Simon Wood wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi all, > To throw my $0.02 into the pot.... > > 1) I agree a table of disks can be intimidating, time consuming and wasteful. > > 2) Most of us use an Ubuntu variant, therefore that makes sense to offer. > Ubuntu can go Kubuntu/Xubuntu with a single command. > > 3) Expected release date for Gutsy is 18th. There is a possiblity that it > will be delayed past CosFest. > > 4) Professional disks look at lot better than DIY disks, this will not be > possible with Gutsy due to schedule. > > 5) Given the amount of time to burn a CD these days we could do other distros > 'on demand'. > > 6) Is it 'right' to offer one distro over any other. Prehaps we should > include a leaflet explaining the various distrobutions and download details > for other, maybe going as far as CLUG phone number where people can 'order' > other distros. > > Does anyone know if there is a multi-boot DVD containing many distribution > images? > > My suggestion would be to burn a stack of Ubuntu Gutsy, and take it from > there. > Simon.
For the most part I agree with Simon on the above. Obviously if we can offer a professional disk over a DIY that is always preferred as they have been tested and should be bug or error free and of course deadlines for new releases can be a pain. If we are only sticking to a few distros could we maybe adapt Simons idea of a leaflet. Have a generic one listing most distros, etc, but maybe have a little bio for each distro we are offering and some brief instructsion for common thinsg like updating, upgrading to latest distro.. or even whee new release are...I am sur eyou get the idea. About the multi-boot DVD I know Linux Format does stuff like that and uses a product called multi boot manager or something like that? Maybe they could be contacted and asked how they set that up... I think that would be an awsome idea... have an ubuntu DVD with the various derivatives....suse...etc. Maybe even a Mac dvd... If we are allowing people to "order" a distro..is there a way that LCUG can look into being a reseller or accept donations or something like that to recoup costs. We could take some of that funding and donate it to various FLOSS projects. I know we arent trying to run a multi-million dollar business, but I would be more willing to a buy a distro from CLUG or encourage others if I knew that it was not only helping us evolve as an organization, but that we were also giving back to the community at large. Just...puttin it out there! Cameron _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
