Ubuntu

08-08-2005, 14:58

Gonna give this a try as a venture into dangerous territory. Went to below link and they tell you to request as many as you want.I ordered 10 copies of x86 and 10 copies of AMD 64 and EMT64.They were delived this morning totally free of charge no postage no nothing
Even comes with a live cd to check it out

http://shipit.ubuntulinux.org/

Raistlin · 08-08-2005, 15:01

Ho long ago did you order them zing?

punky · 08-08-2005, 15:02

I remember this came up before. People were ording free MS cds (with SP2 on, I think) by exploiting a flaw in the ordering system.. People were ordering hundreds, and literally having several postmen deliver the discs daily. They were doing this as a punishment to MS to cost them money.

Why on earth would you want to do that to a not-for-profit Linux organisation mate?

08-08-2005, 15:02

they took a while to get here couple of weeks id say maybe 3

Raistlin · 08-08-2005, 15:05

I don't think this is a flaw in the ordering system, I think they are genuinly offering the CDs (this page is linked directly from the home page).

Anyway, I'm only going to order a copy to try.

I don't have that many machines that I would need 20-30

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

they took a while to get here couple of weeks id say maybe 3

Nice, just in time for my burfday

Aragorn · 08-08-2005, 15:37

Just ordered a few CD's - something to try out in a few weeks time. Much easier that downloading an ISO and burning it.

Punky - they default to 10 copies of the x86 version - cheaper to ship loads of CD's and get people to hand them out to friends!

08-08-2005, 15:58

That's ironic zingle, I did the same thing about 2-3 weeks ago and they arrived

Gareth · 08-08-2005, 17:32

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Originally Posted by Electrolyte

That's ironic zingle, I did the same thing about 2-3 weeks ago and they arrived

Why's it ironic? Next you'll be telling me that it's like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife!

08-08-2005, 17:44

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Originally Posted by Gareth

Why's it ironic? Next you'll be telling me that it's like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife!

It's ironic that he got 10 x86 versions and 10 64 versions - exactly the same as me.

Halcyon · 08-08-2005, 17:54

Looks pretty good for free.
Let us know how the install goes and if all works well.

08-08-2005, 17:56

Im a total novice so im gonna use spare parts ,,,oh poop scott has them

not really I got a 3000 64bit chip and board lying around so ill have a bash later this week

I tried the live cd a while ago and although it worked it seemed dead laggy is this normal for a live cd????

punky · 08-08-2005, 18:03

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Originally Posted by Aragorn

Punky - they default to 10 copies of the x86 version - cheaper to ship loads of CD's and get people to hand them out to friends!

Ahh, I see. Sorry Zingle

ikthius · 08-08-2005, 18:26

why get 10?

and is ubuntu a good linux distro?

ik

08-08-2005, 18:29

well ive posted here and ill pass to friends I have no idea about linux full stop but as a system builder if I can use it then I can use 10

Tristan · 08-08-2005, 20:18

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Originally Posted by ikthius

and is ubuntu a good linux distro?

Ubuntu is a very very good Linux distro, probably the best there is for newcomers.

The only downside is that installation is a little tricky, as it's text-based and not too user friendly. It's still no more difficult than installing Windows, though -- just nowhere near as good as Red Hat's system.