Ubuntu 7.10 DVDs available at Barnes & Noble and Borders

[geoffrey froner]

Thanks for the heads up about getting the Ubu DVD.  It would be great if
other distros did the same.  (What would it be if Billy did likewise?
Mind-boggling).  Keep in mind that you cant leap over upgrades... what I
mean is that you need to go from Edgy Eft to Feisty Fawn and then to Gutsy
Gibbon, else there may be problems.  Actually, I've read it in many places
and tend to believe it to be true.  One way around it would be to format the
disk which holds Efty and then install GG as a fresh install.

Cheers,

Geoffrey



On Jan 30, 2008 6:27 PM, =JeffH <Jeff.Hodges at kingsmountain.com> wrote:

> Ubuntu 7.10 DVDs available at Barnes & Noble and Borders
> <
> http://kingsmountain.com/blog/archives/2008/01/30/ubuntu-710-dvds-available-at
> -barnes-noble-and-borders/>
>
> I was browsing in the newsstand section at my local Barnes & Noble
> recently,
> and noticed a bright red & white magazine with "Ubuntu 7.10 + edubuntu,
> kubuntu, xubuntu" across its cover. Upon reading further I noticed it
> contains
> two bootable DVDs, one with the aforementioned four distributions in
> 32-bit,
> and the other with the same four in 64-bit. The price is $15. Wow, very
> cool.
> As I am presently running Kubuntu 6.10 "Edgy Eft" on my lapstation and
> thinking about upgrading, I bought it. I've played around with the 32-bit
> DVD
> and booted up each of the distros, and installed Kubuntu on a separate
> disk
> just to check if all works ok, and it did.
>
> The magazine includes articles about installing and configuring, with lots
> of
> illustrations and screen shots. Well-suited for checking-out Ubuntu by
> newly
> interested parties.
>
> Apparently, the publishing company behind this (as well as "Linux Identity
> Office" and "Fedora 8 - Linux Identity Kit") is OXYpress LLC, with
> presences
> in both France and the USA.
>
> Of course, one can always download any and all flavors of Ubuntu for free
> from..
>
>    http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu
>
> ..but I\u2019ve been wanting to check out the edubuntu and xubuntu
> flavors, as
> well as 64-bit Kubuntu, so picking it up in a nice pre-done package is
> great.
> Saves the hassle of downloading and burning discs and such.
>
> I also noted a similar Mandrake GNU/Linux distro magazine, apparently from
> a
> different publisher (but I'm not sure, don't quote me).
>
> =JeffH sez check it out ;)
>
>
>
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