Linux-Hams archive - March 1997: Re: Redhat or Slakcware?
Re: Redhat or Slakcware?
Dave Ewaldz (terhi.victor@logonet.com)
Sat, 1 Mar 1997 10:43:58 -6000
> Fred deBros/Anesthesia/MGH wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:
>
> > LSL has a CD-ROM with all three for a ridiculously low price, for those
> > of us who are network-impaired.
>
> Fd> its so low that the old adage kicks in: whats the catch?
> Fd> anyone know? the combo disk (Debian+Slackware+RedHat
> Fd> 4.1)sells for 8.-- shipping incl, beside the individual
> Fd> versions@ 40 bux or so each....whats missing then?
>
> Probably support and manuals. It costs less than US$1.00 to fabricate a CD and
> probably less than US$0.50 to mail it, so I could see their price as
> potentially profitable. LSL may also be using the product as a loss leader to
> build a mailing list, and that kind of thing can be very profitable in itself.
>
> -- Mike
>
I'll vouch for the LSL Linux CD. I purchased it from their secure
web site and received it in about 2 days after that. I installed the
Debian Linux 1.2.5 version on the CD, and it worked fine. The only
thing missing was the non-free directory portion of Debian.
Cheapest way I have found to upgrade yet!
73 Dave N9HKM