MaxTux & Other Unix Suppliers (Frank Mitchell)

[Steve Barker]

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>     1. MaxTux & Other Unix Suppliers (Frank Mitchell)
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> Message: 1
> From: Frank Mitchell <mitchell at wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk>
> To: freebsd-users at uk.freebsd.org, staffslug at staffslug.org.uk,
> 	sc at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: MaxTux & Other Unix Suppliers
> Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:00:46 +0000
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> Dear Fellow-Nerds:
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> I haven't noticed much discussion about UK Unix Suppliers, so I thought I=
'd
> try and start one by describing MaxTux, who recently supplied me with 64-=
Bit
> OpenSUSE and FreeBSD.
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> MaxTux aims to supply people worldwide, like South Africa. But I'm fairly=
 sure
> it's not a Multinational Corporation. It centres around one bloke, namely
> Stephen Lockley of stephen at maxtux.co.uk (also 88, Boundary Walk, BA14 0LZ=
).
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> Parts of the MaxTux Website look outdated, but this seems to be because
> it shows distros which people bought in the past. If you actually email a
> request for the Lastest Release or the 64-Bit Version, the Website gets
> updated and there's no problem. If you want something unusual, they reser=
ve
> the right to classify it as a Special Request and charge extra, but this
> doesn't happen with familiar distros for PCs.
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> So MaxTux seems to be a very informal organisation, which relies on Custo=
mer
> Demand to keep up to date. You can expect to get some hand-labelled disks,
> which might take more than a week to arrive. But if you're specific, ther=
e's
> no problem getting the particular Unix version you want.
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> Faictz Ce Que Vouldras: Frank Mitchell
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I like https://www.linuxmedia.co.uk , the service is swift, the range large=
 (linux/BSD), and not expensive.

Steve B

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