Anybody have any good ( cheap ) places to get some quality distro cd's.

In my case Debian

How about LQ ISO or LinuxISO Price = zero!

I have no idea how they compare for prices with other sites, but Linux CD.org might be one to look at. The thing I like about them is that they team up with Distro Watch every month and donate money to a free software project such as GnuCash, K3B, VIM, Bittorrent, etc. So if you want a small portion of your CD purchase to go back to a free software project, it might be the place to check out!

Hope that helps!

BUY

I personally subscribe to a linux magazine called Linux Format. Its a British mag so not sure weather its available where you are but you should be able to find something equivalent. Not only do you get at least one full distro a month, although its normally more, you get intructions how to set it up and a mag load of other good info on your fave OS. Seems like a bargain to me! I've just installed Suse10.0 that came with the last edition. To download the whole DVD would have taken more tha a day for me as I'm stuck at 512K

Why would you buy something that is free...I don't understand.

Because by buying a distro, you're supporting the people who make your distro of choice possible. These people gotta eat, pay mortgages/rent, pay for the electricity to run their computers, etc. So while yes, you can get it for free, cracking open the wallet just a little bit shouldn't be a completely alien idea.

By the way, most distro home pages have links to where you can purchase CDs.

Also if you buy Suse, for instance, you get two thumping great manuals which are reputed to be the best distro manuals going, but you also get telephone support for installation issues. Some people chose to use these safety nets, and why not.

Indeed i wish to help out debian and other distros i like, thats why i am willing to pay for them... but ofcourse i dont want to overpay since i notice many make money for them selfs and not the projects.

I personaly give out donations and then buy the CD's 15 ish cd's i can't download at home since my GF and kid use the internet allot. ^_^

Hmm, if you wouldn't mind settling for something based off of Debian instead of Debian itself, you could get ubuntu for free from shipit.ubuntu.com. It just takes a few weeks.

Yes Linux Format ($15) is available here in the states, at Barnes & Nobels & Borders bookstores. Debian Sarge was on the cover disk about two or three months ago.

I love this magazine as well as Linux User & Developer ($15)& Linux Magazine ($12)all UK mags. IMHO the UK has the best Linux Magazines available. The tutorials are very well written, and I have gotten some great software on all those disk.

There was one magazine offered here in the states (at least I think it was published in the states) a few years back, it was Maximum Linux. I bought it's last issue before it went belly up. It was a good linux mag. as well.

Oh, darn! All this talk about Linux magazines has made me want to go to 18th & Market (in this snow storm) and get the latest of all three mags. Well at least I'll have something to keep me busy this weekend.

Peace V

Remember though, buying from the sources they are associated with or buying directly from the distribution is contributing to the actual project and it's developers. If you buy from LinuxCD.org or the like, they're the one's making the profit, not the distribution themselves.

Cool, well IMHO its the best linux magazine in the UK, so that makes it the best linux magazine in the world! They will be pleased!

Cheapbytes.

I've bought quite a few cd's from this site when I was using dial-up. They have great prices and shipping is quite good also.



Peace V