RE: Ubuntu No Longer Free CD's? thoughts about this
I ordered a few, only because I need 32 bit and 64 bit, and it came with mac ones (which I didn't even need). I haven't installed it yet, but I will. Tbh, it costs them like 5 pounds everytime they send some disks. If people like Sam wouldn't have abused the system, this wouldn't happen and the service would still have some use.
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RE: Ubuntu No Longer Free CD's? thoughts about this
quote:Originally posted by HSV
will it make people use OpenSuse? Fedora? other free ones , Ubuntu have every right to do what there doing but i can see a downslide in there usage of Ubuntu
True. But this is only to stop abusers like sonicsam and traxor () from ordering a few thousand cds
People with fast internet connections can download the new versions but its people like me who have uber sucky connections that will suffer. Abusers suck.
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quote:Originally posted by John Anderton
quote:Originally posted by HSV
will it make people use OpenSuse? Fedora? other free ones , Ubuntu have every right to do what there doing but i can see a downslide in there usage of Ubuntu
True. But this is only to stop abusers like sonicsam and traxor () from ordering a few thousand cds
People with fast internet connections can download the new versions but its people like me who have uber sucky connections that will suffer. Abusers suck.
i know what you mean, Even though i have the fastest ADSL in Aussie 1500/256 its still not fast enough IMO , i dont think it'll be so bad, just pre order a copy or something
RE: Ubuntu No Longer Free CD's? thoughts about this
quote:Originally posted by HSV
i know what you mean, Even though i have the fastest ADSL in Aussie 1500/256 its still not fast enough IMO , i dont think it'll be so bad, just pre order a copy or something
I order like 20 discs (thats what i did for the last version) cause i have friends at uni and friends who live near me. Instead of all of us ordering one-two, i order for all of us. Now its going to be more difficult for me to download 600 some MB at 8kbps (basically it takes a bit over a day approx) and then to write a copy and circulate it between all of them.
Too much of a pain tbh
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RE: Ubuntu No Longer Free CD's? thoughts about this
quote:Originally posted by HSV
i know what you mean, Even though i have the fastest ADSL in Aussie 1500/256 its still not fast enough IMO , i dont think it'll be so bad, just pre order a copy or something
err thats not the fastest... adsl2+ is where the top speed is 24000k/1000k
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RE: Ubuntu No Longer Free CD's? thoughts about this
I got 5 Ubuntu discs a while ago to test it out and share it (like it said to ). I ran it off the CD as I didn't wanna install it reinstall windows to make it a dual boot machine. The startup time is the longest of any distro I've ever used! Now I know that it's slower running from a CD, but I used Knoppix in exactly the same way and with much better results.
I don't see people paying for discs when other distros are still available for free, especially seeing as Ubuntu doesn't seem to be as popular as others right now
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RE: Ubuntu No Longer Free CD's? thoughts about this
quote:Originally posted by SpunkyLoveMuff
I got 5 Ubuntu discs a while ago to test it out and share it (like it said to ). I ran it off the CD as I didn't wanna install it reinstall windows to make it a dual boot machine. The startup time is the longest of any distro I've ever used! Now I know that it's slower running from a CD, but I used Knoppix in exactly the same way and with much better results.
I don't see people paying for discs when other distros are still available for free, especially seeing as Ubuntu doesn't seem to be as popular as others right now
Knoppix was designed as a LiveCD, its optimized as a LiveCD
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