Comment 471 for bug 1

This bug is easily reproducible in Washington State[1], USA. I live in Kent[2], WA, which is about 20 or so miles south of Redmond[3]. In all this land, the bug is so critical that upon attempting to fix it gets you shunned in your own workplace.

When Gutsy Gibbon[4] is officially released in October, I'm going to send a plea to Canonical[5] to ship me 500 gutsy-desktop CDs and 50 gutsy-server CDs.

I find it my top priority to relinquish Microsoft's stronghold here and give the end users who buy new PCs or build something from old parts a choice and a chance to try Ubuntu. This will let them see that there's more of a choice available, and best of all, IT'S FREE!

When was the last time Microsoft just willingly sent a CD with their operating system on it to anyone without charging them something for it? I've never heard of anything like that. Canonical makes it easy for anyone to get a copy of Ubuntu with their ShipIt[6] site. It may take a few weeks to get the disc, but once you have it, you run Ubuntu either directly from the CD without harming your system, or you can get the best out of Ubuntu by installing it to the hard drive.

[1]: http://wa.gov/
[2]: http://www.ci.kent.wa.us/
[3]: http://redmond.gov/
[4]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GutsyGibbon
[5]: http://canonical.com/
[6]: https://shipit.ubuntu.com/