[LUGSB] Linux LiveCDs

[Jan Kasiak]

We could get a LightScribe burner + LightScribe DVDs/CDs.

-Jan

On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Richard Yao <ryao at ic.sunysb.edu> wrote:

> I called Kinko's and asked about how much it would cost for them to
> print labels on blank CDs. For a quantity of 50 to 100, they charge 50
> cents per CD. I didn't bother to ask about the inserts, but it seems
> to me that it would be cheaper if we just produced the CDs ourshelves.
> Newegg has the stuff we would need:
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151188
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817292020
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827998021
>
> If we order a burner with accompanying CDs and jewelcases for 100
> LiveCDs by Monday (there is a $3.99 coupon code that expires on
> Monday), it would cost $81.70. That is less than Kinko's would charge
> us if we take into account the fact that we would still need to
> purchase something to store them. Anyway, if we get those things, I
> imagine that we could repurpose one of the machines in the SBCS office
> to manufacture LiveCDs. We could likely print our own inserts in the
> translab. This would have the advantage that we could produce CDs for
> any Linux distribution and not just Ubuntu Linux and that they could
> be made on more of an as needed basis.
>
> Unless Canonical could give us a break on their CDs, this approach
> seems more feasible, although someone would need to volunteer to go
> through the trouble of burning the discs, printing the inserts and
> assembling them.
>
> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Matthew Gruen
> <wikigracenotes at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On the subject of allocations: our funds are shared with SBCS. I don't
> > think there's a danger we won't use our joint budget by the end of the
> > year, especially because they're going to be doing some community work
> > this semester... but it is definitely nice to have LiveCDs lying
> > around.
> >
> > <http://shop.canonical.com/product_info.php?products_id=746>
> >
> > 5 Ubuntu 10.10 CDs are about $8, and 10 for $16, and 20 for $28. If
> > Canonical doesn't give us a special deal, this seems a bit pricey.
> > 11.04 is coming out in 2 months, and buying nicely packaged CDs every
> > 6 months seems like a nice way to get a large collection of nicely
> > packaged CDs, if nothing else :)
> >
> > If you're worried about packaging, it's not too hard to make something
> > nice-looking by yourself. Kinkos can print out pretty CD labels and
> > case sleeves. Still, buying straight from Canonical seems like a
> > reasonable expense to me. Bring it up at the meeting tomorrow.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Matt
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Richard Yao <ryao at ic.sunysb.edu> wrote:
> >> Dear Everyone,
> >>
> >> Every semester, I meet a few Windows users that would probably be
> >> happier with a Linux distribution, but going through the trouble of
> >> downloading an burning an ISO is enough trouble that they never do it.
> >> I know I could give CDs that I burn myself to people, but software
> >> tends to be unappealing to people unless it comes in professionally
> >> designed packaging, which is something that I could not afford to do.
> >>
> >> I ran into such a person today. I demonstrated my laptop and told her
> >> that it does not slow down as it ages and she was interested in it. I
> >> had some Ubuntu CDs that Canonical had mailed me a few years ago, so I
> >> gave them to her. I told her that one ran KDE, which was like Windows;
> >> that the other ran GNOME, which was like Mac OS X; and that she should
> >> try them both to see which of the two she liked better. I also warned
> >> her that the software was two years old, but she ran Windows XP, so
> >> she did not mind. Unlike the past when I would tell people to go get
> >> the software to use it, she said that she would try them out and let
> >> me know how she liked them the next time we ran into each other.
> >>
> >> With that in mind, I would like to get more professionally packaged
> >> LiveCDs to give to people so that they can try Linux. Canonical gives
> >> free LiveCDs to people, but I seem to have reached my quota for them.
> >> I imagine that being a University Linux Users group Canonical would be
> >> willing to give us a large allocation of LiveCDs for little to nothing
> >> if we asked. Is there any chance that we could try asking Canonical
> >> for a large allocation of them through LUGSB?
> >>
> >> If it turns out that we have to pay for them, then we would not be
> >> restricted to buying Ubuntu Linux LiveCDs. There are other
> >> distributions that target new users that we could consider, such as
> >> Sabayon Linux and Linux Mint. Maybe we could talk about allocating
> >> funds for this at our next meeting. Also, I believe that the
> >> university has a policy of cutting funding for clubs that did not use
> >> all of the previous semesters' funding, so instead of taking a funding
> >> cut next semester, we could use any excess funds we have to either buy
> >> Linux LiveCDs to give to people or donate to open source development
> >> (e.g. Sabayon Linux, Codewavers, KDE).
> >>
> >> Yours truly,
> >> Richard Yao
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