http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/torrents//Fedora-8-Live-games-i686.torrent any use??
Steve On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:30:25 +1300 Graeme Kiyoto-Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I have about 8gig left on my plan with about 3 days to go. Send the URl > for the distribution and I'll download it and burn in to CD for the > resource centre. > > Regards > > Graeme Kiyoto-Ward > > Steve Holdoway wrote: > > Maybe there's an opportunity here to extend the services offered by the St. > > Albans gang??? I know there's a games-centric version of Fedora 8 just come > > out ( sorry, couldn't get away with downloading *that* one at work (: ), > > and with Christmas around the corner. > > > > Christopher/Wesley/Edwin + any others who I've unintentionally left out... > > wocher rekkon?? > > > > Steve. > > > > On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:55:22 +1300 (NZDT) > > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> The Computer Broker will sometimes discount their ex lease boxes if you > >> don't want the OS, and many of them come in OS and OSless options straight > >> off the floor. > >> > >> Even the ones without an OS seem to have a license sticker, which > >> presumably means you can install the licensed OS, although i note the > >> opinion of someone on NZLUG who had read the licence who said that after > >> the second owner, the license was no longer transferable (ie the third > >> owner had to buy another licence). Anyway there is more than one MS > >> license and I guess you need to read the actual one that pertains to the > >> actual machine. > >> > >> In buying ex-lease gear I look at the hardware price in the knowledge that > >> I don't give a rats thingamy what version of windows i can run on it. If > >> the vendor will take a few dollars less without the OS on board, thats > >> cool, but I look first and foremost at whether the hardware is worth the > >> price. > >> > >> One time the broker did discount me a box with no OS. The guy was going to > >> reformat the hard drive to remove whatever abomination had been installed > >> on it, and I said "I'm in a bit of a hurry, theres no way I am going to > >> run that piece of crap, I promise I'll take it off as soon as I get home" > >> He grinned and handed me the box (and of course I kept my word, its now > >> running mythtv). > >> > >> Nick > >> > >> > >> > >> On Tue, November 20, 2007 3:30 pm, Edwin F wrote: > >> > >>> There was a discussion on the NZLUG recently about the availability of > >>> OS-less ex-lease boxen - apparently, most of them suffer from the MS > >>> tax due to their old licenses being no longer transferrable, or > >>> something to that effect. > >>> > >>> I thought I would throw it out there that I am in the process of > >>> starting a small ex-lease thing, and I would gladly supply cheap, > >>> OS-less boxen if the demand is there, and perhaps somebody would like > >>> to contact existing ex-lease sellers around Christchurch about > >>> supplying OS-less boxen for a lower price and compile a Linux-friendly > >>> supplier list on the CLUG wiki? > >>> > >>> Hope nobody minds, but... > >>> == blatant plug time == > >>> > >>> I have a bunch of these boxen, currently: > >>> Intel Celeron 2.0GHz > >>> 512MB DDR RAM > >>> 40GB HDD > >>> Broadcom GigE > >>> CD-ROM Drive > >>> Floppy Drive (remember those? -- neither do I) > >>> > >>> They came with 17" CRTs, too, so those can be had providing it is > >>> being picked up or the extra shipping is paid (for... uh... across > >>> town) > >>> > >>> These I can supply for ~$200 each, give or take. > >>> > >>> == blatant plug time ends == > >>> > >>> Thoughts? > >>> > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> Edwin. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> -- > >> Nick Rout > >> > >> > > > > > > -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
