[ubuntu-za] Sharing a hdd cross-country

[Jan Greeff]

Good ideas guys, but consider that conventional drives get damaged if 
they are thrown around and they will be with the mail and couriers.

Flashdrives are essentially new technology solid state which will 
probably stand up better against abuse but in those sizes they are still 
expensive...

Jan

On 08/05/2013 20:13, Wesley Werner wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> Wesley
>
>
> On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 8:10 PM, Karl Wortmann <karlwortmann at gmail.com 
> <mailto: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
>
>
>     On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 8:07 PM, Celeste <celeste at cyberjacket.co.za
>     <mailto:celeste at cyberjacket.co.za>> wrote:
>
>         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.
>>
>>
>>         --
>>         Wesley
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