> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 6:42 PM, Michael Spahn
<any0n3(a)fedoraproject.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Ambassadors,
>> a way to spreading fedora to users with slow connection.
>> My idea is the user search a local Ambassador and send him a usb stick and
>> attach the postage to send the stick back.
>> And the Ambassador can easy create the USB stick with the liveusb-creator
>> :).
>> And a little paper with the architecture and the gui gnome/kde.
>> This way is very cheap for the fedoraproject and a simple way for the
>> user.
>> Only a little idea :).
>> With regards,
>> any0n3
>>
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Keiran Smith <affix(a)fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> Hey Michael,
> I really like your idea :). However this can be very costly to us Unless we
> can get a sponsorship from a manufacturer.
>
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Adam Miller <maxamillion(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
The user is to buy a USB stick, mail it to an ambassador. The
ambassador then puts fedora on the USB stick and mails it back. (As
Michael originally said)
Why do we need a manufacturer?
-Adam
I could go for this idea. It's a cheap way for someone to get Fedora.
For about $2 we could get a Fedora USB stick to a person without
internet access. It'd be nice to put the updates on there too as a
repository or something.
Cheers,
Clint