[ubuntu-in] What to do of Old Ubuntu Disc

[Gaurish Sharma]

i distributed the disc to my class but got most of them back with a comment
"WTF it is?, "
God i am tired of making people switch, from now on i just order one disc
only.

On 4/25/07, Nirbheek Chauhan <nirbheek.chauhan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, that kind of thing will be a better thing to do.
>
> On the other hand, he _could_ hand them over to his little sister and let
> her make coasters out of them :P
>
> On 4/24/07, Ravi S. Kumar <ra21vi at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > But what will he do with the old ones? Can't just throw. So woudn't be
> > it good idea tto distribute it among friends, saying its ubuntu, new os,
> > I have the latest, but this you can try and if you want latest, I will
> > give you.
> >
> > Note, that not every new trial user will accept Ubuntu, if he fears to
> > miss some Windows specific apps or environment, Also, he can distribute
> > to computer sc friends, who don;t want to install linux to his system,
> > but the course ware (networking, c++ programming etc, Unix systems) task
> > can be dont on live cds.
> >
> > On Tue, 2007-04-24 at 18:40 +0530, Nirbheek Chauhan wrote:
> > > I honestly think thats a bad idea. The older ones have bad hardware
> > > support and the applications are old. Hence it does not present an
> > > accurate picture of Linux/Ubuntu.
> > > I have had people have problems with the old Live CDs which were fixed
> > > in later versions. Like the network card (nforce) not working, the gdm
> >
> > > crashing, etc etc.
> > >
> > > On 4/23/07, Ravi S. Kumar <ra21vi at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >         Distribute them, to your friends who want to give new OS a
> > >         try, and from
> > >         next time just order 2-3 cds, and if needed you can burn more.
> > >         Cooperate
> > >         my friends
> > >
> > >         On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 10:46 +0530, mehul wrote:
> > >         >
> > >         >
> > >         > On 4/23/07, Gaurish Sharma <gary4gar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >         >         i have couple of ubuntu disc lying with with of
> > >         older versions
> > >         >         thats 5.10 & 6.06
> > >         >         tell me what to do with it?
> > >         > You can still use/give 6.06 as it's still supported and gets
> >
> > >         updates.
> > >         > As for 5.10,
> > >         > I still have it's live CD's lying around can come in handy
> > >         for rescue.
> > >
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Regards,
Gaurish Sharma
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