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Best Buy Is Selling Ubuntu
SirLurksAlot writes "It appears that Best Buy is now selling Ubuntu, both through its Web site and in its brick-and-mortar locations. Going by the release on the product page, Ubuntu has actually been available for the low, low price of $19.99 since May 6th of this year. It is being packaged as the 'Complete Edition.' While they don't specify on the site what version is being offered, a quick call to a local store revealed it to be Hardy Heron, the latest Long Term Support version. How did this development fly under the radar for over two months without anybody noticing?"
'Cons: Doesn't come in Ultimate and Premier editions'
Ha ha.
Who buys stuff they don't need?
You mean like a singing rubber fish to hand on the wall?
http://www.howstuffworks.com/singing-fish.htm
How did this development fly under the radar for over two months without anybody noticing?
;)
The answer is obvious - real geeks don't shop at Best Buy. We shop at Future Shop.
What? no Rick Roll?
A linux distro I can pirate.
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5. [pure personal intuition] Nowadays, mouth-to-mouth is still the best way to spread Ubuntu, or any Linux distro, and hey, the initial mouths know where to get it, and that won't be Best Buy. And that relates to your comment.
Emphasis is mine.
Either this guy is only telling women about Ubuntu, or I'm glad he didn't tell me about Ubuntu!
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God, I really do wish Ubuntu would come in different flavors! Like cherry, vanilla, and extra-yummy grape.
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From Moronville?
Isn't that just outside of Dumbshitsburg?
Yeah, but they have a modem pool connected to an automated message telling you to go to the forums!
It might also ask you if you've restarted your computer, or tried booting into Safe Mode.
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If they were already running Ubuntu or another modern operating system I would agree with you but that's not the case. The target market is people running Win98/Me/Vista. The 98/me folks can't get the piece of crap to burn a CD while the suckers who bought vista can't get networking to work right.
What about a downloaded-sharpie version and $19.50? :-)
== Jez ==
Do you miss Firefox? Try Pale Moon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Cola It tastes quite nice, and it isn't made with HFCS like most soft drinks are now. It is a little more expensive though, but its worth it to have my drink match my OS :)
If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we shoot people for Apollo-related non-sequiturs?
That's about right. If you're looking for Ubuntu, you don't typically go buy it – and if you come across it at Best Buy, you're not going to know what it is. Who buys stuff they don't need?
The same people who paid money for a 'pet rock'.
Bearded Dragon
So when are they going to sell linux?
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How long until people get sued for pirating Ubuntu?
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Sell the spice to CHOAM
This Mahdi took Shaddam's Throne
WALL-E thought it was valuable.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
...and hardware support is a thing of the past.
You're describing Vista here, right?
What???? What do you mean 'don't need'? I require a singing rubber fish, without it's beautiful renditions of Don't Worry, Be Happy and Take Me To The River, I could not continue to live.
What if Tetris was invented by Nazis?
Who buys stuff they don't need?
I heard somewhere, that a man will buy 1$ item for 2$ if he needs it...And a woman will buy 2$ item for 1$ even if she does not need it.
So, all we need to do is, attach a price tag of 39.95$ to Ubuntu, place it near lipstick section and put a big banner of '50% discount sale' above it :)
hilarious
"Mommeeeeee! Please buy me Ubuntu! Please, please please?"
someone needs to reprogram one to sing that song to anyone that walks by....be like a RL rickrolling!
Ubuntu Purplesaurus Rex... i think, i would pay for that. ;)
The friend or the monkey?
http://www.mhall119.com
That explains the Taiwanese housewives.
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As I mentioned to the first commenter who pointed out that I was mistaken, I made a bonehead mistake. Please mod parent down.
"Question with boldness even the existence of a god." - Thomas Jefferson
So what's the spanish phrase for mouth-to-mouth, then?
apt-get install mythtv
Ok, i typed that into the office program.
Now what?
Yes but is that pet rock the COMPLETE edition?
The store version makes a better Christmas present than a downloaded-sharpie version.
You give Linux distros as Christmas present? I'd hate see what you give for an anniversary gift.
Yeah, but if his grub gets messed up, he literally shits the bed.
I take it you didn't hear about the Gutsy Gibbon?
I'll take "Things People Who Shop At Best Buy Do" for $200, Alex.
Did you buy your UID on Ebay?
It's really easy to find out what Long Term Support means for Ubuntu even if somehow you managed not to read or hear about it for the last 3 years.
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