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Very awesome! I ordered 15...10x "PC", and 5x "PC 64-bit"
I'm very excited.
scott d
11-20-05, 07:56 PM
be prepared to wait a few months. I got 10 in the mail a few months ago...it had been so long, I had forgotten i had ordered them.
Yeah the shipping says "4-6 weeks"....who cares their free LOL. Plus, I need a new HDD before I install Linux....last time I screwed up WinXP...so I want a backup HDD...I need one anyway.
Scott9027
11-20-05, 09:44 PM
If you are careful to install it to a seperate partition and set up GRUB correctly you shouldn't need a new hard drive. But if you need one anyway it might be easier/safer. I'm going to order a few of these. I always end up burning new ones because I lose my unlabeled disks among the clutter.
stereo555
11-21-05, 10:01 AM
Grabbed one of each .... thx for the post . ;)
Order some ages ago, took about a month to arrive.
Screwed up installing it though, lol :)
You can also get people here on the forums to send you Linux cds:
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=236968
Mostly you have to send them something like a self-addressed envelope and a cdr, though.
You can also get people here on the forums to send you Linux cds:
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=236968
Mostly you have to send them something like a self-addressed envelope and a cdr, though.
Mmm forgot about that, Thanks Gnufish!
WingsofGOD
11-21-05, 09:55 PM
I ordered 50 x86 and 10 x86_64 when they first started doing this. I gave them to a local computer shop to hand out..... That and some lil trick or treaters got linux in their sacks.
Rysjimmy1994
11-21-05, 10:18 PM
I ordered some a couple months ago and I got them within a couple weeks. I wanna say two. That was the second batch I ordered though. The first batch took FOREVER. I actually forgot I ordered them, then when they came it was like a big huge suprise!
damarble
11-21-05, 10:46 PM
That and some lil trick or treaters got linux in their sacks.
LOL
I got about 10 of these earlier. It did take about 2 months to get them but it's still a good deal.
That and some lil trick or treaters got linux in their sacks.
LMAO nice! They prolly pulled them out and were like WTF?
hitokiri_808
11-23-05, 01:18 AM
I ordered one of each.
SinsFeelNatural
11-23-05, 12:16 PM
If you are careful to install it to a seperate partition and set up GRUB correctly you shouldn't need a new hard drive. But if you need one anyway it might be easier/safer. I'm going to order a few of these. I always end up burning new ones because I lose my unlabeled disks among the clutter.
I had grub "infect" itself on my win2000 partition a few years back when I was trying to install Linux. It was hell trying to get it off. Maybe Ill try again soon.
Nice, sweet deal, whats free is free! Cant go wrong.
I finally got my cd's LOL
you cant beat free.
thanks
Bal`thzar
12-24-05, 07:23 AM
yeah I picked up half a dozzen of each took about 6 weeks to get it
godofgorks
12-24-05, 07:41 AM
I finally got my cd's LOL
Mine came a few days ago. :)
Rysjimmy1994
12-24-05, 09:57 AM
Mine came a few days ago. :)
Likewise
Xenocide
12-24-05, 11:49 AM
Mine came a few days ago. :)
me too :D
Nathan0490
12-24-05, 12:37 PM
Date Requested: 2005-12-24
Status: Approved
PC CDs: 15
64-bit PC CDs: 15
Mac CDs: 5
EDIT:
Changed order to-
Date Requested: 2005-12-24
Status: Approved
PC CDs: 20
64-bit PC CDs: 20
Mac CDs: 5
:D
Got mine today. It took about 3 weeks to arrive.
Merry Christmas to me :santa:
@md0Cer
12-24-05, 05:51 PM
I still havn't gotten mine. :-/
I received mine last week, having put in the original order about a day or so after the thread was made. So, about one month's time for completion on my end.
stereo555
12-24-05, 08:11 PM
My 3 disks came today also ... :santa2:
Of course, in the time it took them to send those discs I had already downloaded and burned my own install & live copies of Ubuntu and had time to use it quite effectively when my my main Windows PC boot drive failed :rolleyes:
Nice to have the extra copies, though, as I'll be handing 'em out to friends and such.
Of course, in the time it took them to send those discs I had already downloaded and burned my own install & live copies of Ubuntu and had time to use it quite effectively when my my main Windows PC boot drive failed :rolleyes:
Nice to have the extra copies, though, as I'll be handing 'em out to friends and such.
Yeah, good point, I like it cause I didn't have to use up a bunch of my own CDs to burn them.
millhouse
12-25-05, 03:55 PM
Ordered 25 of PC and 64-bit. I figure my brother can hand them out to the "geeks" he works with at the IT department at his college. Thank you very much for the linkage.
hitokiri_808
12-26-05, 04:27 AM
I received mine as well. It came in on Christmas Eve so I stuck it under the tree for me. Thank you ubuntu.
dippy_skoodlez
12-26-05, 06:28 PM
be prepared to wait a few months. I got 10 in the mail a few months ago...it had been so long, I had forgotten i had ordered them.
Got mine in 3 weeks.
Chrome-
12-27-05, 04:40 PM
Just submitted my request. Hope to get them soon.
How's everyone liking it? I haven't gotten a chance to use mine just yet, cause I'm on x-mas vacation :( and forgot to bring a LiveCD. Oh well.
Welp, I'm finallly getting around to installing Ubuntu now that I have a backup HDD.
@md0Cer
01-03-06, 06:25 PM
Got mine today. :)
I ought to try it out sometime. Now that I have my 200GB Seagate plus my old 40GB Maxtor, I have plenty of room. :D
I like it except I can't get an internet connection :(
I like it except I can't get an internet connection :(
Check out the Alternative OS's section of the forum, they should be able to easily help you with that. :)
That or Ubuntu's forums.
Chrome-
02-06-06, 04:45 PM
This is still a deal guys! Just received my 50 CDs. Each folder comes with an Install CD and a Live CD.
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3715/dsc009473ov.jpg
Nathan0490
02-06-06, 06:53 PM
50 regular windows and 50 64 bit ordered just now. Been giving em out :D
michaelpi
02-06-06, 06:55 PM
aw well my 300 are in the mail
got the same as chrome a while ago. Pretty neat Cds
Soichiro
02-06-06, 08:13 PM
aw well my 300 are in the mail
What could you ever need 300 for?! Geez... I thought I was pushing it when I ordered 100 (50 x86/50 x86_64) a few minutes ago.
Chrome-
02-06-06, 09:44 PM
aw well my 300 are in the mail
Chances are you won't get 300. They cut me down from 70 to 50.
You'll probably get A LOT less than 300.
Rysjimmy1994
02-06-06, 09:54 PM
Ive gotten a couple shipments in now... My G/F keeps getting more and more ****ed when she sees the big white envelope. She knows theres more clutter on its way! Oh well I see if you order 50 you get a box so what the hell Ill try for 70 :)
OC/ingmaddog
02-06-06, 09:54 PM
Just ordered 75 PC versions and 50 64-bit versions. Thanks! Hope to get approved and see them by the end of the month.
kwongnewman
02-06-06, 10:27 PM
Takes over a month to receive them. But you do get them in the end! I ordered a couple and gave some away.
michaelpi
02-06-06, 10:51 PM
ya just tell them you want to install on your school network
michaelpi
02-06-06, 10:59 PM
i just orderd arond 1000 just now diffrent names and diffrent adresses haha
Got mine in the mail a week or so ago and I just used the live CD to check it out. It seems really nice and responsive. I think I will build a rig with it to really check it out.
i just orderd arond 1000 just now diffrent names and diffrent adresses haha
Why?
Do you believe that if it is free you have to take as much as possible? ...or are you just afraid you misspelled the addresses.
i just orderd arond 1000 just now diffrent names and diffrent adresses haha
Are you trying to abuse the system? Don't do that dude, it's not cool.
Beginner
02-07-06, 08:17 PM
guys anybody have a working system with ubunto installed? instead of abusing the link, would any of you mind sending me one in exchange for shipping and heat?
*** this is not a for sale/to buy post. a mere exchange, nothing is being sold or purchased, only compensation for the shipment of said disk and heatware evaluation as a good favor of faith ***
(don't want to violate any forum rules :) ).
Did you try this thread (I already posted the link, but whatever)?
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=236968
Beginner
02-07-06, 09:25 PM
Did you try this thread (I already posted the link, but whatever)?
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=236968
thanks, i'm an xxxtreme newby, i can barely get windows formatted successfully :)
i'll do some reading and researching, the closest thing to linux i've run is a smoothwall.
i bought a book called "linux complete". i'm hoping to learn and implement it successfully in my own network/webserver(i hope to have one someday).
DipStickTony
02-07-06, 11:01 PM
I've never ordered a CD, but I love ubuntu as well as kubuntu, I'm not a linux master but these distros are worth your time. Every computer one of my relatives/sister uses runs this since I used to have to de-spyware all they're computers every 2 months. Needless to say my 80 year old grandma had no trouble going from win98 to ubuntu to check her mail/weather/lotto/solitare :).
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