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Re: Ok dumb question can a PPC Mac HDD be moved to a PC and work

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On Tue, 27 Aug 2013, David Brown wrote:

> If you need to buy Linux CDs or DVDs due to poor internet connections, a
> good source is the cover disks on Linux magazines.  Alternatively,
> <http://on-disk-com> has a wide range - and unlike eBay, you know you
> will get what you pay for, get the latest version (or old versions if
> you prefer), and for many of their disks some of the money goes back to
> the developers.  I haven't used on-disk.com myself, but I know that
> LinuxMint sells disks through them, which is a good endorsement.
>
Coverdiscks are kind of expensive, but worse, if you need a specific 
distribution, it won't be there when you need it.  I remember one time 
downloading over a few consecutive nights a subset of Slackware, only for 
someone to mention online that Slackware was on the cover of the latest 
issue of Linux Format.  I rushed to the store, and the issue was there, so 
it wa worth spending $21.50 Canadian because I needed to upgrade right 
then (a new used computer, I needed a newer release to take advantage of 
some of the new features).  But new Slackware releases come out so 
infrequently that it's not there unless you actually jump to the new 
release when it comes out (and even then, the lesser distributions have to 
wait for space on the coverdisk, while the popular ones are on it much 
more frequently).

I must admit I was quite pleased to find about five issues of Linux 
magazines from the UK, complete with their coverdisks, at a used book sale 
last fall, a chance to curl up with a magaizne without the usual cost (and 
they carry that high price because of the coverdisk, I assume).

Linux.org used to have a list of places that would sell Linux on CDs (and 
then later DVDs) for a small amount.  I dont' know if the list is still 
there, that sort of thing can be useful if you don't have high speed 
internet, which I didn't until last October.  But you have to be careful. 
The firstplace I picked was in Canada, all went well, then the next time I 
needed a release, I go to the same webpage, but something was different. 
Suddenly they were in Wales, and ordering was somewhat different.  So back 
to Linux.org and I found another similar place in Canada.  I had to wait 
"we were waiting for new blank DVDs", but it came eventually.  It was 
quite a treat to download Slackware last October at high speed, and just a 
week after the new release came out.  The earliest I'd installed a new 
release since I first started using Linux.

   Michael

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Ok dumb question can a PPC Mac HDD be moved to a PC and work ddwr@hotmail.com - 2013-08-26 09:20 -0700
  Re: Ok dumb question can a PPC Mac HDD be moved to a PC and work root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2013-08-26 16:37 +0000
  Re: Ok dumb question can a PPC Mac HDD be moved to a PC and work Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2013-08-26 12:39 -0400
  Re: Ok dumb question can a PPC Mac HDD be moved to a PC and work Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2013-08-26 18:40 +0200
  Re: Ok dumb question can a PPC Mac HDD be moved to a PC and work Kirk_Von_Rockstein <Kirk_Von_Rockstein@nowhere.invalid> - 2013-08-26 23:10 +0000
  Re: Ok dumb question can a PPC Mac HDD be moved to a PC and work David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2013-08-27 09:06 +0200
    Re: Ok dumb question can a PPC Mac HDD be moved to a PC and work ddwr@hotmail.com - 2013-08-27 07:55 -0700
      Re: Ok dumb question can a PPC Mac HDD be moved to a PC and work Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2013-08-27 17:17 -0400
      Re: Ok dumb question can a PPC Mac HDD be moved to a PC and work David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2013-08-27 23:36 +0200
    Re: Ok dumb question can a PPC Mac HDD be moved to a PC and work Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2013-08-27 17:12 -0400
      Re: Ok dumb question can a PPC Mac HDD be moved to a PC and work David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2013-08-27 23:39 +0200
        Re: Ok dumb question can a PPC Mac HDD be moved to a PC and work JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2013-08-27 17:20 -0500
          Re: Ok dumb question can a PPC Mac HDD be moved to a PC and work Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2013-08-27 16:43 -0700
          Re: Ok dumb question can a PPC Mac HDD be moved to a PC and work David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2013-08-28 09:22 +0200
            Re: Ok dumb question can a PPC Mac HDD be moved to a PC and work JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2013-08-28 10:17 -0500
            Re: Ok dumb question can a PPC Mac HDD be moved to a PC and work ddwr@hotmail.com - 2013-08-28 10:11 -0700
              Re: Ok dumb question can a PPC Mac HDD be moved to a PC and work ddwr@hotmail.com - 2013-08-28 10:20 -0700

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