wetelectric Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?sk...d=1211587312374 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markhimself Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 linux is free. you can order ubuntu disks from the website for FREE. they take 2 - 3 weeks to send but when you do - shiny new linux disks all for free!!! they come with 8 ubuntu stickers too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicatronTg Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 vote4bush is correct. Best Buy thinks they can make money off of Linux. Watch them fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazaruswws Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Watch their in store pricing be twice as much as their online pricing, for a Free OS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1u Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 https://shop.canonical.com/index.php?cPath=17 BestBuy = theifs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 In reality, it's Ubuntu who is selling them in BestBuy, so they are making money off it as well. Either way, they can't afford to give them away for free in stores, as Ubuntu doesn't have the revenue of say, AOL, who used to be everywhere. Thing I don't get though, most people who bought RedHat in stores did so because they were going to get paid support when they purchased it from a store. Is Ubuntu doing the same thing now? Or do you install at your own risk, for those who never used Linux before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthrax Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 i alway have to laugh when i see someone trying to sell linux for more than the cost of a DVD-R which is like $2 NZD. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor512 Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 i alway have to laugh when i see someone trying to sell linux for more than the cost of a DVD-R which is like $2 NZD. lol the box does add another 1-2 cents to the total cost though :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephid Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 For the $20 you will also get a starter guide and 60 days of free support, that is at least what a Danish news magazin wrote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve8x Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Why not just download the ISO and burn it? Thats what I've done... I mean common everyones got a CD burner these days and a spare CD-R lying around! And with high speed internet you'll have a CD burned before the time it takes you to get to the store and back ;) Just download it, I don't care if you've got a 56k modem, it'll still be faster than waiting 3 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SysOps Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 depends greatly on what your using it for. SLES (suse server) is worth the extra cost if you need to have a 99.999% yearly minimal uptime. (it makes the upper management happy to have the support, even though Open Suse works just as well ). Also i can see paying for a specially hardened Linux like Adonis DNS... (ROCK HARD) But if you are just running a Linux as a home desktop then i agree, just download them for free... down with best buy...... Dont Know CRC from IRC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wetelectric Posted July 11, 2008 Author Share Posted July 11, 2008 Linux users have no sense of humour. 20% of them also worship goats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1u Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Linux users have no sense of humour. 20% of them also worship goats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wetelectric Posted July 12, 2008 Author Share Posted July 12, 2008 snippage Hail Moon-Goat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antirem Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I used to work at BB. Hated myself for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famicoman Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I have a boxed copy of Linux from 1997 or so, with a $40 price tag on it from Electronics Boutique. This shit ain't new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim.vangehugten Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I only have bought a suse 6.9 cd but that was together with a manual etc and a long time ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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