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Canonical Terminates Free CD Disbursement
Posted: 11 Apr 2011, 05:01
by dedanna1029
Will it affect Ubuntu's usage numbers?
The free ride for many, getting a shiny new CD with the biennial Ubuntu distribution for inclusion on their machines is now gone, as Canonical has announced that the ShipIt program is officially over.
Clickety-click
Re: Canonical Terminates Free CD Disbursement
Posted: 11 Apr 2011, 09:30
by viking60
To be fair: No one else does it for free either. The shipping costs must be formidable. This is a business Idea for you - download it and Burn it and "sell" the media.
(It will probably only work for Ubuntu users though
). You will have to be cheaper than Distrowatch (1,75$). The ting that could be business is putting a distro on an USB pen (21,75 at Distrowatch) and sell it for 21,00$
Re: Canonical Terminates Free CD Disbursement
Posted: 11 Apr 2011, 16:04
by dedanna1029
That's kind of what I was thinking, too. I used to get hundreds of cds from them (this was several years ago), and pass them 'round all over the place. BUT, this was back in the day when Linux didn't have the sort of "prominence" it has now. I don't think it's needed any longer to - Linux doesn't need that kind of attention any more, to get new users.
Re: Canonical Terminates Free CD Disbursement
Posted: 12 Apr 2011, 01:16
by viking60
It is not the attention - It is simply a practical thing because people do not want to or know how to, Burn or dd ISO-images.
Re: Canonical Terminates Free CD Disbursement
Posted: 12 Apr 2011, 07:43
by dedanna1029
But I have found, as of late, that a LOT of distributions now put those instructions right there on their download pages. Even that's not an excuse any more. With Linux being most (close to all) of the time free, one dvd or cd is not going to bother people to figure out.