Re: Shipit now taking orders for Feisty!

From: Conrad Knauer <atheoi_at_no.spam.please>
Date: Tue Apr 24 2007 - 16:02:25 CST

I'll be sure to bring them to the meetings (I'm hoping they're here
for the May one) after I get them.

CK

P.S. Scott, you might want to put down a rubber sheet in your living
room for future meetings ^_-

P.P.S. Anyone bringing a dual-boot computer to the meeting tomorrow?
I'd like to demo a fun little niche disto called Ophcrack
(http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/) which came in handy the other day
for a friend of mine. I'll probably also bring a Live CD of the OLPC
Sugar GUI (http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2530&Itemid=449)

On 4/24/07, Nels Nielson <nels.nielson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Well, when you get one Conrad, I'd like a 64-bit disk and a 32-bit disk. There's just something all warm and comfortable about having a nicely manufactured disk with elegant packaging. A much better sensation then that other one that while it feels all warm and comfortable too, you soon find you get cold quickly and the floor is all wet. ;D
>
> -Nels
>
>
>
> On 4/24/07, Conrad Knauer <atheoi@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 4/17/07, Conrad Knauer <atheoi@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > https://shipit.ubuntu.com/
> > >
> > > FYI, I ordered 200 (175 32-bit and 25 64-bit), but last time when I
> > > ordered 100, they send 60, so we shall see how many they actually send
> > > :)
> > >
> > > Any disks that you get and don't need, just bring to the meeting and
> > > I'll gather up as usual.
> >
> > <grin> Looks like I won't be getting 200 ;)
> >
> > "200 CDs requested on 2007-04-17. 25 CDs were approved and sent to the
> > shipping company 11 hours ago. Please note requests usually take from
> > 4 to 6 weeks to deliver, depending on the country of shipping."
> >
> > This is a significant drop in the approval number and appears to be a
> > continuation of a trend (contrast with 100 shipped of 100 requested in
> > Oct. 2005 and 60/100 in June 2006). I'm guessing these free CDs are
> > becoming increasingly popular :)
> >
> > CK
> >
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