-------- Original Message -------- OK, I actually meant the xubuntu-devel mailinglist but I guess feedback here would be fine too :P
Anyway, does anybody see objections on endorsing this from xubuntu.org <http://xubuntu.org>? If so, please let us know. If nobody has any objections then I'll add a link on the website. On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Mike Shaw <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: My $0.02 - looks like a good option to me especially since there are not any other options to get Xubuntu media. --- Rorschach: By the way, you need a stronger lock. That new one broke after one shove. - Watchmen On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Todd Robinson<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hello World! (Sorry, I couldn't resist.) > > The guys from the #xubuntu-devel IRC channel sent me over to get some > community feedback before taking any "official" action such as linking > it from xubuntu.org <http://xubuntu.org>. (Gotta love a distribution that asks your opinion > first.) > > The short version is that a couple of months ago we hosted a small back > yard dinner party and one of the developers asked if we might be able to > supply "Ship It" type support for Xubuntu. Since that time other > distributions have also inquired about the possibility. > > It just so happens that the end of July, and through most of August, > only a small portion of our production equipment is used, so I couldn't > think of any better time to give it a shot and see how it goes. Since it > was someone from Xubuntu who asked first, I felt it only fair we start > with Xubuntu. > > I've spent a couple of days running the numbers over and over, and > working out details to the point where I'm fairly confident we can make > this work. I've posted a wiki page with all the details here: > http://on-disk.com/cms/index.php?wiki=Quick_Ship_Free_Disc_Service > The actual listing went up about an hour ago: > http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/products_id/858 > > For those not familiar with On-Disk.com, we have been very active in the > Open Source community for a number of years. We are the "Official" media > vendor for over 50 different distributions (yes, even for Ubuntu: > http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/purchase/north-america), have set the > standard for Live Media production (Flash Drives, SD Cards, CF Cards), > etc. We were selected by the One Laptop Per Child organization and > Fedora to supply the Fedora 10 SD cards for the previous Give 1 Get 1 > promotion...and if I have my way we'll have F11 for the XO on SD cards > within a week. We are also, contrary to the appearance, a small > home-based family business, so if you were wondering why we can't afford > to foot the bill for shipping costs, this is why. > > If anyone has any problems obtaining the free disc please let me know so > I can troubleshoot the process. I did have to make a few adjustments to > our site to get this lined up, and it's very possible I could have > missed something. > > > Thank you, > Todd > > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users > -- xubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users -- Vincent I'm forwarding this message from xubuntu-users for consistency. Let's try not to top-post again. Todd and Mike (CC), please post any following messages to xubuntu-devel mailing list. Also, let's try not to top-post. Thanks. -- Pasi Lallinaho Xubuntu Marketing Lead Web-designer, graphic artist IRC: knome @ freenode
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