[NTLUG:Discuss] Microcenter Linux CD's

[terry]

That's good!  Not everyone has the gumption to burn their own CDs.


On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Chuck Graf <cfgraf at gmail.com> wrote:

> Surely someone else has noticed this, but I found it a bit odd.
>  Microcenter
> is selling Linux CD's off a rack near the checkout line.  There are some
> pictures here:
>
> http://cfgraf.com/Linux/Microcenter/
>
> The Ubuntu and Kubuntu disks look like the ones that you can get for free
> from Canonical (8.04 release, the long term support version, which is still
> current).  I know that you can order these CD's in bulk also.  The GPL
> allows you to sell copies of free software for the cost of the media plus a
> reasonable amount to recover expenses.  I am not sure how that applies
> here.
>
> The other two CD's in the display are GParted, which is described as
> partitioning software that will work in Windows and Linux, and a system
> rescue CD, which is probably the SystemRescueCD from here:
> http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page.
>
> In any case it is nice to see these available where people go to buy tech
> stuff.  Linux CD's have always been available in magazines and books in the
> stores, but these CD's are only $2.99.  Maybe a few more home-built
> computers will wind up with Linux on them because of this.
>
> Chuck
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