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> AKA the monster that Bill Gates created Yes, the monster what allowed every housewife to use a computer without obtaining a CS degree first. Which paved the

> AKA the monster that Bill Gates created Yes, the monster what allowed every housewife to use a computer without obtaining a CS degree first. Which paved the way for the residential Internet demand and in turn allowed the smartphone revolution. > I have been saving Linux ISO's for more than fifteen years Lists ISO for the previous Debian and Ubuntu. Sure, Zenlive is old, but why even mention almost modern and the most popular distros? > Unfortunately, they cannot be installed years later because the repositories generally no longer exist! Yes, this is a problem with any OS with network repos as the default source. It's way easier (most of the time) on 'that monster' because the program installers are self contained. But this guy's method of backing up is... let's say unconventional. > Perhaps a reader will point out a better method in the comments below Whatever it could be for the OSes with the repositories? The world wonders.

shzhdbi09gv8ioi 3y ago
>> Unfortunately, they cannot be installed years later because the repositories generally no longer exist! > Yes, this is a problem with any OS with network repos as the default source. It's way easier (most of the time) on 'that monster' because the program installers are self contained. Not disagreeing, just adding some notes from memory :) So, linux distros like SUSE used to be several CD:s containing the entire repository, and yet more CD:s with the src packages. You normally would just use the first cd to install a base system, and then connect it to the online package repository. See here for openSUSE 10 (2006): http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/distribution/10.2/iso/cd/ http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/distribution/1... The installation even set up the package manager with the cdimage as source and you would have to edit the package manager config in order to even get updates over the internet.
- anthk 3y ago
  I bought a 3-4 DVD set of Debian Sarge with near everything. Most of the commenters (and the blog poster) have absolutely no clue on how GNU/Linux was shipped before Ubuntu, or even the Debian CD archive, or the Slackware ISO dumps + full repo backups, there are even packages from Alienbob for older releases.
mixmastamyk 3y ago
> allowed ... use a computer without obtaining a CS degree That was Apple, with a lot of help from Xerox. DOS/Windows was a usability disaster for a long time for regular folks without an IT department. Remember CONFIG.SYS, IRQs, and ex{te,pa}nded memory?

shzhdbi09gv8ioi 3y ago

>> Unfortunately, they cannot be installed years later because the repositories generally no longer exist! > Yes, this is a problem with any OS with network repos as the default source. It's way easier (most of the time) on 'that monster' because the program installers are self contained. Not disagreeing, just adding some notes from memory :) So, linux distros like SUSE used to be several CD:s containing the entire repository, and yet more CD:s with the src packages. You normally would just use the first cd to install a base system, and then connect it to the online package repository. See here for openSUSE 10 (2006): http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/distribution/10.2/iso/cd/ http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/distribution/1... The installation even set up the package manager with the cdimage as source and you would have to edit the package manager config in order to even get updates over the internet.

anthk 3y ago
I bought a 3-4 DVD set of Debian Sarge with near everything. Most of the commenters (and the blog poster) have absolutely no clue on how GNU/Linux was shipped before Ubuntu, or even the Debian CD archive, or the Slackware ISO dumps + full repo backups, there are even packages from Alienbob for older releases.

mixmastamyk 3y ago

> allowed ... use a computer without obtaining a CS degree That was Apple, with a lot of help from Xerox. DOS/Windows was a usability disaster for a long time for regular folks without an IT department. Remember CONFIG.SYS, IRQs, and ex{te,pa}nded memory?