nate wrote:
ML wrote:
HI All,
downloading and burning myself. I am actually planning on ordering CentOS 5.4 media when available to support the project.
Most distros/OSs provide that service built in - https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ http://www.openbsd.org/orders.html http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/ http://en.opensuse.org/Buy_openSUSE http://store.mandriva.com/?cPath=149 http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/OnlineVendors http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=24
Myself I never trusted those CD burning shops, I recall on a couple of occasions getting bad CDs back in the day(which given the number of times I bought such CDs the ratio was pretty high). Much happier with real pressed CDs.
Then there are the various linux/open source events where endless distributions hand out free CDs.
Does anyone think these store make any money? (Linux CD Mall, Linux CD Shop, Linux Central...etc)
Not off the CDs.
Wouldn't someone selling a set for a few dollars plus shipping clean up?
I wouldn't think so, not off the CDs alone. Where is the value add?
Demand just isn't there. Even when I was still on dialup v90 for the most part I still downloaded ISOs. Leave it on overnight and it's usually done by morning. Prior to those days on occasion I'd buy a CD, my memory from back then is foggy.
Which I suspect is why most of those other places like linux central and stuff offered things like stuffed tuxes, stickers, and other gadgets. Still have a few of those myself..
nate
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Hi,
Here in South Africa, one of the members of TLUG - Pretoria University (Tuks) Linux User Group is paying his way through Varsity by doing this - YMMV
ChrisG