On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 8:59 PM, Todd Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Vincent wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Pasi Lallinaho <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > > > > 2009/7/31 Vincent <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:01 PM, Todd Robinson > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Ok, I received some really great input from the beta test. > > It turned out > > that just about everyone except American Express users had > > a problem > > checking out with the product showing no cost. I'm told it > > is because of > > "fraud prevention" measures. > > > > I've now taken a much more standard approach of using sets > > of direct > > attributes and it looks like the Quick Ship service is > > ready to go. > > > > When linking PLEASE link directly to the Quick Ship wiki > > page. It > > contains important information and links to two separate > > pages to obtain > > discs. One for domestic U.S. the other world wide. It will > > also reflect > > any future changes to the program. > > > https://on-disk.com/cms/index.php?wiki=Quick_Ship_Free_Disc_Service > > > > I'm wondering if any developers have an objection to me > > turning off the > > standard Xubuntu listing? > > http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/products_id/707 > > > > Please let me know if there are any objections, > > Todd > > > > > > OK then, I don't think anybody objected so I suppose I can add > > it to the website now. One question: should I still mark this > > as being a trial? Also, if you ever decide to stop this > > program, could you notify me and the xubuntu-devel list? > > > > Not sure what you mean by "turning off the standard Xubuntu > > listing" btw. > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- > > Vincent > > > > -- > > > > xubuntu-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > > > > > > Vincent, > > > > If I understand correctly the Xubuntu disc won't be available as > > "normal" On-disk.com purchase, but only as the Quick service, > > which is more manual than the normal one. > > > > > > Still not sure what the difference is :P > > > > > > > > And sure, I think we can already include a link on our website. > > Just make sure it's not "official" or Canonical supported thing in > > any way but merely a free software community effort. > > > > > > > > Of course, it will be clear that it's not an effort by Canonical nor > > the Xubuntu Developers :) > > > > One more question: could we see a photo of what the disks look like? > > Just out of curiosity... > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- > > Vincent > Here is a PNG of the graphic we print directly to a silver CD. The CD > looks much better than this graphic, but at the moment Karlie has the > camera and she's out looking for a birthday present for me so I'm not > going to interrupt her ;) > http://on-disk.com/cms/data/files/Xubuntu_9.04_32bit_CD.png > > If you want to spiff it up in any way I'd say sure, have at it. We are > able to print photo quality and many of the developers make their own > graphics. The larger the graphic the better. 800x800 is about the > minimum. 1024x1024 or larger will print up quite nicely. > > Great, it's now linked from http://xubuntu.org/get#quickship . I'll now craft up a news announcement. -- Vincent
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