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Linux Fairy

Posted by Skrud at Thursday, August 4th 2005 at 8:37pm

I’m the Linux Fairy, happily prancing about with penguin wings, tossing free Ubuntu Linux CDs to all in my wake!

I ordered some 200 Install CDs from Ubuntu (they’re free!) after giving away all the CDs that Nadia ordered long ago. They finally arrived today. Only instead of going to ECA (which is where I ship parcels addresses to CCSS), they were delivered to the Department of Computer Science. So I got this weird e-mail from Dr. Lam (the chair) saying that there was a parcel of 200 Linux CDs with my name on it in the CSE Department Office.

Now, when you receive 200 CDs from Ubuntu, it comes in a big ass box:

Ubuntu CDs

(I made a little mess in the CCSS Office… sorry folks!)

So now we are 200 Ubuntu CDs richer. Well, 150 x86 CDs, 25 PPC and 25 AMD64 CDs. Mike suggested putting them in Frosh bags. I think that’s an awesome idea, that way every Froshie will get a nice, fresh copy of Linux as soon as they come to Concordia. Excellent way to set them on the right foot.

There was a ~$10 delivery charge that Canada Post tacked on, likely due to the fact that the box was pretty damned big. The department happily footed the bill, which was awfully nice of them! So a huge thanks to the CSE department from me!

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Comments

  1. FiG said:

    That’s pretty cool! It always maked me happy when I hear you’re still involved and whatnot :)

  2. Harley said:

    I got a similarly sized box, but no charge for me… :P

  3. Lloyd said:

    Awesome, skrud. You > *

  4. Nivek The Evil Returneth said:

    Could you make that only 24 available amd64’s?

    I’d like to snag a copy for my own fiendishly evil plans.

  5. gprime said:

    yay, ubuntu!!

    Yeah i tried to clean them up here in the office. There are just so many!

  6. Matan said:

    Why are Concordia’s linux fans so camoufalged? :)

    I received CDs from Ubuntu (all the way from Netherlands!) as well, although not as many. I ordered 40: 35 x86, 3 amd64 and 2 powerpc. I am looking forward to distributing these CDs in Concordia.

    Talking about Linux, are there linux parties/meetings/socializing/(other: specify) in Concordia? I’ll be more than happy to know: tell dot wilhelm at gmail dot com.

    Cheers,

    Matan

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