[Ubuntu Oregon] LoCo CD Strategy for 12.04 LTS

[Cody Smith]

On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Cody Smith <cody.smith9202 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 6:10 PM, James Bradley <jim at oregoncanoesport.com>wrote:
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>> On 04/20/2012 05:36 PM, Benjamin Kerensa wrote:
>> > On 04/20/2012 05:27 PM, Steve Langasek wrote:
>> >> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 05:12:52PM -0700, Benjamin Kerensa wrote:
>> >>> So as you are all aware we did not get granted approval status which
>> >>> we all had hoped for during this cycle as such we will not get a
>> >>> guaranteed shipment of CD's for the purpose of distributing to
>> >>> people interested in Ubuntu.
>> >>
>> >>> Nathan and I have been discussing the most cost-effective way of
>> >>> getting CD's produced with professional results yet at a very low
>> >>> cost to us since we (those who decide to contribute to the cost)
>> >>> will have shoulder it.
>> >>
>> >>> Does anyone have any feedback or ideas?
>> >>
>> >> Official CDs are available for sale in the Canonical store, at
>> >> roughly the
>> >> cost of media:
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>> >>    http://shop.canonical.com/product_info.php?products_id=976
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>> >> Do you think you'll actually be able to do them more cheaply than that
>> >> locally?
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>> > It actually would appear Canonical waives shipping price on CD's which
>> > is actually pretty nice... But we are still talking $200+ for 200 CD's
>> > I can get spindles of 100 CD's for like $15-20 and I'm not sure what
>> > labels would cost... The biggest thing I am concerned about is burning
>> > out by CD/DVD drive on my laptop.
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>> As an addendum to the last email: You'd need to look into the support
>> for LightScribe on Ubuntu. I know it is possible, but the last time I
>> looked into it, some years ago, it was far from easy.
>>
>> JVLB
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> I use Lightscribe often, and judging from what you said, JVLB, it's much
> easier now.
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> --C_smith
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