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Don't want to waste money on buying windows 7, so the laptop is going to be ordered without an OS. Is it possible to buy a physical copy (CD) of Ubuntu?

Wilf
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Lisa
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  • If you absolutely need a physical copy on CD and DVD but don't have access to CD/DVD burner (not even through a friend or colleague), I suggest you ask your local library or copy shop, because they can often burn CDs/DVDs for you. This may be a little cheaper than mail order. – David Foerster Dec 06 '13 at 19:53

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You can buy a 12.04 LTS (Not the latest version, but will last until 2017) disk from Canonical - for laptops look at the 'Desktop' version:

http://shop.canonical.com/product_info.php?products_id=976

But you could Download the image and burn it to a disk.

Wilf
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Only the LTS version of Ubuntu is available as a physical disc (you can find why here: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/04/canonical-ditching-ubuntu-cdsdvds-for-non-lts ).

You can order it from here: http://shop.canonical.com/index.php?cPath=17

Anyway, you can have any physical copy of any Ubuntu version on your own, by burning the ISO files. Download page: http://www.ubuntu.com/download

PeppeDAlterio
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there are three main Options -

  1. Either download it from here.

  2. Buy Ubuntu DVD from Canonical store from here.

  3. Or contact your country loco team from here..

Use google to know about your Ubuntu Country loco team.

Hope my answer is what you wanted to know.

Sukupa91
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You can buy them on Ebay (from random people):

www.ebay.ca/itm/UBUNTU-13-10-32-64-BIT-LIVE-Install-DVD-Case-Sticker-Extras-New-Release-/111193376859?pt=US_Operating_Systems_Software&hash=item19e3a4485b

You can buy LTS discs from Canonical (the makers of Ubuntu):

http://shop.canonical.com/product_info.php?products_id=976

You can buy from OSDisc.com (A company that sells linux installation media):

https://www.osdisc.com/products/linux/ubuntu?ad=google&gclid=CKv1gfCpnLsCFc9sfgodYmIA0A

TheseArentTheDroidsYoureLknFor
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Yes, Canonical sells Ubuntu 12.04 32bit CDs at the Canonical Store.

Or you can order other Ubuntu releases, including 64bit, at OSDisc.com.

Paul Tanzini
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The most convenient thing to do (although you can buy directly a CD of Ubuntu) is to download your favorite distro (.iso) of Ubuntu and burn it into a CD or a pendrive (in this case be sure to apply a bootloader). In this case you pay less and you don't wait the delivery. If you want to give a contribution to Canonical for Ubuntu you can do it here (after you choose the version you have the possibility to make a donation).

Be sure the version you choose is compatible with the hardware you are going to install on.

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