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Re: Older Hardware Still Works

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On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 18:37:33 +1000, Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood wrote:

> Groovy hepcat Lawrence D’Oliveiro was jivin' in comp.os.linux.misc on
> Wed, 27 Aug 2025 10:39 am. It's a cool scene! Dig it.
> 
>> On Tue, 26 Aug 2025 19:02:29 +1000, Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood wrote:
>> 
>>> Groovy hepcat Lawrence D’Oliveiro was jivin' in comp.os.linux.misc on
>>> Wed, 20 Aug 2025 01:56 pm. It's a cool scene! Dig it.
>>> 
>>>> On Tue, 19 Aug 2025 17:21:04 +1000, Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> After hearing about Ubuntu Netbook Remix, I decided that would be a
>>>>> better option. Unfortunately the UI that came with that also sucked!
>>>> 
>>>>     sudo apt-get kubuntu-desktop
>>> 
>>>   Yeah, I know. But at the time I only had crappy dial-up internet,
>>>   and
>>> there weren't any free wi-fi spots near me. Downloading software was
>>> difficult at best, and maxed out before it's finished. So doing that
>>> was not really an option then.
>> 
>> Surely downloading a whole new distro would have been even more
>> bandwidth- hungry.
> 
>   True, but getting them from magazine cover CDs/DVDs wasn't. Nor was
> ordering a disk set from a disk set vendor.

Generally you also had a complete, working system. Today most isos seem to 
have just enough to allow the installation to phone home for the rest of 
the stuff. 

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Re: Older Hardware Still Works Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> - 2025-08-26 19:02 +1000
  Re: Older Hardware Still Works Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-27 00:39 +0000
    Re: Older Hardware Still Works Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-27 10:33 +0100
      Re: Older Hardware Still Works "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-27 12:04 +0200
        Re: Older Hardware Still Works Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-08-27 14:36 -0700
          Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-28 03:38 +0000
      Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-27 21:55 +0000
      Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-27 22:51 -0400
    Re: Older Hardware Still Works Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> - 2025-08-28 18:37 +1000
      Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-28 19:09 +0000
        Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-29 01:27 -0400
      Re: Older Hardware Still Works Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-29 00:55 +0000
        Re: Older Hardware Still Works rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-29 04:04 +0000
          Re: Older Hardware Still Works Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-08-28 23:20 -0700
            Re: Older Hardware Still Works c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-29 04:42 -0400

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