I am extremely disappointed in seeing this move. Ubuntu Membership is difficult or impossible for new users to qualify. It is moving the "community" further out of the reach of non-programmers and new Linux users. The elite nature of membership is also diminishing its attraction to many.
I have been a beta tester for Ubuntu for six years. I have generated almost 100 error reports. I have manually copied and distributed over 300 Ubuntu CD's. I operate a Google Group dedicated to Ubuntu. I teach Ubuntu for Beginners once a week and have for six years. And yet I cannot establish a LoCo (although my group is in over 30 in number) and I don't qualify for Ubuntu Membership. Since it appears that Cononical is out of the free CD business, I believe I am also. On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 18:03 +0200, Jono Bacon wrote: > > We will continue to supply CDs to LoCo teams and Ubuntu members. And > we hope to make CDs available to everyone who is just discovering > Ubuntu. And we continue to search for additional ways to make Ubuntu > and Ubuntu materials available to everyone. But we are limiting > shipments to people that we think have alternative paths of getting > Ubuntu. For instance, > > * you can upgrade to the new release without a CD > (http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading) > * you can download your own CD for free > (http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download) > * you will be able to download the CD wallet artwork > (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DIYMarketing/#CD%20Distribution%20Materials) > * becoming an Ubuntu member > (http://www.ubuntu.com/community/processes/newmember) by > contributing to Ubuntu, and thereby becoming eligible for more CDs > * And finally, you can purchase CDs (http://shop.canonical.com/) > > We will change the language on the ShipIt site to make it clearer > what we are doing. We hope that you support this effort and realise > that the intent is to continue to make Ubuntu available on CD to > everyone who needs it. > > Jane Silber, Canonical > > > I hope this makes things clear. :-) > > Jono > > -- > Jono Bacon > Ubuntu Community Manager > www.ubuntu.com / www.jonobacon.org > www.identi.ca/jonobacon www.twitter.com/jonobacon > >
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