On Fri, 03 Dec 2010 02:43:30 -0500 Doug <dmcgarr...@optonline.net> dijo:
>I have found that Light-Scribe is a surer way to know what's on a >disk, and if you're into jewel cases, you can read right thru the >empty top. > >Your idea of distributing them alongside the distro is a good one, but >the problem I see is that most folks will just d/l the .iso, and never >notice the jewelcase insert. As a university graduate student I come in contact with a lot of people who see my computer running Linux. This gives me an opportunity to introduce them to Linux. In the past I always carried an Ubuntu-32 live CD to hand them. After handing out several and finding that no one even tried the live CD I started asking some of the ones that I had given the CDs to why. Their response was universally that they were afraid the CD contained a virus. Windows users (especially) are terrified of malware. As well they ought to be, considering the OS they run. My CD with Ubuntu-32 written on it with a sharpie did not impress them. But later I acquired some Ubuntu CDs from Ubuntu nicely printed. With these I finally had several people try the CD, and two are now running Linux. I'm not suggesting that Debian needs to be on a fancy, professional CD, because Debian is not really aiming at the newbie Linux user like Ubuntu. I'm just saying that a professionally created CD enhances your credibility. Regarding Lightscribe, I built myself a desktop a couple years ago and paid a couple bucks extra for DVD drives with Lightscribe. Eventually I got them working under Linux. And then I discovered that they do only grayscale, and at a very low resolution at that. And the media cost almost twice as much as regular media. Bah. If you really want nice looking CDs to hand out, get an inkjet that can do CDs or, if you have enough volume to justify the cost, send them out to be done professionally. If all you want is something to hand out at the next meeting of your Linux user group, a CD labeled with a sharpie is fine. Linux users are not impressed by glitz anyway. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101203001144.1a53b...@mailhost.pdx.edu