Ubuntu CD's for Free

Collins Richey crichey
Tue Dec 7 09:24:13 PST 2004


On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 07:15:21 -0500 (EST), Net Llama!
<netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> 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.
> 

I did the basic install, but the install never created a user other
than root, and the idiots disable root (no login with or without
password), so I couldn't complete the after reboot portion of the
install. Rather than fix the password file from a CD boot, I just said
screw it.

-- 
 Collins


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