{"id":259,"date":"2007-05-01T17:43:29","date_gmt":"2007-05-01T14:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.void.gr\/kargig\/blog\/?p=259"},"modified":"2007-05-01T17:44:12","modified_gmt":"2007-05-01T14:44:12","slug":"99e-for-magentas-desktopos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.void.gr\/kargig\/blog\/2007\/05\/01\/99e-for-magentas-desktopos\/","title":{"rendered":"99\u20ac for Magenta’s DesktopOS ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just go to Magenta<\/a>‘s DesktopOS<\/a> e-shop<\/a> and take a look at the price. 99\u20ac for a greek linux distro ? <\/p>\n

I know that there is proprietary software included in that distro, but I still find the price outrageous for what’s included<\/a>. Here’s the pricelist of what’s not open source\/free and is included on the distro according to Magenta’s Pricelist<\/a>:<\/p>\n

a) GOLDEN VERSION 2006 English-Greek & Greek-English electronic TRANSLATION dictionary for computers running Linux OS<\/a>.
\nPrice: 35\u20ac<\/p>\n

b) Unicode Fonts No 1<\/a>,2<\/a>,3<\/a>,4<\/a>,5<\/a>.
\nPrice: 5x 34.63\u20ac = 173.15\u20ac<\/p>\n

c) Font Pack of “Greek Font Society<\/a>“.
\nAll fonts come with an openfont license. Price: 0\u20ac<\/p>\n

d) Font pack of “Cannibal Fonts<\/a>”
\nUnspecified number\/names of fonts…Unspecified Price. There are fontpacks on that site costing more than 1000\u20ac.<\/p>\n

I can’t find any word on the website about “support”, helpdesk, etc. If I buy it…who provides support ? Magenta or the Ubuntu Community ? This is something crucial for potential buyers and it should have been clearly noted on the site. If there’s no official support by Magenta, included in the pricetag of 99\u20ac, then all the money a buyer pays goes for Magenta’s proprietary software and fonts included in the distro. If someone excludes the 35\u20ac that the dictionary costs, then there’s another 64\u20ac for fonts only!<\/p>\n

I have never ever used Magenta’s or Cannibal’s fonts on any of the distros I use. I find that the free fonts that exist are already more than enough for me. So, if I ever bought Magenta’s DesktopOS, it would only be for the dictionary included, and that just costs 35\u20ac. For someone who does not need Magenta’s or Cannibal’s fonts, the extra 64\u20ac these seem to cost is outrageous (at least to me). <\/p>\n

If you are like me and have never used Magenta’s fonts nor do you need them, I wouldn’t recommend buying that distro. Maybe a version without those fonts and with better(?) support for a price of 20-40\u20ac would be more appealing. <\/p>\n

P.S. Not even a single screenshot ? why ?<\/p>\n

P.S.2. I really hope that the 99\u20ac pricetag is an “error” of some kind. Even RHEL Desktop<\/a> is cheaper, and I am sure that Redhat’s support is far more valuable than any dictionary or font included in Magenta’s DestktopOS.<\/p>\n

P.S.3 I loved the greek spelling of “e-shop” on their site -> “\u03b7-\u039a\u03b1\u03c4\u03ac\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bc\u03b1”…hillarious<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just go to Magenta‘s DesktopOS e-shop and take a look at the price. 99\u20ac for a greek linux distro ? I know that there is proprietary software included in that distro, but I still find the price outrageous for what’s included. Here’s the pricelist of what’s not open source\/free and is included on the distro […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linux"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t