DVD's or not? (was Re: Rrrrolling Rrreleases

[Martin Owens]

It depends on the community, there are still places where CDs are very
useful. And there are places where it's not. If we can afford to buy
1GB memory sticks and ship them out by the truck full, then maybe we
should kickstarter that as a project for LoCos to invest into.

Best Regards, Martin Owens

On 1 March 2013 10:46, Randall Ross <randall at executiv.es> wrote:
> On 13-03-01 06:50 AM, Alan Bell wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> as you have probably seen there has been discussion opened up about
>> having a rolling release between the LTS releases. My guess is that
>> this means the approved LoCo teams would get a CD pack to distribute
>> every two years rather than every 6 months. Anyone know if this is a
>> good guess, and does anyone have an opinion on this?
>>
>> Personally I am fine with that, it would be good to have a slightly
>> bigger shipment of desktop DVDs every two years (I have no idea why we
>> ever press the Server CDs) distributing them every 6 months is kind of
>> inefficient, this way the LTS will have more long term relevance as a
>> pressed DVD.
>>
>> Alan.
>>
>>
>
> I would like to see DVD media phased out totally, and the funds used for
> something that will help spread Ubuntu more quickly. (e.g. marketing
> materials).
>
> In my experience free CD's/DVD's no longer help drive Ubuntu adoption. I
> have also received comments from my local community about their negative
> environmental impact and I share those concerns.
>
> Cheers,
> Randall.
>
>
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