[ubuntu-za] Fwd: DVD news

[Hilton Gibson]

I agree with the sentiment. Thats why the note in orange on our help
website. See: http://ubuntu.sun.ac.za


On 5 April 2013 20:30, Neil Oosthuizen <nlsthzn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just a heads up...
>
>
> Neil
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Laura Czajkowski <laura at lczajkowski.com>
> Date: 5 April 2013 21:22
> Subject: DVD news
> To: "Ubuntu local community team (LoCo) contacts"
> <loco-contacts at lists.ubuntu.com>
>
>
> Aloha folks,
>
> A number of people have been asking for an update on the 13.04 DVD
> allocation, the LoCo Council contacted Canonical to see what was
> happening this cycle.
> Below is the mail we were asked to share with people from Canonical.
>
>
> ============================================================================================================
> Hi all,
>
> This is just to let you know that going forward, Canonical will not be
> producing DVDs for standard releases.We understand that to
> convert interested experimenters to Ubuntu users we need to provide
> and outstanding initial user-experience, and the ability for the user
> to
> explore and learn in safety with a supporting network of experts
> around them. The LoCo teams are a key to that second part as you
> provide a personal experience that's local to the user.
>
> While we love users to be on the latest version of Ubuntu, the key
> thing for new users is a known, stable and supported environment. So
> to make sure we
> provide that we'll be shipping you the LTS release CDs rather than the
> latest standard release.
>
> Therefore, there won't be DVDs for 13.04 as going forward our focus
> will be on LTS releases. The next production of DVDs will be 14.04. To
> bridge the gap till 14.04,we will continue to supply 12.04 DVDs for
> events. You can request DVDs for events through Shipit as
> normal.[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuAtConferences]
>
> Thank you for your continued and valuable support in making Ubuntu great.
>
> Michelle
>
>
> ===============================================================================================================
>
> Laura
>
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> LoCo Council Member
> Community Council Member
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