10.04 CDs

[Paul Tagliamonte]

On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Aaron Toponce <atoponce at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> I find this unfortunate. By not shipping 64-bit, you're hindering 64-bit
> penetration in the market. Just as an FYI- HPUX, Solaris, Irix, AIX, and
> many "enterprise" UNIX vendors have been 64-bit for years and years. Even
> Apple recognizes the need to move to 64-bit computing with their efforts to
> make OS X completely 64-bit. So, by not shipping 64-bit pressed CDs, I think
> you're making a mistake.
> Just my thoughts on the matter.

Feel free to download the ISO[1] and hand them out along with the
pressed CDs, this is what I have done traditionally.

Most people seem more interested in IA-32 anyway

>
> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Maria Randazzo
> <maria.randazzo at canonical.com> wrote:
>>
>> That is correct we used to ship Ubuntu 64 bit, but we don't produce them
>> anymore.
>>
>> Thanks :)
>> Maria
>>
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: 10.04 CDs
>> From: Alan Pope <alan at popey.com>
>> To: Ubuntu local community team (LoCo) contacts
>> <loco-contacts at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Date: 07/04/10 16:01
>>
>> > On 7 April 2010 15:52, David Rubin<drubin at ubuntu.com>  wrote:
>> >> They have never shipped 64bit in the past, I would still recommend
>> >> only shipping the 32bit because generally these CD's are to give away
>> >> at events and to newbie users who might not have 64bit PCs.
>> >>
>> >
>> > I have plenty of 64-bit CDs that have been shipped to me. So to say
>> > they have 'never shipped 64bit' is somewhat misleading. The most
>> > recent releases have been shipped 32-bit only.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Al.
>> >
>>
>>
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-Paul

[1]: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

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