But what will he do with the old ones? Can't just throw. So woudn't be it good idea tto distribute it among friends, saying its ubuntu, new os, I have the latest, but this you can try and if you want latest, I will give you.
Note, that not every new trial user will accept Ubuntu, if he fears to miss some Windows specific apps or environment, Also, he can distribute to computer sc friends, who don;t want to install linux to his system, but the course ware (networking, c++ programming etc, Unix systems) task can be dont on live cds. On Tue, 2007-04-24 at 18:40 +0530, Nirbheek Chauhan wrote: > I honestly think thats a bad idea. The older ones have bad hardware > support and the applications are old. Hence it does not present an > accurate picture of Linux/Ubuntu. > I have had people have problems with the old Live CDs which were fixed > in later versions. Like the network card (nforce) not working, the gdm > crashing, etc etc. > > On 4/23/07, Ravi S. Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Distribute them, to your friends who want to give new OS a > try, and from > next time just order 2-3 cds, and if needed you can burn more. > Cooperate > my friends > > On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 10:46 +0530, mehul wrote: > > > > > > On 4/23/07, Gaurish Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i have couple of ubuntu disc lying with with of > older versions > > thats 5.10 & 6.06 > > tell me what to do with it? > > You can still use/give 6.06 as it's still supported and gets > updates. > > As for 5.10, > > I still have it's live CD's lying around can come in handy > for rescue. > > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > > > > -- > Nirbheek Chauhan > Sophomore UG > Civil Engg > > "..." > -- Nirbheek Chauhan
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