DVD downloads?

[Ric Moore]

On Sat, 2010-10-09 at 00:57 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 08/10/2010 21:47, Dave Howorth wrote:
> > Alan Pope wrote:
> >    
> >> On 8 October 2010 11:29, Dave Howorth<dhoworth at mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk>  wrote:
> >>      
> >>> I've seen that the normal DVD downloads just contain extra language
> >>> packs. That isn't what I want; it's more of the general applications if
> >>> possible. Or is there a way to tell synaptic or some other tool to make
> >>> a DVD with my choice of packages?
> >>>        
> >> As an alternative option you could grab the CD ISO and then mirror the
> >> entire repo onto a usb hard disk at work. 17GB or thereabouts will get
> >> you the binary only (ie no source packages) deb files for one
> >> architecture.
> >>      
> > That's a great idea except I don't have any USB disks :(
> >
> > I guess I could buy one but does anybody have any other ideas?
> >
> > Thanks, Dave
> >    
> 
> Provided that you live in North America, you could do what Ric Moore 
> does - he orders the compleat DVD, with all the whiz bang things from
> 
> ondisk.com
> 
> for ~$7.50. Don't know if that included postage.

There it is, right off of my invoice... 

Products
------------------------------------------------------
1 x Ubuntu 10.10 CD or DVD (Maverick) = $4.99
        Available Media DVD
        Computer Type 32 bit (x86)
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Sub-Total: $4.99
Standard (First Class Mail : 0.04 lb(s)): $2.07
Total: $7.06


It will save me (and the list) $7.06 worth of aggravation, so that is
~cheap~, nor will I be plaguing the list with a bunch of BS errors. If
something does go wrong, it'll be a serious error, not a self-inflicted
one. Ric
  

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