| Catching up with recipients of free Linux CDs |
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We give free Linux CDs to our friends, coworkers, even strangers, but in many cases we never find out what happens to them after they leave our hands. Recently I decided to look up several people I've given free Linux CDs to and ask them what happened, what they liked and didn't like, and whether they are using Linux.
Specifically, two months ago I gave away eight sets of Ubuntu 5.04 CD sets to a group of personal friends of varying ages, professional backgrounds, and levels of computer experience. Ubuntu CD sets come for three architectures (i386, PowerPC, and AMD64), and each set contains one live CD for experimentation and one install CD for after the recipient is convinced to take the plunge. They're professionally packaged, look nice, and Ubuntu's corporate sponsor Canonical Ltd. will ship as many as you want to your front door, free of charge.
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