Nice to know, as it's been discussed previously DVDs/CDs are in detriment in some countries, so I think this won't impact seriously Ubuntu promotion. What I'd really like to see are USB drives [0]. That would be really awesome, the kind of awesomeness which only comes from Ubuntu =)
I think Canonical should adopt a public politic about making Loco teams self-sustaining so this kind of awesomeness can be delisberated easier while avoiding customs expenses. I'll start giving usb drives instead of DVDs this cycle. [0] http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/flashkus/ Cheers On 05/04/13 at 06:22pm, Laura Czajkowski wrote: > Aloha folks, > > A number of people have been asking for an update on the 13.04 DVD > allocation, the LoCo Council contacted Canonical to see what was happening > this cycle. > Below is the mail we were asked to share with people from Canonical. > > ============================================================================================================ > Hi all, > > This is just to let you know that going forward, Canonical will not be > producing DVDs for standard releases.We understand that to > convert interested experimenters to Ubuntu users we need to provide and > outstanding initial user-experience, and the ability for the user to > explore and learn in safety with a supporting network of experts around them. > The LoCo teams are a key to that second part as you > provide a personal experience that's local to the user. > > While we love users to be on the latest version of Ubuntu, the key thing for > new users is a known, stable and supported environment. So to make sure we > provide that we'll be shipping you the LTS release CDs rather than the latest > standard release. > > Therefore, there won't be DVDs for 13.04 as going forward our focus will be > on LTS releases. The next production of DVDs will be 14.04. To > bridge the gap till 14.04,we will continue to supply 12.04 DVDs for events. > You can request DVDs for events through Shipit as > normal.[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuAtConferences] > > Thank you for your continued and valuable support in making Ubuntu great. > > Michelle > > =============================================================================================================== > > Laura > > -- > Laura Czajkowski > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/czajkowski > LoCo Council Member > Community Council Member > > -- > loco-contacts mailing list > loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
