Pasi Lallinaho wrote: > -------- 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 > > > Just a "heads-up". The online payment processors are really not working well with the $0.00 price, including PayPal which many prefer to use. So I'm investigating other more reliable methods.
Thank you, Todd -- xubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
