DSL Ideas and Suggestions :: Spiffy CDs



Would you pay more (or pay for the first time, I suppose) if you could get DSL on a biz-card CD with slick art on the disc and a plastic case to put it in?  I've talked with John about this before.  I love DSL, and I love the biz-card CD form factor.  My only minor complaint about DSL is when I got the disc in the mail, it came wrapped in a plastic baggie with Damn small Linux written on it with a sharpie.  I think DSL deserves to have shiny artwork on the disc and a plastic case to put it in.  IMO, it's every bit as nifty as some of those big-time distros, and I think it deserves the same kind of "whiz-bang" artwork and such the big boys get.

So what do you guys think?  Would you pay more if you got DSL on a sweet-looking disc and such?
Yeah... better artwork would be nice but, personally I will never pay for a DSL release.. I am just that cheap :) I help when I can in the messageboards but I don't really have any money right now :) still in school
I don't see what's wrong with the slip-case it sends in...

If you're talking like an extra $0.25 - MAYBE... but even then pretty artwork doesn't do much good when it's in the drive...
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I don't see what's wrong with the slip-case it sends in...

If you're talking like an extra $0.25 - MAYBE... but even then pretty artwork doesn't do much good when it's in the drive...

Having bought labels, discs, and cases for biz-card CDs before, I can assure you "an extra .25 maybe" is a little low.

The cases themselves run between .20 and .50 a piece, and labels are about $20 for a pack of 96 for the glossy ones.  That's another .20  the cheapest discs I saw were about .40, most often they're .50 or more.  Add shipping costs, ink (which is NOT a trivial amout), and  we're talking about $1+ a piece for "designer discs."

But anyway, I don't think that these would replace the standard ones - more like a "special edition" kind of thing.

Sort of like a fundraiser thing.  Like Girl Scout Cookies or Lion's Club mints - you're paying more than you would because it's a worthy cause, and you get a little something special to encourage you to open your pocketbook.

See, I'm not a programmer (well, not a good programmer anyway) and I'm a Linux noob.  Since I can't contribute to Linux by answering questions and/or contributing to an OSS project, I show my support by spreading the word and (*gasp*) paying for the distros I use.

So far, I've bought DSL, Mandrake, Libranet, and RH.  With the exception of RH, I've payed for these distros because I use them - and because they (IMNHO) charge a fair price for the work they do.

In the case of Libranet and DSL especially, I'm paying because my giving up some bucks keeps a small group of programmers interested in cranking out distos, damn fine ones at that.  Sure, they MIGHT do it even if they don't get any money for their efforts, but they're more likely to give up some of their valuable time and make these distros if they do get a little cash for doing it.

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Oh, another way I support DSL?  I wrote a review and an interview with John and got it put up on distrowatch.  Not trying to brag here - but I am proud of it.  Someone from Panama sent me an email and said he was using it based on my article.  That's just what I was hoping for!

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I never said $0.25 was a realistic price...

Sad to say, but most linux people are cheap (as I am). Getting the standard $5 is more than enough... I mean, after all, if they want more $$, they can get into stuff that isn't open...
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