Gratis CDs

[Daniel Robitaille]

On 12/18/06, Kyle Vanditmars <kylevan at telus.net> wrote:
> So I've added my plan to start an advocacy campaign at school to the
> wiki (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CanadianTeam/ApprovalApplication/) but I
> have a question.
>
> If/when I'm able to get ahold of some Ubuntu CDs, and set up a little
> "giveaway" area, I'm wondering if it would be "okay" to include
> something like the OpenCD in the same place.  The browser thing that
> pops up when you pop an Ubuntu CD into a running Windows system is a
> little light on content, and I think it would be particularly good to
> introduce people to OpenOffice.org and the other "heavyweight" FOSS
> programs even if they perhaps aren't ready/willing to install Ubuntu
> yet.  The argument's been made many times that getting people accustomed
> to the applications will make the switch that much easier.
>
> My only concern is that the costs would probably be prohibitive to get
> "professional" looking copies of the CD (they're $1.75 each from
> http://linuxcd.org/,) and while I'm not averse to burning a 50-cd
> spindle myself, people might be averse to taking one with some of my
> scrawl across the front.
>
> Thoughts? Suggestions?

Ever tried to load an Ubuntu LiveCD in Windows?  It will start a
subset of the OpenCD; last time I checked it contained the installer
of the Windows version of applications like Firefox, Thunderbird, Gimp
and a few others.

So maybe for your needs you don't need to get the actual full-fledged
OpenCD on a seperate CD, but the Ubuntu LiveCD would be enough to give
to people as long as they know that it is not only a linux distro, but
it also contains open source apps that would work in Windows.


-- 
Daniel Robitaille