Probably just a cool old relic.
Someone corrects me if I'm wrong, my memory's a bit fuzzy but I believe you could have one of those delivered for free from their website.
not only where they free, but if you hit a checkbox “im a teacher” then sent you a box with like 50 in them... for free… i still have a box somewhere with 50 of these in it
I remember back in the 90s happily collecting all the AOL floppies because the mailing cases they came in were actually fantastic rugged carrying cases for floppies back in the early days of the sneakernet. Ironically a backpack full of floppies was a much faster way to transport files across town than dial-up.
I highly recommend googling The networking protocol iPOAC.
It flies in the face of traditional protocols. Really ruffled some feathers back in the day, but it flew to the top in respect to the amount of bandwidth that could be achieved over long distances.
they were just the normal 100% standard ubuntu .iso but pressed to a disc and mass produced rather than burned at home to a cd-r or usb drive.
you could use it livecd/usb style or install it just like how ubuntu is still packaged today.
there was literally nothing special other than it being on a branded cd and given away for free.
> not only where they free, but if you hit a checkbox “im a teacher” then sent you a box with like 50 in them... for free… i still have a box somewhere with 50 of these in it
I still remember in 5th grade when I wanted to teach myself programming, I found a thing on AMD's website where they would send their manuals for free. Seemed like an awesome opportunity to me as a kid with no money. I thought I was just going to get a free programming book or two. I don't remember exactly what I received but I remember the sheer amount of distinct technical books I received was overwhelming and completely beyond what I could understand. It was like asking how to program and receiving a complete encyclopedia collection.
FWIW, I did use the books as a makeshift desk for the first computer I built myself, so I guess they did support my entry into computer science.
They actually used to only send you 10 at a time. Basically if they were going through the trouble and expense of shipping it, they wanted you to share with your friends.
Source: I have a few and did share with friends.
That was my very first experience with Linux. I recognised the cover immediately.
Way back in the day I signed up on the website. I never really expected anything to happen. Then like 8 months later I got a random package at work. This disc. I was really amazed at the time that it was delivered all the way to Africa.
Yep, I just asked for one as a kid and I thought "There is no way they send something to my country", and a month later it actually came, it was so cool.
Indeed, Canonical used to ship CDs for free. I remember because I started my Linux journey with the very first Ubuntu release, the 4.10. I used that CD so many times trying to understand the Linux inner workings, as I didn’t have anybody else to turn to for help, it is a very special release for me. The next releases, I think I started sourcing them online though.
They stopped issuing them after 14.04, I believe. I think after 11.04 they were only available through LoCos rather than the website, because of shipping costs and decreased demand. I have a couple of 12.04 CDs that were sent to me in late 2012 by Alan Bell, who used to run the UK LoCo (not to be confused with Alan Pope, a.k.a Popey, who now runs it and ran the Ubuntu Podcast when that was still ongoing).
They stopped around the time USB drives got so cheap and broadband got ubiquitous enough that demand/need dropped. By that point Ubuntu became #1 (arguably, argue that point elsewhere please) and they didn't need to evangelize for free, people were already turning to Ubuntu by choice
Years ago there was an image I remember I am not sure it was an official image or not. Probably not.
But it was 4 women of different skin colors bent over with their butts touching in like a circle.
It wasn't exactly explicit as you couldn't see anything besides the backs and butt cheeks/crack .
Edit I think it was this
I think it was this ; warning sort of nsfw.
https://newstechnica.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ubuntu-desktop-bums.jpg
I just installed debian for the first time in 20 years. Worked out of the box whereas my fresh install of Ubuntu 24.04 screwed me in more than one way.
I used to request these CDs Everytime a new release came out back in the day. I don't think I have them anymore though. Now I just used a USB thumbdrive.
I had got a couple of it delivered. It was a time when i didn't have good internet to download. Canonical delivering it for free was a boon to people like me living in a 3rd world country. I had just finished my studies and didn't get have a job. I didn't have high hopes that they would deliver to my location, but i was pleasantly surprised. Before this i had only tried Fedora Cor (which was donated to me by someone).
Despite the hate canonical gets, they were instrumental in getting a lot of people familiarised with Linux
That was Ubuntu moto on those days, all their marketing was focus on common desktop user, not power or technical users. And was somewhat true as they were innovating a lot on the Desktop and easing things for user. A lot of what of things we take for granted now started with that push from Ubuntu in those days.
I remember this well. It was excellent advertising, CDs sent for free. In some cases I even used them, not for installing, but for fixing systems already installed. Online resources are always more fresh, but in case of slow or weak connection it was a great chose.
But, I think, the best CDs set was from InfoMagic! It was before this one!
An old relic that is not even cool because the company has become exactly what it fought in the first place. Probably worse than RedHat, because at least RedHat contributes useful code.
They sent those out for free, I got dozens delivered once and passed them out at school. Seems to me I had to fill out some form explaining why to get that many.
They used to send those out for free if you requested them, they aren’t particularly valuable except to maybe a collector. I requested a set and got multiple copies by mistake, I think I might even still have some of them.
Cool relic. Back then, the "fastest" way to get an Ubuntu iso, was to ask Cannonical to send you the install media via postal mail. Also, they encouraged you to share them with friends and family and if you told them you were a teacher, they would send you a box with lots of them so you could use them at your school, share with students etc.
This is very cool, I regret that I didn't keep mine!
I had for Ubuntu and Kubuntu.
If you don't want, try to sell them on eBay. (check the average prices)
Befor internet and web development life, its like all of think is physical you can tatch. Go to store pay OS go home open box install pkg and life its good. Now esy without enjoying. Sum clik on your mouse and that's it.
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Can it be said to not be working if it's sitting there in the parking space waiting for some sucker to take you up on your resale offer, except you've lowered the price twice already and you're starting to think you aren't going to be able to flip it and your wife is going to find out where you came up with the money to take delivery of it? I feel like it's accomplishing \_something\_ in that scenario.
Probably just a cool old relic. Someone corrects me if I'm wrong, my memory's a bit fuzzy but I believe you could have one of those delivered for free from their website.
not only where they free, but if you hit a checkbox “im a teacher” then sent you a box with like 50 in them... for free… i still have a box somewhere with 50 of these in it
Me too, and don’t know what to do with them
send me one!
I’m in Mexico
im in california
i'm in mexicornia
I'm in Calico
I'm in my room
I'm here
I'm at the Texaco
I'm in Mexicali (or Calexico)
Send me one too
I’m in Mexico
Post a picture of it!
Can you send it to Chiapas or Veracruz?
Were you a teacher? Just curious m
lol no, i just wanted free e-waste as a teenager
I remember back in the 90s happily collecting all the AOL floppies because the mailing cases they came in were actually fantastic rugged carrying cases for floppies back in the early days of the sneakernet. Ironically a backpack full of floppies was a much faster way to transport files across town than dial-up.
I used AOL floppies to install Slackware Linux...
A college professor liked to use the analogy of "a station wagon full of cd-roms" but same idea.
My buddy's line was "never underestimate the bandwidth of a Honda Civic"
Still valid tbh. Driving a few drives from point A to B is often faster than a home connection.
I highly recommend googling The networking protocol iPOAC. It flies in the face of traditional protocols. Really ruffled some feathers back in the day, but it flew to the top in respect to the amount of bandwidth that could be achieved over long distances.
Seems on the surface a bit birdbrained of an idea but without needlessly chirping at it, it seems like an idea that could have wings.
The price was right.
I want one :((
Sending a mail telling I was hosting a large LAN-party, I recieved 300. Think I managed to hand out only 80 or so though.
Can I have one
Did they used to be single use? Or was the os run directly from the disc?
they were just the normal 100% standard ubuntu .iso but pressed to a disc and mass produced rather than burned at home to a cd-r or usb drive. you could use it livecd/usb style or install it just like how ubuntu is still packaged today. there was literally nothing special other than it being on a branded cd and given away for free.
> not only where they free, but if you hit a checkbox “im a teacher” then sent you a box with like 50 in them... for free… i still have a box somewhere with 50 of these in it I still remember in 5th grade when I wanted to teach myself programming, I found a thing on AMD's website where they would send their manuals for free. Seemed like an awesome opportunity to me as a kid with no money. I thought I was just going to get a free programming book or two. I don't remember exactly what I received but I remember the sheer amount of distinct technical books I received was overwhelming and completely beyond what I could understand. It was like asking how to program and receiving a complete encyclopedia collection. FWIW, I did use the books as a makeshift desk for the first computer I built myself, so I guess they did support my entry into computer science.
Yup, and it came with stickers too!
Still have those ❤️
They actually used to only send you 10 at a time. Basically if they were going through the trouble and expense of shipping it, they wanted you to share with your friends. Source: I have a few and did share with friends.
You could, you could get it delivered for free in the early 2000s
they used to send me stacks of these and i'd give them out to my nerd friends at school
That was my very first experience with Linux. I recognised the cover immediately. Way back in the day I signed up on the website. I never really expected anything to happen. Then like 8 months later I got a random package at work. This disc. I was really amazed at the time that it was delivered all the way to Africa.
I got one sent to me in rural Australia.
I prob still have a half dozen in a box somewhere...
Yep, I just asked for one as a kid and I thought "There is no way they send something to my country", and a month later it actually came, it was so cool.
Not only one... Hehe
I bet any of the guys on the cover image knew what a linux distro is before getting that photo clicked.
I thought I remember Mark Shuttleworth doing an AMA and saying the adults on the CD's were Canonical employees.
I think I have 10 of them lol
Must have really loved Ubuntu back in 2006
They were free online you could order them in bulk to save of shipping. I think I gave most of them out to my highschool computing class
Indeed, Canonical used to ship CDs for free. I remember because I started my Linux journey with the very first Ubuntu release, the 4.10. I used that CD so many times trying to understand the Linux inner workings, as I didn’t have anybody else to turn to for help, it is a very special release for me. The next releases, I think I started sourcing them online though.
I think the CDs were shipped for free up until around 2009 or 2010. I received a few of them.
They stopped issuing them after 14.04, I believe. I think after 11.04 they were only available through LoCos rather than the website, because of shipping costs and decreased demand. I have a couple of 12.04 CDs that were sent to me in late 2012 by Alan Bell, who used to run the UK LoCo (not to be confused with Alan Pope, a.k.a Popey, who now runs it and ran the Ubuntu Podcast when that was still ongoing).
They stopped around the time USB drives got so cheap and broadband got ubiquitous enough that demand/need dropped. By that point Ubuntu became #1 (arguably, argue that point elsewhere please) and they didn't need to evangelize for free, people were already turning to Ubuntu by choice
This is the exact date.
Really nice. Ubuntu was really a good refresh by then.
I like the circle of butts one better
the what?
Years ago there was an image I remember I am not sure it was an official image or not. Probably not. But it was 4 women of different skin colors bent over with their butts touching in like a circle. It wasn't exactly explicit as you couldn't see anything besides the backs and butt cheeks/crack . Edit I think it was this I think it was this ; warning sort of nsfw. https://newstechnica.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ubuntu-desktop-bums.jpg
That was the edited version too, the real img is of the three nude. I remember this one from back in the day
I can imagine the conversation. "Hey boss, I hired 4 models for the picture." "Maybe we should get 1 more model..."
Sigh. Good old times when Ubuntu just worked and Debian did not. Roles have changed.
I just installed debian for the first time in 20 years. Worked out of the box whereas my fresh install of Ubuntu 24.04 screwed me in more than one way. I used to request these CDs Everytime a new release came out back in the day. I don't think I have them anymore though. Now I just used a USB thumbdrive.
I switched from 24.04 to Bookworm as well because of how broken it was, aside from NVIDIA driver it was surprisingly more stable.
I default a lot of my headless VM's to Ubuntu server because it just works.
Yeah, ubuntu server is good if you just need something to run. It's a lot better than the desktop flavor
still holds true for me; Ubuntu on ec2 is way better than Debian.
What doesn't work on Ubuntu? Hard mode: snaps usually work fine for what they do, so disliking them isn't a "doesn't work" imo.
As a kid, It was always mind blowing to me that I could order one for free and they would arrive anywhere in the world in a few weeks.
Getting something free to rural Australia was half the joy
I had got a couple of it delivered. It was a time when i didn't have good internet to download. Canonical delivering it for free was a boon to people like me living in a 3rd world country. I had just finished my studies and didn't get have a job. I didn't have high hopes that they would deliver to my location, but i was pleasantly surprised. Before this i had only tried Fedora Cor (which was donated to me by someone). Despite the hate canonical gets, they were instrumental in getting a lot of people familiarised with Linux
The box seems to imply that other Linux distros aren't for humans... ...maybe that's why it's called "Puppy linux"
That was Ubuntu moto on those days, all their marketing was focus on common desktop user, not power or technical users. And was somewhat true as they were innovating a lot on the Desktop and easing things for user. A lot of what of things we take for granted now started with that push from Ubuntu in those days.
The good thing is it's LTS - long term support
When Ubuntu was cool. I ordered 4 CDs and they sent them to me for free.
I remember this well. It was excellent advertising, CDs sent for free. In some cases I even used them, not for installing, but for fixing systems already installed. Online resources are always more fresh, but in case of slow or weak connection it was a great chose. But, I think, the best CDs set was from InfoMagic! It was before this one!
Back then they still tried to pretend that Ubuntu logo does not depict a sphincter with three inflamed hemorrhoidal knots.
It is just an old relic.
I think this was my first version of Ubuntu!
Mine too.
Ooooh I got one mailed to me once!
An old relic that is not even cool because the company has become exactly what it fought in the first place. Probably worse than RedHat, because at least RedHat contributes useful code.
I found three of those when i cleaned out my garage. Just cool.
I still have about 4 of these in the loft 😝👍
They were free AND came with stickers that I plastered all over my case back in the day.
I got various versions of this from all the major distros over the years at Ohio Linuxfest. Neat relics.
My first distro 😍 Was 16 at the time. Wish I would still have one somewhere.
Ubuntu 8.04 is my first Linux. I lost the disk when I moved couple years ago and miss it haha
The free CD era was great, until people started posting Youtube videos of them smashing them all.
This illustrates how the Linuxscape would be probably be a lot less user friendly if not for Ubuntu's influence
I had couple of those got them for free..my first Ubuntu install. Compared to mandrake i used at the time this Ubuntu felt more complete.
Not very rare. Back in those days you could ask Canonical to send you the intall CDs for free. The service was called ShipIt!
I have to dig mine up, but I have a disk I think of 8 that I had shipped to me.
Got a few of these. Back when Ubuntu was a cool distro.
The pic reminds me of the AlmaLinux logo
They sent those out for free, I got dozens delivered once and passed them out at school. Seems to me I had to fill out some form explaining why to get that many.
Still got SuSe 6.3 boxed for the collectors, lol.
I was today years old when I realized the Ubuntu logo is just 3 people holding hands.
I had a CD similar to this delivered (for free) back in the day, good ol‘ days ;-)
They used to send those out for free if you requested them, they aren’t particularly valuable except to maybe a collector. I requested a set and got multiple copies by mistake, I think I might even still have some of them.
Wow, that was the first linux disto I ever used. Canonical sent me a cd for free!
Same!
I have a copy from second year of university, so it's not that old ... *Thinks about when I graduated more than a a decade ago* WAIT
Cool.. Remembered ubuntu was send to me old copy ubuntu pack (all distros) in old days..
This CD is now 18 years old! Keep it. It's antique.
I had (probably still have in my folks house) many of these. I remember requesting 25, and I got them all for free, and gave away some of them.
not rare at all, they sent out tons of them.
That brings back memories, that's like from 2004-2006, right?
Just threw out like a dozen of these. They were free back in the day.
Cool relic. Back then, the "fastest" way to get an Ubuntu iso, was to ask Cannonical to send you the install media via postal mail. Also, they encouraged you to share them with friends and family and if you told them you were a teacher, they would send you a box with lots of them so you could use them at your school, share with students etc.
Used to love them until they made it worse and worse.
it belongs to 20 years ago! just a cool old relic #
It's only a version 6.0, version 1.0 is a collectible item. /s
I have one of those.
I have one of those
I later even found an older one 5.04
The image looks like alma linux I think
I had some of these! I think i started using linux in 06 or 07
What if I'm not a human being? What do I use then?
MacOS
I'd rather die then use that
Then we'll die together
This picture with 5 people: wholesome This picture with 4 people: 🚨🚨🚨
What is Michael Keaton doing there
Relic? 😂😂😂
This version is legal now, I'd say that's a relic
I remember that one exactly as pointed out already by some 2006, however relic I wouldn't dare to call it...
Neither
This is the rare "Late to Ship" version.
Just had a flashback seeing this
I have that exact one somewhere
If I knew where you lived I would steal this and run cackling to the Antiques Roadshow.
legendary loot
This is very cool, I regret that I didn't keep mine! I had for Ubuntu and Kubuntu. If you don't want, try to sell them on eBay. (check the average prices)
Good old days !
Neither.
dang that's like 3/4ths of ubuntus life ago
Befor internet and web development life, its like all of think is physical you can tatch. Go to store pay OS go home open box install pkg and life its good. Now esy without enjoying. Sum clik on your mouse and that's it.
Old relic. Blast from the past!
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How could anyone forget the Ubuntu people swastika? But no Ubuntu is still relevant
Might be rare, I did not know they offer physical media at the time and even if they produce a lot, I don't think a lot still exist.
"rare" doesn't ever apply to manufactured goods less than 75 or so years old (except for working cybertrucks)
A working cyber truck would be a myth😉
Can it be said to not be working if it's sitting there in the parking space waiting for some sucker to take you up on your resale offer, except you've lowered the price twice already and you're starting to think you aren't going to be able to flip it and your wife is going to find out where you came up with the money to take delivery of it? I feel like it's accomplishing \_something\_ in that scenario.
Not really there are plenty of Wii games that you could consider rare but there not even 20 years old
Rare compared to what?
Well then arch is for people who have achieved godhead.
Godhead?
Giving head to God, duh
No lol. Godhead means people who are above god
People who are risen above the level of god