Ubuntu CD's for Free

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On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> IINM, Ubuntu is a Debian offchute?  (or am I thinking of Mepis, or both?)

Yes, its a Debian variant.

> They believe all software should be free-of-charge...  They aren't kidding!
> They do say their distro is for Desktops/workstations and servers.
> I ordered 18 cd's :)  10 Intel, 3 PowerPC, and 5 AMD/64

Wow, i envy your hardware.

>
>
> Michael Hipp wrote:
>
> > Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> >
> >> Hey all,
> >> I'm not sure if anyone has Ubuntu-experience, but their site
> >> (http://ubuntulinux.org/) is offering free CD's, including shipping!
> >> They are encouraging multiple CD's per shipment, since they cost less
> >> than the shipping.  They are sponsored by a company who appears to be
> >> footing the shipping bill as well.
> >>
> >> This is not an endorsement of Ubuntu.  I don't know enough yet to say
> >> anything about them.
> >
> >
> > They will even ship multiple CDs for you to give out to all your
> > friends. I've heard of some folks getting as many as ten.
> >
> > I've played around with Ubuntu. It looks very much like a distro I
> > could settle on for both desktops and servers and never feel shorted.
> > There appears to be a considerable community growing around it. I'd
> > guess Ubuntu is on its way to being a "top ten" distro.
> >
> > Michael
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