CD-based Linux (was: Re: [NBLUG/talk] OpenOffice 1.1 ISO has arrived...)

[Micxz]

80 minute cd's is what I meant sorry that was a typo. And yes I'm 
willing to donate the media to the group!

Micxz

 > Lincoln Peters wrote:
> I think that most CD-based Linux distributions fit on 650MB (74 minute) 
> CD's, while a few might require 700MB (80 minute) CD's.  Until now, I 
> hadn't heard of 90-minute CD's at all, so I doubt any popular Linux 
> distros (CD-based or otherwise) require them.
> 
> I also have two CD burners (one is 20x, the other 8x) at home that I can 
> use to burn CD's.  Are you offering to donate CD-R media?
> 
> Lincoln
> 
>> From: Micxz <an_email at micxz.com>
>> Reply-To: talk at nblug.org
>> To: talk at nblug.org
>> Subject: Re: CD-based Linux (was: Re: [NBLUG/talk] OpenOffice 1.1 ISO 
>> has     arrived...)
>> Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 21:28:31 -0700
>>
>>
>> Would the 80 min cd work or do we need 90?
>>
>> -- 
>> Micxz
>>
>>
>> > Christopher Wagner wrote:
>>
>>> I recently purchased a 52x burner that really screams..  I am willing to
>>> burn whole stacks of CDs for the purpose of propogating Linux and open
>>> source, provided someone supplies CD-Rs.
>>>
>>> Are there businesses that are willing to donate blank CD-Rs to this 
>>> purpose?
>>>
>>> - Christopher Wagner
>>> chrisw at pacaids.com
>>>
>>> Packaging Aids Corporation - Information Systems
>>> P.O. Box 9144
>>> San Rafael, CA 94912-9144
>>> http://www.pacaids.com/
>>> (415) 454-4868 x116
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: talk-admin at nblug.org [mailto:talk-admin at nblug.org]On Behalf Of
>>> Bill Kendrick
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 10:48 AM
>>> To: talk at nblug.org
>>> Subject: Re: CD-based Linux (was: Re: [NBLUG/talk] OpenOffice 1.1 ISO
>>> has arrived...)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 10:35:22AM -0700, Lincoln Peters wrote:
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> I also seem to recall that [Knoppix] has been suggested occasionally as
>>>> a way to introduce more skeptical people to Linux.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> LUGOD handed out literally 300 copies of Knoppix over the span of 
>>> three days
>>> at the Government Technology Conference in Sacramento this past May.
>>>
>>> [ For fun, photos!  http://www.lugod.org/photos/2003.05.14/ ]
>>>
>>> (This must've been before I got my new camera... either that, or the 
>>> gamma
>>> on this monitor is way off. :^)  Sorry for how dark those all came out!)
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm hoping we'll have similar interest during the Information 
>>> Security Conf.
>>> held by ISSA, also in Sacramento, next month.  I've yet to find any
>>> volunteers
>>> to burn a collection of CDs, though. <:^(
>>>
>>> [ For details, see:  http://www.lugod.org/cdburns/ ]
>>>
>>>
>>> -bill!


-- 
Micxz