[ubuntu-za] Sharing a hdd cross-country

[Wesley Werner]

Thank you Celeste!

I forgot to mention that I am donating my 500GB drive for this. D'oh! But
how about we use both if you'd still like to :)

Karl, we need at least 200GB. I'm not sure about cheaper, but certainly
smaller and lighter! I'd like to find out more of how much the larger ones
cost, but right now I can't really spend much which is why I'm donating
what I already have.

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Wesley


On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 8:10 PM, Karl Wortmann <karlwortmann at gmail.com>wrote:

> Why not use a flash drive? It's cheaper, smaller and lighter - therefore
> easier to send - and less prone to failure from bumps etc.
>
>
> Karl / Cantide
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> On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 8:07 PM, Celeste <celeste at cyberjacket.co.za> wrote:
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>>  I think that is a great idea I will gladly donate a drive 500GB.... I
>> like the idea of sender pays and so on ..... I do think that a week should
>> surfice rather than 2 ??? Maybeee ...
>>
>> I have loads of free software and will gladly post discs to those who
>> require urgent patches etc ....
>>
>> Celeste
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>> On 08 May 2013 7:55:10 PM Wesley Werner ** wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> William, this is related to you asking donating hdd's in DBNLUG for
>> Ubuntu and repos. I have an idea and am posting it here to reach a more
>> country-wide group. This is the proposal, I'd like to see what interest
>> there is.
>>
>> # The drive share project
>>
>> It's not easy to get new Operating Systems or software Repositories on
>> _limited bandwidth_. There are many of us in beautiful South Africa who
>> would love to receive a disk filled with Free Software, I certainly would!
>>
>> I have the idea to donate a HDD to be carted around the country in the
>> spirit of spreading more Free stuff. Everyone likes free stuff! This is
>> version 1 of the idea, right now I don't know how well this will work so
>> please give your input.
>>
>> The base of the disk contents will be GNU / Linux distributions. There
>> will be a designated directory for user contributed content too.
>>
>> ## Disk
>>
>> One 500 GB SATA drive, formatted as UDF, with a directory structure
>> organized for OS's and software.
>>
>> Why UDF? Even though it is widely used by CD/DVD media the specification
>> allows for HDD's.
>>
>> * Because it was designed for information exchange.
>> * Because it is an open standard.
>> * Because of 64-bit file size.
>> * Because of unicode file names.
>>
>> I'd love to hear criticism of my fs choice, and am open to all
>> suggestions and alternatives.
>>
>> I think it would be nice if we can get an enclosure for the disk, it
>> would certainly help connecting it up to your PC's.
>>
>> ## Transport
>>
>> Logistics would be the hardest part to coordinate and fund. If I was a
>> millionaire... I'd buy everyone DSL instead ;)
>>
>> A courier will cost some monies, and I am uncertain how to spread these
>> costs. It does come to mind the person receiving pays COD, and if there is
>> a group of you in a region, split the delivery cost and then shift the disk
>> between each other. How does this sound?
>>
>> A quick search shows postnet-to-postnet costs R99 for the first 2kg,
>> there is the packaging detail too (air tight required?). Thus if its
>> pay-before-post it works out each person pays for the next delivery. That
>> means I get to pay the first delivery :)
>>
>> ## Schedule
>>
>> We need to draw up a list of people who would like the disk, together
>> with a loose timeline to keep a decent schedule. Is 2 weeks per person
>> enough time? Listing the schedule to an optimized path is a heck of a good
>> idea too in reducing transport costs.
>>
>> That's the basic idea, loves? flames? that is all.
>>
>>
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>> Wesley
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