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From	"De ongekruisigde ds." <ongekruisigde-ds@ongekruisigde-ds.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux.gentoo
Subject	Re: ISO & tarball filenames
Date	2025-09-17 11:43 +0000
Organization	Ongekruisigden
Message-ID	<10ae6tn$36aje$5@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 2024-10-31, David Chmelik <dchmelik@gmail.com> wrote:
> In past I downloaded Gentoo installer, liveDVD, and stage 3, but came back 
> later and didn't know what any of it is for.  I strongly recommend--like 
> most software projects--prefix your name 'Gentoo' to these .ISOs & 
> tarballs, so if someone just wants to try it, and comes back later, they 
> still know what it is.

$ file install-amd64-minimal-20250831T170358Z.iso 
install-amd64-minimal-20250831T170358Z.iso: ISO 9660 CD-ROM filesystem data (DOS/MBR boot sector) 'Gentoo-amd64-20250831' (bootable)

no such luck for the 'stage' files though... (but the 'stage' in
the filename is a good hint)

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  Re: ISO & tarball filenames "De ongekruisigde ds." <ongekruisigde-ds@ongekruisigde-ds.invalid> - 2025-09-17 11:43 +0000
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