Re: Cheap skates at LXF
- From: Whiskers <catwheezel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 21:02:42 +0100
On 2006-05-26, Roger Leigh <${rleigh}@invalid.whinlatter.ukfsn.org.invalid>
wrote:
"Paul F. Johnson" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Just had my copy of LXF. Couldn't find the usual DVD in the case and
started to thumb through an excellent magazine. There, in the middle
in a crappy paper envelope was the DVD.
Great!
I hate the really sticky glue that tears the cover, and the CD and its
case are a waste of materials. I always chuck it in the bin; I buy
the magazine for reading, but the CD is generally outdated and/or
contains stuff I don't care about. Nowadays, they typically contain
nothing you couldn't download, so are of rather limited value.
Regards,
Roger
Many people are still on dial-up, and not always by choice. The cover
discs are a useful way to have a go with programs or distros that are too
big to download through a modem. I discovered the Opera browser that way;
later, I got my start in Linux that way too, with RedHat 6 and Slackware 7
- and got Mandrake 9, 9.1, 10, and Mandriva 2005 and 2006, from cover
discs.
I'm now on broadband so further upgrades probably will be downloaded.
Even with a broadband account, it is still quicker and easier to try
something from a disc - and Windows veterans are naturally cautious about
putting a hand-labled CD into their drive, but 'something from a good
magazine' helps to allay some of their fears, so the chances of getting
more converts are improved by well-produced cover discs, I think.
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