Howdy, On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 18:16 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 10 March 2006 17:42, Beartooth wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:38:32 -0500, taharka wrote: > > > On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 09:54 -0500, Beartooth NQC wrote: > > >> For those of us too clueless to download ISOs and burn them to CDs or > > >> DVDs, is there any preferred place to get those? I've had rather > > >> variegated experience buying Fedora media online ... > > > > > > Is there a Barnes & Noble bookseller in your neck-of-the-woods? They > > > stock "Linux Format Magazine" special editions DVD/CDROM for about every > > > Linux distro under the sun :-) This is where I purchased FC4/openSUSE > > > Linux 10.0 for $19.99 apiece. Comes with nice color manual/tutorial to > > > get you started also ;-) > > > > Hmmmm ... I'm in Blacksburg, Virginia, and there's one at the edge of the > > next town (Christiansburg) -- which is a minor pain to get to. Any idea > > how long it takes the LFM people to get a special edition onto the > > shelves?? I'm gonna hafta mount an expedition to that area one of these > > days anyhow; it'd be nice to roll it in and not mount two. > > > I have heard it said that if you subscribe you get them much quicker than > waiting for them to arrive in the stores. That may well be in the United Kingdom/Europe. It's been my experience in the U.S., Future Publications are on the shelves quicker than subscriptions :-( Also, IMO subscriptions are a waste of money if you only want those special editions ;-) > Anne taharka Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.
