[Ubuntu Oregon] LoCo CD Strategy for 12.04 LTS

[Brian Murray]

On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 06:10:25PM -0700, James Bradley 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:
> >>
> >>    http://shop.canonical.com/product_info.php?products_id=976
> >>
> >> Do you think you'll actually be able to do them more cheaply than that
> >> locally?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > 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.
> 
> 
> 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.

Thanks for this, I totally forgot I had a LightScribe drive or two and
media for them.  I followed the instructions at the following blog and
it was quite easy:

http://www.thepowerbase.com/2011/10/lightscribe-in-linux-make-gorgeous-discs-in-ubuntu/

You don't need to use -force-architecture anymore though!

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Brian Murray