[ubuntu-za] Edgy CDs for the community
Jan Kroeze
thejcwk at gmail.com
Fri Mar 9 03:43:16 GMT 2007
Point taken. Perhaps we should bring this to the attention of the
appropriate people so they can redirect South African queries to us?
On 08/03/07, Justin Hartman <jjhartman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 3/8/07, Jan Kroeze <thejcwk at gmail.com> wrote:
> > At the end of the month I can download an ISO for you and mail the
> written
> > CD if you're still experiencing problems, just tell me in good time. You
> can
> > also try one of the freedom toasters, they're listen on the Ubuntu
> website.
>
> The problem Jan is that I eventually had to make a plan elsewhere but
> my point is why offer a service like that if it's so inefficient? This
> is also not the first time this has happened either. When Ubuntu 5 was
> launched I did exactly the same thing and after a 3 month wait and a
> subsequent move to Suse I didn't need the bloody disks anymore.
>
> Surely we as a community can do better? Is it not a better option for
> requests from shipit to come directly to the loco for distribution or
> is this the current process? I don't know how it all works but IMHO it
> needs to improve. I dread to think how many people canned Ubuntu after
> losing patience or picked up a copy elsewhere.
>
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