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Re: [Lubuntu-admins] policing OSDisc.com & offering CDs



My thoughts are to ask OSDisc.com to run an md5checksum on both the image that they have and also on CD's that they burn. If they burn many CD's, they can batch process it.

Regard less of where a CD is sourced from, it should be md5'd before use.

Regards,

Phill.

On 19 November 2014 03:32, Walter Lapchynski <wxl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm not sure all of you have Failbook, but if you look here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/lubuntu.official/permalink/791789804211175/
You'll see that someone purchased a Lubuntu 14.10 disc from OSDisc.com
that appears to be an old pre-release. It doesn't work and is
basically non-functional.

The OP says he's bought CDs from these guys for years and has never
had a problem, so I guess we'll see what happens. I do believe we
should keep an eye on this and maybe work with them to do an audit. If
they're providing non-release images, that's a problem that we need to
stop in its tracks.

The other thing is that this has me thinking about us providing our
own CDs. It's possible to get bit-by-bit labeled CDs with jewel cases,
tray art, and 2-panel insert from kunaki.com for a mere $1. They can
set up a retail website where people can make purchases. We could set
up the PayPal account to be that of linux.com or Open Source Alliance
or something similar. There's also a general fund I know Ubuntu has
where the money goes to help LoCos. It's only $1 a CD anyways. Oh, and
they do DVDs, too. This way we actually have control over the process.

The only problem with Kunaki is that the software for uploading art
and data is Windows-only. I have an old XP install in a virtual
machine that I use for the purpose. If time is not an issue, you can
mail the information to them.

Thoughts?

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