Someone Tries to Sell Ubuntu GNOME Linux OS on Craigslist for $30

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I don't think "doing it solely for your own good" contradicts doing 
something that might be of benefit to some others, as if you have to 
take the interests of those others into account before you start doing 
something.

The highest good anyone can does for himself or herself is also the 
highest good for everyone else. You don't have to take into 
consideration all of the interests for all of the other parties before 
you start doing your thing. That aside, probably doing someone a 
service, thinking that the product might be of use to someone, is good 
enough in itself.

But I don't think the person is trying to sell a copy of Ubuntu Gnome, 
as the other author mentioned. I think the person is trying to sell a 
complete system that has Ubuntu Gnome installed on it, and actually the 
wording is so bad that you can't distinguish between the two.

I think the best service you can do to this person is to help him 
clarify what he wants to sell, but that aside, it's not like there's a 
monumental problem here; the guy wrote a bad ad.

There are people selling copies of Ubuntu Linux (and other derivatives 
or distributions) and I know there is one in the Netherlands and he is 
actually doing a service to people who cannot download or burn 
themselves. There are also people I believe on Amazon or Similar in the 
USA doing the same thing. You buy a small package for a small price, 
usually around $8 or $10, and you get a DVD sent to you.

You can end up in situations in life where the simple means of burning a 
disc yourself can be unavailable to you.

Then having a DVD sent to you is a real help.

Regards,

Patrik Bubák schreef op 22-6-2015 om 10:18:
> /"This Not Windows But It runs smooth. More Like Apple mac os x Type. 
> Linux Operating System. Just Boot from Start Up Screen Or Desktop."/ - 
> who the heck wrote this sentence? An elementary school drop out?
>
>
> I think you guys fail to see the point that this person might solely 
> be doing it for their own good.
>
> Just look at the grammar. Do you honestly think they might actually be 
> doing the community a service by "spreading the word" this way? 
> Without a proper product presentation the one offering this doesn't 
> sound like an honest entity.
>
> If I were to profit from offering any kind of services involving UG I 
> would definitely make it look professional, not posting one sentence 
> as written by Tarzan.
>
> Nothing ruins creativity like too many voices weighing in. We call it 
> the /Ice Cream Principle/. Tell 10 people to go get ice cream with one 
> condition: they all have to agree on one flavour. That flavour is 
> going to be chocolate or vanilla every time. Groups of people don't 
> agree on what's cool or interesting, they agree on what's easy to 
> agree on.
>
>
>     -------- Original Message --------
>     Subject: Someone Tries to Sell Ubuntu GNOME Linux OS on Craigslist
>     for $30
>     Time (GMT): Jun 22 2015 03:47:33
>     From: amjjawad at gnome.org
>     To: ubuntu-gnome at lists.ubuntu.com
>
>     Hi everyone,
>
>     I found this tweet on Twitter:
>     https://twitter.com/Softpedia/status/612791924282540033
>
>     The article:
>     http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/Someone-Tries-to-Sell-Ubuntu-GNOME-Linux-OS-on-Craigslist-for-30-484867.shtml?utm_content=bufferb8c51&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
>
>     Here is the ad:
>     http://fayetteville.craigslist.org/sys/5040249435.html
>
>     When you click on "Reply" and tell the website that you're not a
>     bot/machine, you'll get the number of the person who published
>     that ad 29 days ago!
>
>     Could someone who lives in USA to contact that person and
>     understand what is going on?!
>
>     As a person who respects privacy, I am not going to publish
>     his/her number here on a public mailing list.
>
>     I'll be waiting for someone's reply to this :)
>
>     Thank you!
>
>     @Keith
>     Can you give him/her a call, please?
>
>
>     -- 
>     Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
>
>     Best Regards,
>     Ali/amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad>
>
>     *http://kibo.computer* - http://torios.net - Ubuntu GNOME
>     <http://ubuntugnome.org/>
>
>
>
>

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