Unpacking the Ubuntu Linux CD’s
Today I have received this wonderful envelope from Canonical LTD with two Ubuntu 7.10 CD’s inside. One for the 32-bit computer and the other for the 64-bit computer. Although by now I have already installed the Ubuntu Operating System on my laptop, these eye-catching seed-ee’s live for another purpose. You see, in the next few days, the information contained within them will spread like a network virus that replicates trough the human mind. It may already have infected my dad who saw them on my desk and could not contain his curiosity. He asked what they are and I explained to him: Free CD’s that contain a Free Computer Operating System called Ubuntu. He smiled and told me that he has yet to see a catch-free gift in his mailbox, he said “All I get is bills and lawsuit citations” then he asked: “Is it from a religious sect?”.
As we discussed on the Linux topic I switched to Gusty Gibbon and showed him around. He didn’t say if he likes it or not, probably because he’s a novice computer user, but one thing he asked me: “How much did we pay for XP?”.
Although I will not install it on his computer right now, the next time “XP” fails he will be glad to have Ubuntu instead.
It’s only a matter of time that my relatives will start using Linux over Windows, mostly because of the financial advantage. The cheapest Vista is $100, but we can compare Ubuntu to the Ultimate version which is about $400. I know the US dollar value is low these days but you can still buy a new computer with that amount of money. My two Ubuntu OS CD’s will show them the way… into err… out of the Matrix.
Without further due ado, here are the unpacking pictures (click to zoom, opens in a new window):
After just one week from placing my order on http://shipit.ubuntu.com/ the package arrived:
There’s a small disclaimer on the back of the envelope explaining the contents, purpose and contact information:
I was pleasantly surprised to find 4 Ubuntu stickers inside too:
The eye-catching, question-popping, curiosity-starting Live CD’s that are alive:
And now it’s time to pimp my Fujitsu Siemens laptop (I wonder how many people will install Ubuntu because of this):
Ubuntu melts the ice so fast, there’s no reason to break it…
“further _ado_”
You have been dugg: http://digg.com/linux_unix/Is_Canonical_a_religious_sect_that_preaches_Ubuntu
Comment by b — November 18, 2007 @ 1:51 am
LINUX WILL NEVER CATCH ON IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.YOU STUPID LIBERELS WITH UR DUMB IDEAS ABOUT LINUX AND END WAR IN IRAQ CAN GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY COUNTRIE NOITHING WILL EVER BE MORE POWERFAL THAN MICROSOFT.SUPPORT THE US CORPORATIONS!!!!
Comment by TED HAMMERS — November 18, 2007 @ 2:08 am
you suck
Comment by me — November 18, 2007 @ 4:44 am
Nice, but how is Gutsi working - do you have suspend/hibernate/resume and wifi with wep/wpa ?
Comment by cucu — November 18, 2007 @ 5:07 am
>LINUX WILL NEVER CATCH ON IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.YOU STUPID LIBERELS WITH >UR DUMB IDEAS ABOUT LINUX AND END WAR IN IRAQ CAN GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY COUNTRIE >NOITHING WILL EVER BE MORE POWERFAL THAN MICROSOFT.SUPPORT THE US CORPORATIONS!!!!
AN ARTICULATE, INTELLIGENT GENTLEMEN DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF IN HIS USAGE OF CAPITALISED TEXT!
Comment by Exclamation — November 18, 2007 @ 6:18 am
for cucu:
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Gutsy
Comment by _the_matrix_ — November 18, 2007 @ 6:37 am
ha ha - ted hammers (comment 2) for president! definitely
Comment by voting public — November 18, 2007 @ 6:39 am
“US” corporation? You are aware that a corporation only marginally cares about its origins and that profit is more important than origin? One important advantage with Linux is that you win back a little freedom in what you _can_ do. The disadvantage with Microsoft is that they can do what they want and get away with it, like designing an OS like Vista which is worse than XP, and laugh into the face of customers telling them “whatcha gonna do about it ha? switch to linux? omg we gonna sue you!”
Comment by she — November 18, 2007 @ 7:55 am
My company bought a laptop for me to use to demo a new software product. The product is made to run under Linux, and I am going to carry the laptop around to customers to demo the software. It is a Dell D630 and I put Ubuntu 7.10 on it. I run Windows 2003 server standard on it in a VM since the client runs under Windows. The thing works great. I just wish I had a few of those Ubuntu stickers to stick over the Dell logo.
Comment by NL — November 18, 2007 @ 8:05 am
Yo TED HAMMERS. I’m a Republican, you dipshit, and I use Ubuntu at the office and at home. My wife and kids use it too. My wife got hacked and had identity theft with Windows, and so we made a lifestyle change for the better with Ubuntu.
Also, here’s some logic for you, bone head. Republicans believe in capitalism. Ubuntu is the pure expression of it. Ever been to a car dealership? Ever hear of the concept of giving away something below cost or free to draw the customers in the door? That’s what Ubuntu is. You get a free OS, but you pay for tech support, consulting, and for server add-on products like monitoring, rollout, and management tools. (Yes, there are free support options, other consultants besides Canonical Corp consultants, and other monitoring/rollout/management tools besides the ones that Canonical sells — but this is how Canonical makes its money besides from donations and those who choose to actually purchase the CDs.)
Comment by Super MIke — November 18, 2007 @ 10:05 am
Ubuntu is good, but there are other good distros like openSUSE, PClinuxOS. Anyway Linux Rocks !!! Though I thought Linux was more socialist….
Comment by Rey Cazador — November 18, 2007 @ 10:53 am
Isn’t it lovely? Free free free. Who wants to pay for an operating system that doesn’t work, is slow and needs the best hardware that is there on the market (which means extra dollars to pay)?
I’ll vote you right away on digg
Cheers,
Maarten
Comment by Maarten Kooiker — November 18, 2007 @ 10:56 am
GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY COUNTRIE!!!!! STOP TEASING ME WITH YOU’RE BIG THROBBING COCKS!! STUPID LIBERELS AND UR POWERFAL RITING SKILLS!1 NOITHING WILL EVER BE MORE SEXY THAN SUCKING ON BIG THROBBING COCKS. BILL GATES GAVE ME A REACHAROUND.SUPPORT THE US CORPORATIONS!!!!
Comment by TED HAMMERS — November 19, 2007 @ 3:20 am
It’s quite clear, Ted Hammers is working for Billy G., who is the head of a well know Redmond organization, which is a Black OP collaboration between the NSA and the CIA, to spy and control the American People, and enslave the world.
Fight for freedom!
Long live Ubuntu and all Linux distros
FREEDOM FREEDOM FREEDOM FREEDOM
Comment by Luc Ifer — November 19, 2007 @ 8:37 pm
Great post, found it from Digg and laughed because I went through something similar with both my father back in ‘98 with Debian GNU/Linux (”Free? I smell a conspiracy!”) and with my boss just a couple of months back (”What’s the catch? I mean really”).
Take care and I’ll see you on the ‘nets
Comment by Mike — November 20, 2007 @ 2:38 pm
Preferring Ubuntu over Windows is a rational decision in any style economy, capitalist or otherwise. I do believe Ted Hamer is a troll being paid by Microsoft though, as often happens in web forums and in comment areas like here (Microsoft has a whole department whose employees “join” internet discussions and contact the media, effectively as shills for MS products). If Ted Hommer had half a brain he might realize that people from all over the political spectrum are finding Linux a compelling and liberating choice. What all these Linux switchers do have in common is that they are above-average intelligence and know that Linux is the future of computing–they just want to be in on things early!
Comment by Jake Vines — November 21, 2007 @ 4:57 am
Its kind of funny that even though Ted is probably being paid, he still sounds like a complete idiot and writes in all caps and bad spelling. Really, does MS/whatever really think we will listen to this? They ARE idiots!
Go Linux!
Comment by Nick — December 24, 2007 @ 7:58 pm
ubuntu group is doing well by sending free linux operating system cd’s this is the only group i have seen
Comment by chethan — February 4, 2008 @ 3:30 am
Thanks for the free CD … will support Ubuntu .. my favourite distro ever…
Comment by bytesurfer — March 8, 2008 @ 4:08 am
Isn’t it lovely? Free free free. Who wants to pay for an operating system that doesn’t work, is slow and needs the best hardware that is there on the market (which means extra dollars to pay)?
Comment by sivakumar — March 13, 2008 @ 9:05 am
It’s great. I have get those free CDs. i have installed it, and belive me that is the very nice, easy to operate, installation is very easy,take less GBs in hard disk to install,and also free,
and all in one CD…. for that i have to pay nothing, and working on it is easier than XP/vista….
there is another one to visit “http://ultimateedition.info/”
i want to say that this is a “GOD” in all ubuntu distro
everything is in one installation….
Comment by Namit Kewat — March 20, 2008 @ 1:41 am
I GOT A PACKET WHICH CONTAINS TWO CDS OF FREE OPERATINGSYSTEMS .
FIRST THOUGHT THAT IT WILL BE ACHEETING .
BUT IT IS WORKING
I AM USING THAT THING NOW
THANKS
Comment by Rafi — March 21, 2008 @ 7:25 am
linux is d future!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ballz to all!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by sat — March 22, 2008 @ 12:19 am
hi i want linux os.pls send me!
Comment by abdul — March 28, 2008 @ 1:46 am
Hai i want ubuntu os please send me…
Comment by B.SathishKumar — April 6, 2008 @ 3:28 am
Could you send me a copy of Ubuntu as well as
any other free distrobutions you may have about?
(IF you happen to have Minux3 That would be great to have as well!)
Namaste’
Scot
Comment by Scot Albert — April 8, 2008 @ 4:35 pm
Ubuntu is great.
Windows cant even come nearer to Linux.
Is there any other Linux versions which provide free home delivery like.,
Ubuntu,
Kubuntu
Comment by aristo — April 10, 2008 @ 3:01 am
suck !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by shafihot — April 22, 2008 @ 6:45 am
VISTA IS NASTY, IT’S JUST LIKE A BIG FAT HUNGRY LAZY LAZY GUY WHO EATS A LOT
DOES LITTLE, IT SHOULD BE BEFORE WINDOWS 95. THEY COULDN’T MAKE IT.
BUT, I STILL LIKE THEM, BECAUSE THEY EVEN CAN MAKE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WITH THE UGLY THINGS LIKE THAT.
MS NEEDS TO BE UPDATED AND UBUNTU IS DOING SO.
FREEDOM HAS JUST STARTED.
BY UBUNTU & KUBUNTU, FREEDOM IS MUCH CLOSER NOW.
WE ALL SHOULD SAY THANKS TO THE UBUNTU & KUBUNTU GROUP.
THANKS AND GOD BLESSED YOU ALL.
REQUEST YOUR FREE CD’S NOW AND SMELL THE FREEDOM.
https://launchpad.net/+login?origin=shipit-kubuntu
HAVA A GREAT UBUNTU.
Comment by VISTA HATER — May 1, 2008 @ 7:43 pm
ubuntu is marvellous.
Ubuntu is better than Windows
Comment by CHANDRASEKAR.M — May 2, 2008 @ 3:16 am
i have heard for linux and i have got interest in it.
Comment by Frimpong Enoch — May 2, 2008 @ 10:43 am
please send me fedora 8
adress
basundhara,
kathmandu
nepal
Comment by kinar timilsina — May 12, 2008 @ 1:57 am