Thanks Chris, but the point of the exercise is... ah, what would you call it?... get it now?
If I wanted a copy of a Linux distribution, say Mepis, for example, where could I get it, within the hour? I can pick up a micro$oft CD from a multitude of places, and have it in my hot little hand, within the hour, because it's everywhere practically. Yet, I can't do that with Linux. Simply because I don't know where to go. Picture someone in Chch on holiday, say, and they don't know anyone here yet. They hear of a new distro they want to try out on their laptop maybe. But they don't have broadband (or it's not working, whatever)... where can they get the CD? Is there a list of places I could point them to? No. I don't even know myself where I'd go. So I've got the yellow pages open, and am ringing around. So far... Harvey Norman is out, no Linux at all. Future plans - none. The Computer Broker used to have Ubuntu for $5 but no longer stock it. Future plans - none. Dick Smith? Old and new versions of Ubuntu - $7 and $9. Get it now?
