[bulug] Re: [Fwd: Invitation to Fall Splash!]
- From: "phil kurs" <prkurs@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bulug-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:12:54 -0400
I mean, we could always use laptop power to burn non-lightscribe cds if
people want them.
Phil
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Jimmy C. Chau <jchau@xxxxxx> wrote:
> We won't have electricity unless we bring our own (e.g. battery packs;
> but I think that will eat most of our budget).
>
> -Jimmy C. Chau
> <jchau@xxxxxx>
>
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 9:21 PM, Ryan Mullen <rmullen@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Tue, 22 Jul 2008, Jimmy C. Chau wrote:
> >
> >> I can burn CDs for various distros too, but I'm afraid that anyone who
> is
> >> savvy enough to try Linux would also be wary of running some unknown
> >> software from a home-made CD provided by a stranger. Does anyone have
> >> LightScribe or some other way of making the CDs look more professional
> or
> >> official?
> >
> > I have a Lightscribe CD/DVD burner but the only Linux utility that turned
> > up after a quick google search was a proprietary LaCie package with no
> > command line operation (from what I could tell). Is anyone aware of a
> > CLI / FOSS implementation of Lightscribe labeling? I couldn't find any
> > mention of it in the cdrecord manpage either.
> >
> > I've sent an email to info at shipit dot ubuntu to see if they could
> fulfill
> > our requirements. Any idea how many CDs I should request? I ballparked it
> at
> > 50-100 CDs. Even if they don't use them, people love free stuff and I
> don't
> > want to come up short.
> >
> > Distributing LiveCDs is a good way to get some exposure. If we have power
> > running to our booth, we could even burn them on-demand if they don't
> want
> > Ubuntu. But, I'm not sure that power would be available.
> >
> > Ryan
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