Re: Older Hardware Still Works

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From	Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au>
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Subject	Re: Older Hardware Still Works
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Groovy hepcat Lawrence D’Oliveiro was jivin' in comp.os.linux.misc on
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:55 am. It's a cool scene! Dig it.

> On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 18:37:33 +1000, Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood wrote:
> 
>> True, but getting them from magazine cover CDs/DVDs wasn't. Nor was
>> ordering a disk set from a disk set vendor.
> 
> Ah, fair enough. There was even a period when the Ubuntu project would
> happily send out CDs for free to anyone in the world who asked.

  Yes. And you could even buy Linux CDs in shops. I've acquired some
that way. My first distro was Slackware 3.4 bought from a computer shop
in the heart of Melbourne. (That shop no longer exists, sadly! It
closed down a couple years or so ago after surviving for many years.
There are many pressures on small businesses these days: increased rent
and council rates, fewer people buying their merchandise, customer base
moving online, etc. And the pandemic put the last nail in the coffin, I
guess.)

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Re: Older Hardware Still Works Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> - 2025-09-04 15:34 +1000
  Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-04 18:20 +0000
    Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-05 03:52 -0400
      Re: Older Hardware Still Works "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-05 12:46 +0200
        Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-05 07:08 -0400
        Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-05 19:36 +0000
          Re: Older Hardware Still Works "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-05 21:52 +0200
            Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-06 04:27 +0000
              Re: Older Hardware Still Works "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-06 14:25 +0200
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-06 16:53 +0000
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-07 00:03 +0200
                Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-09-07 01:49 -0400
          Re: Older Hardware Still Works Mike Scott <usenet.16@scottsonline.org.uk.invalid> - 2025-09-06 06:58 +0100
      Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-05 19:31 +0000

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