My thoughts are to ask OSDisc.com to run an md5checksum on both the image that they have and also on CD's that they burn. If they burn many CD's, they can batch process it.
Regard less of where a CD is sourced from, it should be md5'd before use. Regards, Phill. On 19 November 2014 03:32, Walter Lapchynski <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not sure all of you have Failbook, but if you look here: > https://www.facebook.com/groups/lubuntu.official/permalink/791789804211175/ > You'll see that someone purchased a Lubuntu 14.10 disc from OSDisc.com > that appears to be an old pre-release. It doesn't work and is > basically non-functional. > > The OP says he's bought CDs from these guys for years and has never > had a problem, so I guess we'll see what happens. I do believe we > should keep an eye on this and maybe work with them to do an audit. If > they're providing non-release images, that's a problem that we need to > stop in its tracks. > > The other thing is that this has me thinking about us providing our > own CDs. It's possible to get bit-by-bit labeled CDs with jewel cases, > tray art, and 2-panel insert from kunaki.com for a mere $1. They can > set up a retail website where people can make purchases. We could set > up the PayPal account to be that of linux.com or Open Source Alliance > or something similar. There's also a general fund I know Ubuntu has > where the money goes to help LoCos. It's only $1 a CD anyways. Oh, and > they do DVDs, too. This way we actually have control over the process. > > The only problem with Kunaki is that the software for uploading art > and data is Windows-only. I have an old XP install in a virtual > machine that I use for the purpose. If time is not an issue, you can > mail the information to them. > > Thoughts? > > -- > @wxl > Lubuntu Release Manager, Head of QA > Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact > Ubuntu Oregon LoCo Team Leader > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-admins > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-admins > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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