[ubuntu-uk] Free CDs of Ubuntu 11.10 the Oneiric Ocelot
Hi all, I am now taking pre-orders for CDs of Ubuntu 11.10 the Oneiric Ocelot. To get one please follow the procedure here: http://ubuntu-uk.org/free-cds/ . . . and really, regular first or second class stamps won't do, it will cost me £1 to collect it from the post office and I will send it back to you and you get to pay £1 and have a trip to the post office at your end. 2nd large works fine. Alan. -- The Open Learning Centre is rebranding, find out about our new name and look at http://libertus.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-in] Free CDs
Hi, I have joined this list few minutes back. As for my short introduction, I am Pravin Balaji Dhayfule from Dhayfule Enterprises (www.dhayfule.com) which is an Authorised CD Distributor for Ubuntu in India. Regarding this post: === Other can feed in there - but when free CD's of anything are available a lot of people will make a grab for it even if they don't require it. You could consider charging a small amount for the CD's - maybe Rs 5 or something. It is not as good as free but the folks who buy it will be more careful with what they do. You could also keep some CD's aside for curious people who show interest and keeness andd give it to them. The money you get could go back to Ubuntu or some other FOSS work. Its true that when people get it entirely for Free they do not take it seriously... Its my personal experience. People who worth Ubuntu and GNULinux personally call me and are ready to pay Rs. 250 to the CDs that I sell them. To be frank, that Rs. 250 cover the expenses that I pay to Canonical for shipments of the CDs, as Every Six Months I have to purchase the CDs from Canonical for distribution. So may be thats one of my Contribution to Ubuntu and Canonical. So even though if you raise your eyebrows claiming that Rs. 250 is a High amount, its that I cannot help it, but Yes, I also provide free conultancy to people who call me for CDs, and also those who call me without purchasing the CDs. Its great to be part of this group. I am now looking forward for more contributions towards Ubuntu in terms of technical support apart from CD distribution and so need to build a netwrok of support people, and I feel this place is ideal for it. Regards -- Pravin Balaji Dhayfule Director - Dhayfule Enterprises www.dhayfule.com -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Free CDs
On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Kishan Bhat kishanb...@gmail.com wrote: An alternative to CD is to use USB disk boot. Everyone uses a usb flash disk nowadays and most computers can do usb boot. I can't remember when I last used boot CD for any task. I think the original idea is to have nice beautiful media to distribute and USB disks are still way to expensive to distribute free. ** @ Abhijit coming back to ordering new CD's for distribution With the hope that your seminar presentation goes off well - there will be a lot of curious people who will want CD's to this free software. Other can feed in there - but when free CD's of anything are available a lot of people will make a grab for it even if they don't require it. You could consider charging a small amount for the CD's - maybe Rs 5 or something. It is not as good as free but the folks who buy it will be more careful with what they do. You could also keep some CD's aside for curious people who show interest and keeness andd give it to them. The money you get could go back to Ubuntu or some other FOSS work. best wishes for your presentation. ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Free CDs
Hello. I am giving seminar on FOSS in front of students, my teachers and en external examiner. I would like to have a bunch of Ubuntu CDs to distribute freely after my seminar to all. Some will be reserved for teachers. So I wanted to know that how much shold I order so that they approve my free buik cd requests? #Ubuntu-ops directed me here to ask this question. On My own I can only afford to burn 2 cds. Thank you. -- Abhijit Navale. Mighty Monkey http://abhijitnavale.blogspot.com/ | Ubuntuhttp://www.ubuntu.com/ | Free Softwares http://www.fsf.org/ Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication - Leonardo Da Vinci. -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Free CDs
On 02/04/2011 05:07 PM, Abhijit Navale wrote: Hello. I am giving seminar on FOSS in front of students, my teachers and en external examiner. I would like to have a bunch of Ubuntu CDs to distribute freely after my seminar to all. Some will be reserved for teachers. So I wanted to know that how much shold I order so that they approve my free buik cd requests? #Ubuntu-ops directed me here to ask this question. On My own I can only afford to burn 2 cds. You can order by shipit but remember that if the demand is pretty big, then there can be problems with customs. Long back in 2007 I was in college and ordered the 35 CD pack, it was thoroughly inspected by customs as seen from the packaging. If there are too many CDs then probably you can be called in customs office to pay for the import duties. I never had such experience, but heard from people -- Manish -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Free CDs
You *are* asked to pay import duties, yes. But you just need to point out that the cost of the CD's is 0, and hence no import duty is applicable. Regards Rohan Garg On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 10:34 PM, Manish Sinha m...@manishsinha.net wrote: On 02/04/2011 05:07 PM, Abhijit Navale wrote: Hello. I am giving seminar on FOSS in front of students, my teachers and en external examiner. I would like to have a bunch of Ubuntu CDs to distribute freely after my seminar to all. Some will be reserved for teachers. So I wanted to know that how much shold I order so that they approve my free buik cd requests? #Ubuntu-ops directed me here to ask this question. On My own I can only afford to burn 2 cds. You can order by shipit but remember that if the demand is pretty big, then there can be problems with customs. Long back in 2007 I was in college and ordered the 35 CD pack, it was thoroughly inspected by customs as seen from the packaging. If there are too many CDs then probably you can be called in customs office to pay for the import duties. I never had such experience, but heard from people -- Manish -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Free CDs
On 02/04/2011 10:35 PM, Rohan Garg wrote: You *are* asked to pay import duties, yes. But you just need to point out that the cost of the CD's is 0, and hence no import duty is applicable. We ordered some 35 CDs but were not asked. Probably the shipping company handled those convincing work. BTW the cost of CDs might be zero, any shipment needs to have it's cost declared. If you read the back of any shipit CD package, the value is declared. If the total increases, then it might become a problem. Another solution, two people order and get it delivered at different addresses -- Manish -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Free CDs
An alternative to CD is to use USB disk boot. Everyone uses a usb flash disk nowadays and most computers can do usb boot. Unetbook allows you to put in an iso into usb disk without loosing current data in the disk. Also it is easier and faster than burning a CD/DVD. I can't remember when I last used boot CD for any task. == Message: 6 Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 22:42:43 +0530 From: Manish Sinha m...@manishsinha.net To: ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-in] Free CDs Message-ID: 4d4c338b.6010...@manishsinha.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed On 02/04/2011 10:35 PM, Rohan Garg wrote: You *are* asked to pay import duties, yes. But you just need to point out that the cost of the CD's is 0, and hence no import duty is applicable. We ordered some 35 CDs but were not asked. Probably the shipping company handled those convincing work. BTW the cost of CDs might be zero, any shipment needs to have it's cost declared. If you read the back of any shipit CD package, the value is declared. If the total increases, then it might become a problem. Another solution, two people order and get it delivered at different addresses -- Manish -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
