http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/3022/
Perhaps, Ubuntu 8.4 will not be ready, but the next Long Time Support release should be available in the malls and specialized computer shops.

I think in a box with a complete manual book written in the language of the country and a pair of disks. A double sided DVD and a double sided CD with the 32 and 64 bit versions of UBUNTU.

This box should have a reasonable price and perhaps a discount in Canonical support to the user.

Edit: People comment that this box should support for restricted/commercial codecs/players/multimedia. I agree with that. The price have to be low and include the royalties about these technologies.

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Why would they sell the box when you can order CD's free online (unless they were complete morons)?


If it comes with some commercial software bundled, it makes sense (I purchased my first version of Mandrake for instance)

But it would be hard to justify stocking it ]]> Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:49:33 +0000 Some people like the idea of shopping and they think that if they BUY something then it must be good quality, not like the FREE stuff. And those are the people who would not have a clue of what codecs are, they would just think "it doesn't work!"]]> Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:59:29 +0000 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:34:03 +0000 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:36:27 +0000 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:57:21 +0000 As it has been said, it can make Ubuntu more known, because it'll be more on view to people who doesn't especially look for it. I think for instance of these Linux distro sold in shops like Fnac (don't know if it exists outside France ...) : people who are just shopping see the box, and if the package is attractive, will be interested about it (even if they don't by it the first time, at least they learn about its existence)

Now, besides that, it can be a good way to get the distro when you have a very poor network connection (or no connection at all), and it would become even more attractive if it includes proprietary software/codecs/drivers/... But I wonder about the need of 2 CD's as the idea suggest ; since Ubuntu stands in one CD, it should be shipped in one CD (or one DVD if the extra software needs so much space), and it could be sold as "32-bits version" and "64-bits version" because many of the users don't need both.

Moreover, the prize would go to the licenses of the proprietary stuff, of course, but could also act as a "donation" to the development of Ubuntu]]> Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:14:17 +0000 And do not forget the book. A full manual would be great :)]]> Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:38:36 +0000
( Hell, if launchpad prepared an easy interface, we could help translating that book content. )]]> Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:43:41 +0000 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:20:11 +0000 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:42:05 +0000
Why not put a set of CD inside, like:

x83 ubuntu CD x2 (for free sharing)
64 ubuntu cd x2 (for free sharing)
x83 ubuntu DVD x2 (for free sharing)
64 ubuntu DVD x2 (for free sharing)

the same for Kubuntu

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My personal preference would just be a single CD with 32bit Ubuntu on it though: more would confuse people. And the language packs can be swapped out depending on the country it's being sold in, so they aren't a problem.]]> Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:33:54 +0000 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:34:51 +0000 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:35:43 +0000 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:48:27 +0000
People are stupid (no offense). They don't know it exists unless its waved in their faces. It would make the public aware that linux exists (most people think W!ndow$ is the only OS).

Show people that they have options. you can mar5ket it as being a cheaper alternative to (that other OS everyone here hates) and (that other OS that everyone but its fanboys hates).]]> Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:46:35 +0000