A few lunches ago, someone jokingly suggested putting an Ubuntu CD in every dorm room as a way to get rid of all my spare CD-Rs I'm never gonna use. Since the people present were receptive to the idea, I decided to follow up on it. The Ubuntu people responded positively, but balked at the number we'd need.
So at this point we have a few choices: * Make do with the 200 they've offered * Make our own from CD-Rs and labels * Ask for more from the right people within Ubuntu * Find sponsorship from local and Ubuntu related interests (ie Canonical, maybe Dell)
So what's needed from the LUG now is opinions on the options, and of course alternative suggestions.
Justin Dugger
On 5/7/07, Marilize Coetzee <info@shipit.ubuntu.com > wrote:
Hi Justin
Thank you for contacting us.
This is a wonderful idea, but unfortunately we cannot send you such a large number of CD's. The best I can do is 200. If you are interested, place an order on Shipit and use my name as reason for ordering. https://shipit.ubuntu.com/
Kind regards Marilize
Hi,
I'm a member of Kansas State University's LUG, and we were thinking about promoting Linux usage on campus via Ubuntu. Personally, I use Ubuntu on all my computers and at the research lab, but our LUG is more diverse, involving gentoo devs and users of various other platforms. Still, the entire LUG seems to agree that Ubuntu is a great match for people new to linux, and we've handed out Dapper and Breezy CDs at previous events. We're thinking of doing something far more massive, potentially using over a 1000 CDs. We'd like to see about getting an Ubuntu CD placed in the care package the dorms place in students rooms at the beginning of the school year. Do you think our LUG needs to form a LoCo subgroup first to be considered for something on this scale? One thing I want to avoid is converting our LUG into a tool to promote a single platform, even if it's very good for some of our purposes ^_^ I of course realize that this bulk request of CDs may be rejected as inefficient and AOL-like. The original idea came up as a way to dispense with the bulk CDs we've all purchased but realized we'll never use, and it occurred to me that shipIt might be a viable avenue for this, with excellent labels and inserts to boot. Justin Dugger
I don't understand how ordering a big stick of CDs from ubuntu central helps you dispose of your spare blanks.
Does k-state have a bulk burning facility? UMKC does, or at least they used to. You could use that. In each care package could go some kind of little coupon -- "Take this coupon to room N at the wildcat center for your copy of the Ubuntu linux distribution disk" -- with a picture of Tux.
On 5/7/07, David Nicol davidnicol@gmail.com wrote:
In each care package could go some kind of little coupon -- "Take this coupon to room N at the wildcat center for your copy of the Ubuntu linux distribution disk" -- with a picture of Tux.
I like this. We got a bunch of *ubuntu disks for ITEC, but people had to come to the booth and indicate interest in Linux. It's not like we stuck them under windshield wipers in the Wal-Mart parking lot.
The coupon should also say that you're not just getting the disk, you're getting a network of people who will help you learn how to install, configure, and use it. That's the extra that you don't get when you buy shrink-wrapped software.
Come to think of it, why DON'T we leave ubuntu CDs around with a wrapper like "Why buy a new computer? Upgrade to Linux for today. FREE upgrade for existing Windows users."
On 5/7/07, Monty J. Harder mjharder@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/7/07, David Nicol davidnicol@gmail.com wrote:
In each care package could go some kind of little coupon -- "Take this coupon to room N at the wildcat center for your copy of the
Ubuntu
linux distribution disk" -- with a picture of Tux.
I like this. We got a bunch of *ubuntu disks for ITEC, but people had to come to the booth and indicate interest in Linux. It's not like we stuck them under windshield wipers in the Wal-Mart parking lot.
The coupon should also say that you're not just getting the disk, you're getting a network of people who will help you learn how to install, configure, and use it. That's the extra that you don't get when you buy shrink-wrapped software.
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Esp. since the new versions of Ubuntu have the User Migration Utility that will move user files and info from a Windows install. Of course there's still dual boot, too.
Jon.
On 5/7/07, Billy Crook billycrook@gmail.com wrote:
Come to think of it, why DON'T we leave ubuntu CDs around with a wrapper like "Why buy a new computer? Upgrade to Linux for today. FREE upgrade for existing Windows users."
Thanks for all the input guys. I accidentally forwarded this to the wrong LUG list, but it's nice to see feedback ^_^.
Like I said, the spare blanks idea was mostly a joke but since enough people thought giving out a lot of Ubuntu CDs was a good idea, I thought I'd see what ShipIp would offer, since their stuff looks really nice and the box it comes in does a great job explaining why it's neat.
But I think we'll take the 200 and put out fliers to the dorm mailboxes, and have an outdoor event complete with an Ubuntu logo chalking near the start of the fall semester. Yes, it does mean my CDs are still there, waiting for another chance to be used. But it's not so bad a problem to have.
We're also thinking we'll leave a few copies with the library so we can always point someone to a place we know has them. It's been suggested that we get a few other distros to the library -- does any other distro offer shipit style professional packaging?
Justin
On 5/7/07, Jon Pruente jdpruente@gmail.com wrote:
Esp. since the new versions of Ubuntu have the User Migration Utility that will move user files and info from a Windows install. Of course there's still dual boot, too.
Jon.
On 5/7/07, Billy Crook billycrook@gmail.com wrote:
Come to think of it, why DON'T we leave ubuntu CDs around with a wrapper like "Why buy a new computer? Upgrade to Linux for today. FREE upgrade for existing Windows users."
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