Linux CD's or DVD's

Hello to everyone out there. I am trying to find all the free CD's
or DVD's of Linux that I can get. But, there's a catch..........
I've gotten the free CD's from Unbuntu and Fedora, where they
actually mail you the packaged CD's. So I'm looking for other distros
that do the same thing.
You see, I don't have high-speed internet yet (lamer I know), and
work on older computers most of the time, so downloading an iso image
is out of the question, and I don't have the money to buy the disks.
If anyone knows where to get free CD's or DVD's, I would appreciate
all the help.

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:30:20 -0800, ColdFusion wrote:

> Hello to everyone out there. I am trying to find all the free CD's or
> DVD's of Linux that I can get. But, there's a catch..........
> I've gotten the free CD's from Unbuntu and Fedora, where they
> actually mail you the packaged CD's. So I'm looking for other distros
> that do the same thing.
> You see, I don't have high-speed internet yet (lamer I know), and
> work on older computers most of the time, so downloading an iso image is
> out of the question, and I don't have the money to buy the disks.
> If anyone knows where to get free CD's or DVD's, I would appreciate
> all the help.

You can get cheap CDs and DVDs from http://www.linuxcentral.com, they
aren't free but they are extremely cheap.

If you don't have broadband I'd stay away from fast changing distros like
Fedora and even Ubuntu. Fedora's install disks are barely beta quality,
the assumption is that you do the install and then do an immediate
update, which is hundreds of megabytes. After you've done that update
you'll have a reasonable system. Fedora generally has hundreds of
megabytes a week of updates. Ubuntu isn't quite as extreme as Fedora but
it still requires a lot of updates. CentOS is production quality right
off of the install disk and the number of updates is tiny compared Fedora
because RHEL (CentOS is the free RHEL) only does updates for security and
bug fixes whereas Fedora does updates for new features and improvements.

ColdFusion <fusionnetjoe2@yahoo.com> writes:

> Hello to everyone out there. I am trying to find all the free CD's
>or DVD's of Linux that I can get. But, there's a catch..........
> I've gotten the free CD's from Unbuntu and Fedora, where they
>actually mail you the packaged CD's. So I'm looking for other distros
>that do the same thing.
> You see, I don't have high-speed internet yet (lamer I know), and
>work on older computers most of the time, so downloading an iso image
>is out of the question, and I don't have the money to buy the disks.
> If anyone knows where to get free CD's or DVD's, I would appreciate
>all the help.

It costs money to duplicate and mail out the disks.
Just go to say www.cheapbytes.com and get whichever you want for only a few
dollars.

ColdFusion schrieb:
> Hello to everyone out there. I am trying to find all the free CD's
> or DVD's of Linux that I can get. But, there's a catch..........
> I've gotten the free CD's from Unbuntu and Fedora, where they
> actually mail you the packaged CD's. So I'm looking for other distros
> that do the same thing.
> You see, I don't have high-speed internet yet (lamer I know), and
> work on older computers most of the time, so downloading an iso image
> is out of the question, and I don't have the money to buy the disks.
> If anyone knows where to get free CD's or DVD's, I would appreciate
> all the help.

Hallo,

I'm happy to hear of the second lamer in the linux world!

I can only make some suggestions for alternatives, but it really depends
a little bit on the fact if you are living in a big European town or in
the Australien desert, whether they are useful for you:

- a friend with broadband access (most Linux distros can also be
downloaded with other OS)
- someone who possesses a Linux DVD and who has no use of it
- purchasing a computer magazine that comes with a linux DVD
- the public library for older releases or if you just want to have a
first look
- public internet access points where you can burn CDs/DVDs or download
the software on USB flash drives for a small fee

But why would one want the CDs/DVDs of *all* distributions? I have tried
out three or four of them so far, and was surprised that the difference
between them is not too big, except for the organization of the
packages/database (rpm, deb, or binaries).

Isn't every Linux distribution free by the terms of the GNU license?
--
Greetings
Heike

Heike <fach4weg@yahoo.de> wrote:


> Isn't every Linux distribution free by the terms of the GNU license?

No. Most Linux distributions contain some stuff that is not licensed
under a GPL compatible license.


Florian
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> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:30:20 -0800, ColdFusion wrote:

>> You see, I don't have high-speed internet yet (lamer I know), and
>> work on older computers most of the time, so downloading an iso image is
>> out of the question, and I don't have the money to buy the disks.

Bah... my first linux was downloaded over 2 kilobytes/sec dialup,
running Windows ME on a Pentium II. The desktop part locked after the
first day or so, but the downloader kept at the download list anyway
(props to Star Downloader). That was Slackware, by package. Now for
the past few years I compile everything here, updating a few things
every other day or so to keep on top of what is current. So it *is*
doable.



> If you don't have broadband I'd stay away from fast changing distros like
> Fedora and even Ubuntu.

Any Debian for that matter. My head spins each time I read the daily
list of updates that they post on Full Disclosure mailing list.


> Fedora's install disks are barely beta quality,
> the assumption is that you do the install and then do an immediate
> update, which is hundreds of megabytes. After you've done that update
> you'll have a reasonable system. Fedora generally has hundreds of
> megabytes a week of updates.

Ouch.

If it had to do it again, and I didn't already have the ftp repo
of sources that I've already collected, I'd do Slackware again. Just
the parts you need for a basic system, then get the rest later. Plus
they don't split everything into 10-trillion seperate packages.


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Florian Diesch wrote:
> Heike <fach4weg@yahoo.de> wrote:
>
>
>
>>Isn't every Linux distribution free by the terms of the GNU license?
>
>
> No. Most Linux distributions contain some stuff that is not licensed
> under a GPL compatible license.
>
>
> Florian

In terms of the GPL, you are right, of course, but you can install a
suse distribution without the proprietary packages, for example, and
have a system with free and open software.
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Greetings
Heike

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:30:20 -0800, ColdFusion wrote:
> If you don't have broadband I'd stay away from fast changing distros like
> Fedora and even Ubuntu.

jayjwa <jayjwa@vdrl.ath.cx.invalid> wrote:
> Any Debian for that matter. My head spins each time I read the daily
> list of updates that they post on Full Disclosure mailing list.

That's what you get for supporting several thousand packages. Mind you,
at least there /is/ a full disclosure mailing list.

Chris