[Fedora-ambassadors-list] Requesting DVDs

[Wassim K.]

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Hello everybody!
It's a shame that, as Fedora ambassador, I still don't have Fedora
Core 5 DVD. The reason is that I don't have a good connection, and the
guy who can download it doesn't have a DVD burner, and he's not
allowed to plug a device in his office.
Here's my deal: If someone can send me 2 DVD's containing respectively
the OS and the extras, I will make copies and send them back to 3
other Fedora users around the world that you specify the addresses
(remember the Kevin Spacey's "Pay it forward" :-))
I would prefer that the sender lives around the Mediterranean sea or
Europe so that the package arrives faster.
To download all extra repositories, download the attached file and type
===CODE STARTS HERE===
mkdir {SRPMS,i386}
cd SRPMS
for i in $(bunzip2 -c /path/to/extra_src.bz2); do wget -c $i; done
unset i
cd ../i386
for i in $(bunzip2 -c /path/to/extra_src.bz2); do wget -c $i; done
unset i
===CODE ENDS HERE===
Thanks in advance

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[Rahul Sundaram]

On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 12:36 +0200, Wassim K. wrote:
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>  Hello everybody!
>  It's a shame that, as Fedora ambassador, I still don't have Fedora
>  Core 5 DVD.  
Well then, its a shame that you didn't request for it.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FreeMedia

Rahul

[Wassim K.]

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I agree, but "SORRY, WE HAVE REACHED THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY" :-)
That's why I asked whether someone can send :-)
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On 3/28/06, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:
>  On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 12:36 +0200, Wassim K. wrote:
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>  > Hello everybody!
>  > It's a shame that, as Fedora ambassador, I still don't have Fedora
>  > Core 5 DVD.
>
>  Well then, its a shame that you didn't request for it.
>  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FreeMedia
>
>  Rahul
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[Gerold]

Wassim,

neither post your mail - address on the list nor send me an e-mail with
your mail-address ...

I'll send you two copies and one as data with the ISO immages of the CD's
and the DvD ...

Let me know, what you want

Regards

Gerold

Wassim K. wrote:
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>  I agree, but "SORRY, WE HAVE REACHED THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY" :-)
>  That's why I asked whether someone can send :-)
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>  On 3/28/06, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:
> > On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 12:36 +0200, Wassim K. wrote:
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> > > Hello everybody!
> > > It's a shame that, as Fedora ambassador, I still don't have Fedora
> > > Core 5 DVD.
> >
> > Well then, its a shame that you didn't request for it.
> > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FreeMedia
> >
> > Rahul
> >
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[Wassim K.]

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Thanks Gerold.
Well, Tomas told he will send me the DVD OS today, I guess it's already done.
I'm looking for the extra's DVD that I will put (locally) as http
server so that collegues can install whatever they look for.
Regards,
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On 3/28/06, Gerold Kassube <gerold(a)lugd.org&gt; wrote:
>  Wassim,
>
>  neither post your mail - address on the list nor send me an e-mail with
>  your mail-address ...
>
>  I'll send you two copies and one as data with the ISO immages of the CD's
>  and the DvD ...
>
>  Let me know, what you want
>
>  Regards
>
>  Gerold
>
>  Wassim K. wrote:
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>  >
>  > I agree, but "SORRY, WE HAVE REACHED THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY" :-)
>  > That's why I asked whether someone can send :-)
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>  >
>  > On 3/28/06, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:
>  >> On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 12:36 +0200, Wassim K. wrote:
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>  >> >
>  >> > Hello everybody!
>  >> > It's a shame that, as Fedora ambassador, I still don't have Fedora
>  >> > Core 5 DVD.
>  >>
>  >> Well then, its a shame that you didn't request for it.
>  >> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FreeMedia
>  >>
>  >> Rahul
>  >>
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[Rahul Sundaram]

On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 14:40 +0200, Wassim K. wrote:
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>  
>  I agree, but "SORRY, WE HAVE REACHED THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY" :-)
>  That's why I asked whether someone can send :-) 
It was open for requests for a long time. Anyway I believe you already
have been send media now.

Rahul

[Clair]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>  On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 12:36 +0200, Wassim K. wrote:
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> > Hello everybody!
> > It's a shame that, as Fedora ambassador, I still don't have Fedora
> > Core 5 DVD.
>
>  Well then, its a shame that you didn't request for it.
>  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FreeMedia 
Or, indeed, download it ;)

[insert link to many mirrors here]


Clair

[Wassim K.]

Clair:
>  The reason is that I don't have a good connection, and the
>  guy who can download it doesn't have a DVD burner, and he's not
>  allowed to plug a device in his office. 
;-)

On 3/28/06, Clair <fedora(a)freehold.no-ip.info&gt; wrote:
>  Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>  > On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 12:36 +0200, Wassim K. wrote:
>  >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
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>  >>
>  >> Hello everybody!
>  >> It's a shame that, as Fedora ambassador, I still don't have Fedora
>  >> Core 5 DVD.
>  >
>  > Well then, its a shame that you didn't request for it.
>  > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FreeMedia
>
>  Or, indeed, download it ;)
>
>  [insert link to many mirrors here]
>
>
>  Clair
>
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[Tejas Dinkar]

On 3/28/06, Clair <fedora(a)freehold.no-ip.info&gt; wrote:
>  > Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>  > > On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 12:36 +0200, Wassim K. wrote:
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>  > >>
>  > >> Hello everybody!
>  > >> It's a shame that, as Fedora ambassador, I still don't have Fedora
>  > >> Core 5 DVD.
>  > >
>  > > Well then, its a shame that you didn't request for it.
>  > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FreeMedia
>  >
>  > Or, indeed, download it ;) 
Terribly insensitive remark.

When 56kbps dialup is a luxury, how can you expect people to download 5
GB of ISOs? I think it is fair for him to ask for one DVD/CD set for
personal use.

I one ran a yum install on a box with 36.6 dialup (around FC2 times). It
took 4 hours just to get the yum headers. Connections are not available
everywhere, and often, these are the places which need FC5 the most

FreeMedia does not distribute to Ambassadors, (something which probably
will change later, at least hopefully)

>  You see things; and you say "Why?" But I dream things that
> never were;
>  and I say "Why not?"
>   -- Geroge Bernard Shaw 
Isn't that the signature of "The Sankarshan"?

[Rahul Sundaram]

On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 21:34 +0530, Tejas Dinkar wrote:
>  On 3/28/06, Clair <fedora(a)freehold.no-ip.info&gt; wrote:
>  > > Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>  > > > On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 12:36 +0200, Wassim K. wrote:
>  > > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
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>  > > >> Hello everybody!
>  > > >> It's a shame that, as Fedora ambassador, I still don't have
> Fedora
>  > > >> Core 5 DVD.
>  > > >
>  > > > Well then, its a shame that you didn't request for it.
>  > > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FreeMedia
>  > >
>  > > Or, indeed, download it ;)
>  
>  Terribly insensitive remark.
>  
>  When 56kbps dialup is a luxury, how can you expect people to download 5
>  GB of ISOs? I think it is fair for him to ask for one DVD/CD set for
>  personal use.
>  
>  I one ran a yum install on a box with 36.6 dialup (around FC2 times). It
>  took 4 hours just to get the yum headers. Connections are not available
>  everywhere, and often, these are the places which need FC5 the most
>  
>  FreeMedia does not distribute to Ambassadors, (something which probably
>  will change later, at least hopefully) 
Who told you that?  Freemedia distributes to everyone who asks for it as
long as we have stock to send. I am just looking at it companies where I
get media labeled and mass produced before I do this myself. 

Rahul

[Clair]

On Tuesday 28 March 2006 17:11, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>  > FreeMedia does not distribute to Ambassadors, (something which
> probably
>  > will change later, at least hopefully)
>
>  Who told you that?  Freemedia distributes to everyone who asks for it as
>  long as we have stock to send. I am just looking at it companies where I
>  get media labeled and mass produced before I do this myself. 
It indeed says so on the page :)
"If you're a Fedora Ambassador or Fedora Contributor, you will not receive any 
DVD via this program."


Clair

[Rahul Sundaram]

On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 17:25 +0100, Clair wrote:
>  On Tuesday 28 March 2006 17:11, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>  > > FreeMedia does not distribute to Ambassadors, (something which probably
>  > > will change later, at least hopefully)
>  >
>  > Who told you that?  Freemedia distributes to everyone who asks for it as
>  > long as we have stock to send. I am just looking at it companies where I
>  > get media labeled and mass produced before I do this myself.
>  
>  It indeed says so on the page :)
>  "If you're a Fedora Ambassador or Fedora Contributor, you will not receive any 
>  DVD via this program."
>   
Reality seems to be different. I sure send in stuff to people who
contributed. I have removed that note for now. Will discuss it with
Thomas chung and see where it ends up.

Rahul

[Clair]

On Tuesday 28 March 2006 17:04, Tejas Dinkar wrote:
>  > > Or, indeed, download it ;)
>
>  Terribly insensitive remark.
>
>  When 56kbps dialup is a luxury, how can you expect people to download 5
>  GB of ISOs? I think it is fair for him to ask for one DVD/CD set for
>  personal use. 
I wouldn't call 56k "luxury" anymore - nowadays much of the world is 
broadband. I'm on 2mb and that's considered *slow* to the Americans and 
mainland Europeans.

>  I one ran a yum install on a box with 36.6 dialup (around FC2 times).
> It
>  took 4 hours just to get the yum headers. Connections are not available
>  everywhere, and often, these are the places which need FC5 the most 
That's where the vendors come in: I spend many hours slaving over that list. 
How about using it? ;)

>  FreeMedia does not distribute to Ambassadors, (something which
> probably
>  will change later, at least hopefully) 
Check out Word Of Mouth: http://fedoraproject.org/Marketing/WordOfMouth


Clair

[Kushal Das]

On Tuesday 28 March 2006 21:45, Clair wrote:
>  On Tuesday 28 March 2006 17:04, Tejas Dinkar wrote:
>  > > > Or, indeed, download it ;)
>  >
>  > Terribly insensitive remark.
>  >
>  > When 56kbps dialup is a luxury, how can you expect people to download 5
>  > GB of ISOs? I think it is fair for him to ask for one DVD/CD set for
>  > personal use.
>
>  I wouldn't call 56k "luxury" anymore - nowadays much of the world is
>  broadband. I'm on 2mb and that's considered *slow* to the Americans and
>  mainland Europeans. 
Sorry, but countries like India, a 256k connection is also not
available 
everywhere. Actually 2mb is dream for me :)
>  > I one ran a yum install on a box with 36.6 dialup (around FC2 times). It
>  > took 4 hours just to get the yum headers. Connections are not available
>  > everywhere, and often, these are the places which need FC5 the most
>
>  That's where the vendors come in: I spend many hours slaving over that
>  list. How about using it? ;)
>
>  > FreeMedia does not distribute to Ambassadors, (something which probably
>  > will change later, at least hopefully)
>
>  Check out Word Of Mouth: http://fedoraproject.org/Marketing/WordOfMouth 
404 Error

>  Clair 
Regards,
Kushal

[Clair]

On Tuesday 28 March 2006 18:45, Kushal Das wrote:
>  > Check out Word Of Mouth:
> http://fedoraproject.org/Marketing/WordOfMouth
>
>  404 Error 
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/WordOfMouth


Clair

[Wassim K.]

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In fact, fast connection is still a luxury in Tunisia. Due to average
communication infrastructure, an only ADSL 128 kb/sec. costs more or
less $40 per month. It's certainly exciting to try it out during some
months, but that doesn't help one's budget when the minimal salary is
for about $200...

Regarding the signature, it's not "The Sankarshan"'s signature, but
Shaw's quote that I picked from wikiquote :-) To avoid "conflicts",  I
switched it to a funny one :-)

Regards,
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On 3/29/06, Clair <fedora(a)freehold.no-ip.info&gt; wrote:
>  On Tuesday 28 March 2006 18:45, Kushal Das wrote:
>  > > Check out Word Of Mouth: http://fedoraproject.org/Marketing/WordOfMouth
>  >
>  > 404 Error
>
>  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/WordOfMouth
>
>
>  Clair
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