Canonical Ltd. is giving away free CDs of their Debian based desktop Linux

**tdinc** · October 19th, 2004

Dang,, havent been here at the forum in a while so I figure i would bring some cool info for the OSNN members.....

Canonical Ltd. is giving away free CDs of their Debian based desktop Linux distribution
The Ubuntu team will send you Ubuntu CD's at no charge, for you to install and share. We will cover the cost of shipping the CDs to you as well. If you would like to receive Ubuntu CD's, please create a new account and tell us where to send the CD's and how many CD's you would like to receive. We promise that we will never send spam to your email address, and never sell or give away your information.

here is the link order form
http://shipit.ubuntulinux.org/user.cgi?action=new

here is the homepage
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/

enjoy people

BTW//i ordered 10 lol

**Glaanieboy** · October 19th, 2004

You requested 20 CDs. They will be shipped the following address:

Glenn van 't Hof
n/a
******
Heemskerk Noord Holland
******
Netherlands

Click here to go back and edit or add information to your account.

Click here to log out of the system.

10 x86, 5 PowerPC and 5 AMD64 CD's

Dunno why I ordered so many, but hey, it's free

Thanks for the link bro/sis

**X-Istence** · October 19th, 2004

Time to force linux down the throat of the tech people at school :P.

20 x86 (That should last me long enough, otherwise ill have to make some myself)
5 PowerPC (I have 4 friends who have an iBook. Plus me, so it is fair)
5 AMD64 (For when i get AMD 64 :P)

**Tittles** · October 19th, 2004

lol...yay. I am gonna order some.

**Unleashed** · October 19th, 2004

Nice, ordered one of each. (Unlike some, I don't take advantage of others

)

**Tittles** · October 19th, 2004

i ordered 10 of them for some reason. Is Debian any good?

**Heeter** · October 20th, 2004

Ha just ordered 20 x86'ers, and 5 AMD64'ers.

Sharing some with the good buds of mine.

Heeter

**tdinc** · October 20th, 2004

tittle,,,,,,,,,Debian is pretty good.....even though its open source the free CDs rock! w00t!!!! BTW....my frined ordered 50 copies of each and did get all that he requested so the deal is good

**vern** · October 20th, 2004

I've been hearing lots about Ubuntu. I'm glad I can get free CDs this way.

Thanks for the link!

30 CDs coming my way.

**Tittles** · October 20th, 2004

i wonder what the max limit is (thinks)

**X-Istence** · October 20th, 2004

Try 500 CD's. I wonder if you would get them.

**Tittles** · October 21st, 2004

he he he...gonna try it. Maybe send it to one of my friends? muhaaaaaa

anyway...when r they suppose to be here? like how long does it take?

**X-Istence** · October 21st, 2004

Dun know, hope some time soon.

**Tittles** · October 21st, 2004

i just had them send my gf 500 cds :P. She dont care so its all good

edit: make that 505

desie · October 23rd, 2004

10,5,5 for me I live in england any idea were there base? Gotta love free stuff!

**SPeedY_B** · October 23rd, 2004

PPC Distributions, superb! That'll be placed onto my desktop soon then

Will actually get round to installing this one at some point (Unlike the SuSe CD's

)

**Kush** · October 23rd, 2004

10,5,5 ok now what does this do? lol is it linux?

**SPeedY_B** · October 23rd, 2004

Yup, debian flavour. One of the more easier linux' to use... and handily comes in a build for PPC architecture. *does a little dance*

**Kush** · October 23rd, 2004

is it one thats just bootable? u dont have to install it, just like knopics std? btw i forgot u can have linux on macs. thats cool, hopefully ill be trying it on the g5's

**SPeedY_B** · October 23rd, 2004

They mention something about live cd's in their FaQ.

I think what we've ordered will be the install CD's though.

[edit] You can grab the ISO's from here: http://releases.ubuntu.com/warty/ (http and torrents) if you want to give it a try before your CD's arrive. Seems the live build is x86 only.

October 19th, 2004	Top \| #1
tdinc █▄█ ▀█▄ █ Joined: December 2003 Location: Sterling Heights, MICHIGAN Posts: 3,505 Blog Entries: 19 Reputation: 2905 Power: 164	Canonical Ltd. is giving away free CDs of their Debian based desktop Linux Dang,, havent been here at the forum in a while so I figure i would bring some cool info for the OSNN members..... Canonical Ltd. is giving away free CDs of their Debian based desktop Linux distribution The Ubuntu team will send you Ubuntu CD's at no charge, for you to install and share. We will cover the cost of shipping the CDs to you as well. If you would like to receive Ubuntu CD's, please create a new account and tell us where to send the CD's and how many CD's you would like to receive. We promise that we will never send spam to your email address, and never sell or give away your information. here is the link order form http://shipit.ubuntulinux.org/user.cgi?action=new here is the homepage http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ enjoy people BTW//i ordered 10 lol

October 19th, 2004	Top \| #2
Glaanieboy OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: March 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,626 Reputation: 270 Power: 150	You requested 20 CDs. They will be shipped the following address: Glenn van 't Hof n/a **** Heemskerk Noord Holland **** Netherlands Click here to go back and edit or add information to your account. Click here to log out of the system. 10 x86, 5 PowerPC and 5 AMD64 CD's Dunno why I ordered so many, but hey, it's free Thanks for the link bro/sis

October 19th, 2004	Top \| #3
X-Istence * Joined: December 2001 Location: USA Posts: 6,490 Reputation: 2808 Power: 217	Time to force linux down the throat of the tech people at school :P. 20 x86 (That should last me long enough, otherwise ill have to make some myself) 5 PowerPC (I have 4 friends who have an iBook. Plus me, so it is fair) 5 AMD64 (For when i get AMD 64 :P) My blog!

October 19th, 2004	Top \| #4
Tittles Dabba Dooba Joined: July 2002 Location: Muskegon, Michigan Posts: 6,344 Reputation: 1590 Power: 195	lol...yay. I am gonna order some. Yo

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Unleashed We Speak Geek Joined: July 2003 Location: Fredericton, Canada ex Norwich, England ex Hougang, Singapore ex Durban, South Africa Posts: 1,249 Reputation: 460 Power: 121	Nice, ordered one of each. (Unlike some, I don't take advantage of others ) CPU: Intel Core2 Q6600 \| Mobo: BFG nVidia 680i SLI \| RAM: 2GB 2x Corsair XMS6400 \| PSU: Hiper 580 Watt \| HDD: WD160GB SATAII \| GFX: BFG GeForce 8800GTS OC 640MB \| DVD: SAMSUNG 20x DVD+/-R/RW/RAM SATA

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October 19th, 2004	Top \| #6
Tittles Dabba Dooba Joined: July 2002 Location: Muskegon, Michigan Posts: 6,344 Reputation: 1590 Power: 195	i ordered 10 of them for some reason. Is Debian any good? Yo

October 20th, 2004	Top \| #7
Heeter Overclocked Like A Mother Joined: July 2002 Location: In front of my computer Posts: 2,729 Reputation: 684 Power: 150	Ha just ordered 20 x86'ers, and 5 AMD64'ers. Sharing some with the good buds of mine. Heeter

October 20th, 2004	Top \| #8
tdinc █▄█ ▀█▄ █ Joined: December 2003 Location: Sterling Heights, MICHIGAN Posts: 3,505 Blog Entries: 19 Reputation: 2905 Power: 164	tittle,,,,,,,,,Debian is pretty good.....even though its open source the free CDs rock! w00t!!!! BTW....my frined ordered 50 copies of each and did get all that he requested so the deal is good

October 20th, 2004	Top \| #9
vern Dominus Joined: March 2002 Location: Minnesota, USA Posts: 1,570 Reputation: 660 Power: 143	I've been hearing lots about Ubuntu. I'm glad I can get free CDs this way. Thanks for the link! 30 CDs coming my way. free illegal pr0n @ ribbed.us

October 20th, 2004	Top \| #10
Tittles Dabba Dooba Joined: July 2002 Location: Muskegon, Michigan Posts: 6,344 Reputation: 1590 Power: 195	i wonder what the max limit is (thinks) Yo

October 20th, 2004	Top \| #11
X-Istence * Joined: December 2001 Location: USA Posts: 6,490 Reputation: 2808 Power: 217	Try 500 CD's. I wonder if you would get them. My blog!

October 21st, 2004	Top \| #12
Tittles Dabba Dooba Joined: July 2002 Location: Muskegon, Michigan Posts: 6,344 Reputation: 1590 Power: 195	he he he...gonna try it. Maybe send it to one of my friends? muhaaaaaa anyway...when r they suppose to be here? like how long does it take? Yo

October 21st, 2004	Top \| #13
X-Istence * Joined: December 2001 Location: USA Posts: 6,490 Reputation: 2808 Power: 217	Dun know, hope some time soon. My blog!

October 21st, 2004	Top \| #14
Tittles Dabba Dooba Joined: July 2002 Location: Muskegon, Michigan Posts: 6,344 Reputation: 1590 Power: 195	i just had them send my gf 500 cds :P. She dont care so its all good edit: make that 505 Yo

October 23rd, 2004	Top \| #15
desie Linux rules the universe! Joined: January 2004 Location: England Posts: 305 Reputation: 60 Power: 102	10,5,5 for me I live in england any idea were there base? Gotta love free stuff!

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SPeedY_B I may actually be insane. Joined: March 2002 Location: Midlands, England Posts: 15,800 Reputation: 2877 Power: 307	PPC Distributions, superb! That'll be placed onto my desktop soon then Will actually get round to installing this one at some point (Unlike the SuSe CD's ) 1. SPeedYB.co.uk 2. CamPortal.co.uk 3. MacIRC.co.uk

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Kush High On Life! Joined: January 2002 Location: Montreal, Quebec Posts: 4,590 Reputation: 1300 Power: 181	10,5,5 ok now what does this do? lol is it linux? If Someones post is helpful or makes you laugh, reward the person by clicking on this button--->

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SPeedY_B I may actually be insane. Joined: March 2002 Location: Midlands, England Posts: 15,800 Reputation: 2877 Power: 307	Yup, debian flavour. One of the more easier linux' to use... and handily comes in a build for PPC architecture. does a little dance 1. SPeedYB.co.uk 2. CamPortal.co.uk 3. MacIRC.co.uk

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Kush High On Life! Joined: January 2002 Location: Montreal, Quebec Posts: 4,590 Reputation: 1300 Power: 181	is it one thats just bootable? u dont have to install it, just like knopics std? btw i forgot u can have linux on macs. thats cool, hopefully ill be trying it on the g5's If Someones post is helpful or makes you laugh, reward the person by clicking on this button--->

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SPeedY_B I may actually be insane. Joined: March 2002 Location: Midlands, England Posts: 15,800 Reputation: 2877 Power: 307	They mention something about live cd's in their FaQ. I think what we've ordered will be the install CD's though. [edit] You can grab the ISO's from here: http://releases.ubuntu.com/warty/ (http and torrents) if you want to give it a try before your CD's arrive. Seems the live build is x86 only. 1. SPeedYB.co.uk 2. CamPortal.co.uk 3. MacIRC.co.uk