i distributed the disc to my class but got most of them back with a comment "WTF it is?, " God i am tired of making people switch, from now on i just order one disc only.
On 4/25/07, Nirbheek Chauhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes, that kind of thing will be a better thing to do. On the other hand, he _could_ hand them over to his little sister and let her make coasters out of them :P On 4/24/07, Ravi S. Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But what will he do with the old ones? Can't just throw. So woudn't be > it good idea tto distribute it among friends, saying its ubuntu, new os, > I have the latest, but this you can try and if you want latest, I will > give you. > > Note, that not every new trial user will accept Ubuntu, if he fears to > miss some Windows specific apps or environment, Also, he can distribute > to computer sc friends, who don;t want to install linux to his system, > but the course ware (networking, c++ programming etc, Unix systems) task > can be dont on live cds. > > On Tue, 2007-04-24 at 18:40 +0530, Nirbheek Chauhan wrote: > > I honestly think thats a bad idea. The older ones have bad hardware > > support and the applications are old. Hence it does not present an > > accurate picture of Linux/Ubuntu. > > I have had people have problems with the old Live CDs which were fixed > > in later versions. Like the network card (nforce) not working, the gdm > > > crashing, etc etc. > > > > On 4/23/07, Ravi S. Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Distribute them, to your friends who want to give new OS a > > try, and from > > next time just order 2-3 cds, and if needed you can burn more. > > Cooperate > > my friends > > > > On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 10:46 +0530, mehul wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 4/23/07, Gaurish Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > i have couple of ubuntu disc lying with with of > > older versions > > > thats 5.10 & 6.06 > > > tell me what to do with it? > > > You can still use/give 6.06 as it's still supported and gets > > > updates. > > > As for 5.10, > > > I still have it's live CD's lying around can come in handy > > for rescue. > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-in mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > > > > > > > > -- > > Nirbheek Chauhan > > Sophomore UG > > Civil Engg > > > > "..." > > -- Nirbheek Chauhan > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > > > -- Nirbheek Chauhan Sophomore UG Civil Engg "..." -- Nirbheek Chauhan -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
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