Hi Jared, I'll put up the funds for 40 cd's ($100) but I don't have the time to post out that many.
Let me know where we go from here. Thanks for your time, -Scott On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 18:46 +1000, Jared Norris wrote: > Good Evening, > > Thanks everyone for the responses. I probably didn't explain it all > too well last night but I realise there are services out there > charging nominal fees for CDs but I was thinking of trying to get it > to the regional (and those unable to access boradband easily) a > quicker, FREE way to get a copy of Lucid Lynx (even if the fee is > nominal it's sometimes means people won't opt for it because it is not > always easy to transfer the funds wihtout effort). It's not meant to > replace the "official" CDs but just trying to speed up the process > (and who as a home user really NEEDS and official CD?). I was going to > offer this free to anyone and everyone all by myself but realised it > might chalk up some costs but if more people were willing to chip in > then it would spread it out. Thank you James for your offer I've noted > it down and anyone else willing to chip in please drop me a line > (again either on the list or off, also on IRC). I just thought it > would be a nice way to quickly and cheaply spread the Ubuntu cheer. > > So I guess this is a shoutout now to those of you on the list who do > not have access to broadband easily, please start letting me know if > you want a free burnt copy of lucid lynx. It's a LTS so it should be > pretty stable from release (touch wood) and I'm willing to take orders > of which version of Ubuntu you want (k/x/ed/ubuntu) just nothing too > obscure please. All details will be kept confidential (obvious > whomever ends up posting you the CD will need an address, PO BOX is > fine) so feel free to email me off the list or message me on IRC. > > > Regards, > > Jared Norris > > > > On 16 March 2010 07:17, James Beake <jamesbe...@moonmarsh.com> wrote: > > Sounds like a nice way to provide a value add for regional Aus and I'm happy > > to be part of the experiment. > > > > I'm prepared to fund $20 worth of CDs. Ie, I''ll burn / ship 8 CDs @2.50 > > each. More if the potage is less :) > > > > Is there any Ubuntu CD art work we can access? > > > > cheers > > James > > > > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 10:52 PM, Jared Norris <jrnor...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Good evening all, > >> > >> With the release of Lucid Lynx approaching us sooner rather than later > >> one idea I had that I would like to put out there to the mailing list > >> was a bit of a Shipit type service (see https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ for > >> the official version) that aims at delivering the new release much > >> sooner than the quoted 10 weeks from the website. What I am proposing > >> is that some users in metropolitan Australia with quicker download > >> speeds and higher download quota limits burn a copy of the new release > >> and then post it to another user who might be stuck on dial up or > >> regional 3G services with very low download limits. > >> > >> I would like to see if this sort of a service would be useful to our > >> regional users or not and I would also be willing to coordinate this > >> service. I have costed the idea and to post a CD to anywhere in > >> Australia from anywhere in Australia would cost $2.50 (this includes > >> the packaging and the postage costs) and also the cost the CD itself. > >> How this would be paid would be dependant upon how many people were > >> wanting this service and how many people were willing to help out. > >> > >> If you are interested please feel free to either drop me an email (on > >> or off the list I don't mind) or pop into IRC (as explained > >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/IRC - I'm usually lurking, my > >> nick is head_victim) and just send me a message. > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-au mailing list > > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > > > -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
