[kwlug-disc] The Linux Store

[Chris Craig]

I burned my first Linux CD at a university because burners were
several hundred dollars at the time. I also was limited to dial-up
speed. The Linux Store would have been very convenient, then.

At any rate, I don't see the objection to it...

On 1 October 2014 14:44, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
> I remember when we used to _dream_ of a 1200 bps modem!!!
>
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> On 1 October 2014 14:39, Jonathan Poole <jpoole at digitaljedi.ca> wrote:
>>
>> Maybe his audience is for those ‘hardcore’ linux users that live under a
>> rock with a 1200baud modem….
>>
>>
>> On Oct 1, 2014, at 2:36 PM, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Well he says on one page that you can "save time and money by buying CDs
>> instead of downloading"..  Maybe I don't math well, but downloading a CD for
>> free in a matter of minutes versus paying $10 then waiting however many
>> weeks seems to negate his statement...
>>
>>
>> On 1 October 2014 14:27, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I can't tell about intentions.
>>>
>>> But perhaps it is simply that he did not update the site since last
>>> October, hence 13.10 is the latest.
>>>
>>> There are CD collections on his site for $50. One can debate whether the
>>> effort of copying the CDs warrants the price or not.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 2:20 PM, CrankyOldBugger
>>> <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> So this guy is for real?  Perhaps I'm mistaken, then.  I thought $10 for
>>>> an old Ubuntu CD was a bit much, but the article you linked seems to suggest
>>>> that his intentions are good.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 1 October 2014 14:13, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> The domain was registered in 2007 to one Ryan Cloke of Flipside
>>>>> Technology Services who happens to be a Canadian from Toronto.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.ryancloke.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> This is an article about him doing this since 2006, with a .ca domain
>>>>>
>>>>> http://archive09.linux.com/feature/55712
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 1:59 PM, CrankyOldBugger
>>>>> <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is this a bit fishy?  I stumbled across http://www.thelinuxstore.org/
>>>>>> while looking for Linux paraphernalia , and found that these people are
>>>>>> charging $10 a pop for old Linux CDs (13.10 is the latest they have for
>>>>>> Ubuntu).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I hope nobody is falling for this gimmick...
>>>>>>
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