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Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question

Message-ID <68a25537@news.ausics.net> (permalink)
From not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Subject Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question
Newsgroups alt.os.linux.mint, aus.computers, alt.os.linux.debian
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Date 2025-08-18 08:18 +1000
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In alt.os.linux.debian Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 17:40:48 +1000, Xeno wrote:
>> On 17/8/2025 5:07 pm, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>> On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 15:59:27 +1000, Xeno wrote:
>>>> A burnt CD has as much capacity, is in some cases - rewritable, and is
>>>> easier to fit into a SAFE. Zip disks are NOT paragons of reliability.
>>> 
>>> Rewritable optical media were never paragons of reliability, either.
>> 
>> But they take up little space so - backups of backups.
> 
> I used write-once media for that.

Such discs still degrade, just maybe not as fast. One exception are
M-Discs since they don't have the "organic layer".

> Nowadays USB sticks are even more compact.

But also vulnerable to degrading over time.

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Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-08-12 23:04 -0400
  Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-13 03:52 +0000
    Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-13 03:41 -0400
      Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-13 08:25 +0000
        Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-08-13 09:18 +0000
          Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question "Gary R. Schmidt" <grschmidt@acm.org> - 2025-08-13 22:18 +1000
          Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Loach505 <riffraffdj@gmail.com> - 2025-08-13 09:49 -0600
            Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-13 21:22 +0000
              Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2025-08-14 00:21 +0000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-14 02:38 +0000
        Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-13 12:41 -0400
          Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-13 19:44 +0100
            Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-08-13 19:10 +0000
            Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-08-13 15:18 -0400
              Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-13 21:16 +0000
            Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-08-14 15:20 +1000
              Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-14 05:53 +0000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-08-15 04:54 +0000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-08-15 14:58 +1000
              Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2025-08-14 22:36 +1000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-08-14 23:20 +1000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2025-08-16 07:13 -0400
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2025-08-17 12:29 +1000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-08-17 12:31 +1000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2025-08-17 15:59 +1000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-17 07:07 +0000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2025-08-17 17:40 +1000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-17 22:01 +0000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-08-18 08:18 +1000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-18 00:15 +0000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-18 01:35 -0400
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-18 07:24 +0000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> - 2025-08-18 20:43 +0100
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-08-19 10:36 +1000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-08-19 13:10 +0000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2025-08-19 23:15 +1000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-19 21:25 +0000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-08-18 12:09 +1000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-18 01:53 -0400
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-18 07:25 +0000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-08-18 20:52 +1000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-18 12:13 -0400
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-08-19 10:31 +1000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-08-19 09:10 +1000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-08-19 10:40 +1000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2025-08-19 12:37 +1000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-19 03:16 +0000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2025-08-19 20:49 +1000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-08-19 21:31 +1000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-19 16:38 -0400
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-20 00:34 +0000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2025-08-18 05:51 +0000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2025-08-18 05:54 +0000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-17 03:16 +0000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2025-08-17 08:15 -0400
            Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-08-14 16:30 +0000
              Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-14 20:42 +0100
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-08-16 00:10 +0000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-16 09:20 +0100
              Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-15 00:52 +0000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-08-16 00:10 +0000
                Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-16 02:02 +0000
    Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-08-14 14:38 +1000
      Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2025-08-14 22:35 +1000
        Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-08-14 23:18 +1000
          Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-08-15 12:21 +1000
            Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2025-08-15 15:39 +1000
        Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-14 18:28 -0400
          Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-08-15 12:19 +1000
          Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-08-16 00:10 +0000
  Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-08-14 14:37 +1000

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