On 17/06/12 00:14, Bryen M Yunashko wrote:
On Thu, 2012-06-14 at 22:04 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote:
This, of course, is always a possibility but one has to remember that I am certain that we are talking here about releasing LIVE CDs for the Milestones and Betas and RCs and not the final release. When it comes to a final release, the 4.3GB DVD then someone who wants such a DVD would order it from a supplier like DistroWatch, for example, or download the DVD if they have the broadband and enough time and quota to be able to do so. Or order a batch of our PromoDVDs and distribute them locally at FOSS events or universities, etc. See http://software.opensuse.org/PromoDVD
The DVD is a double-sided DVD with 32-bit on one side and 64-bit on the other side and contains a promodvd image (not quite as complete as the full DVD image you can download), and live CD images for KDE and GNOME.
Bryen
Now that's interesting. Thanks for this information, Bryen. However, is this 'service' available all over the world and how long would it take to obtain such DVDs in, say, Australia? But then, such a DVD is not a compete as the full DVD image of the the distro. Why not? Isn't it false economy to produce a DVD which is "1 short of a six-pack" for the same cost as a DVD with the complete distro version? I have copies of such DVDs (32-bit on one side, 64-bit on the other) which I bought when S.u.S.E. was S.u.S.E. BC -- Using openSUSE 12.1 x86_64 KDE 4.8.4 and kernel 3.4.3 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX550Ti 1GB DDR5 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org