn't printed in SA? I didn't check the package for an origin so I'm not certain.
I've been playing with Ubuntu this morning and it's certainly a big improvement over the early Linuxes I used, it feels more stable and usable. The software they bundle is some of the best for windows, let alone Linux. Though I still don't like X-Windows, it just isn't good at refreshing windows smoothly when moving. Which makes it feel like a slow machine when it's not.
While it's nice to play with, OS X still feels like a more stable happy OS.
It's a South African company but they're based on the Isle of Man... And when I ordered my cd's from them, they came from The Netherlands.
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