>Original Message: >----------------- >From: Larry Cafiero [email protected] >Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 13:46:37 -0800 >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: CD Distribution > > >As an Xubuntu user and a Fedora Ambassador who handles CD distribution on >the US West Coast, it's not a stupid idea. > >It would take volunteers to maintain it, a budget to provide CDs to people >by mail, and this speaks to perhaps Xubuntu tapping into the Ubuntu LoCo >groups to help with this (if Xubuntu users aren't active in the LoCos >already) by having Xubuntu disks available to those folks going to LUG >meetings and other GNU/Linux events. > >[Also, is this where this discussion should take place? The Development >Discussion list? ] > >I'd be open to helping organize this, because Xubuntu is probably the best >of the *buntus, as far as I'm concerned. > >Larry Cafiero >Felton Linuxworks >6116 Highway 9, Suite 4 >Felton, CA 95018 >831-335-7303
Thanks Larry, glad to make the acquaintance of just the person I was hoping I could talk to. I sent this to xubuntu-devel for two reasons: 1) I was already signed up here. 2) I had a hunch it would catch Cody's ear quicker from here. :) I'm more than willing to take this discussion to another board if it would be more appropriate elsewhere, but to reply: I was hoping this idea could circumvent the whole need for a budget by putting the actual distribution in the hands of the community. Perhaps such a thing would be a recipe for disaster if folks ended up receiving bad burns or (Say it ain't so!!) a nice little rootkit slipstreamed in. In that case, I can see the need for an "official" distribution system with trusted, registered donors and tested disks. Hmmm... -Eddy -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com – Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail -- xubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
