On Tuesday 27 July 2010 13:58:21 Jos Poortvliet wrote:
Hi all,
Me and some others received a request from Remya Reghu to send him a DVD with openSUSE. Now I'd love to do that, but afaik nothing is organized for this and sending it from the Netherlands is a wee bit expensive.
So I have two questions for yah ambasadors: - Does the Indian Ambassador team have something arranged for this?
In that case I can send one or more of you the address of dear Remya so you can send him a DVD. I have, btw, already asked him if it is possible to download and burn it or put it on a USB drive.
- do we, in general, have something arranged for this? Should we?
We're right now producing openSUSE DVDs to give away - but due to the overhead of shipping and the cost of shipping and customs for a small amount, we only send these out to events or to people that really share. So, if somebody wants to send single DVDs in a single country for individuals, we can send e.g. 100 DVDs for distribution.
We *could* set this up, maybe find sponsors for it - either local or international. In some countries with bad network it might be worth the effort, however, in that case I would immediately add a couple of other things like a DVD with sources (so they can develop! Very doable with Git especially) and possibly additional software (eg codecs, if it's legal in said country).
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