Subj : Slackware 14.2 Sale [Was: CD Distribution Sale]
To : Nightfox
From : Jagossel
Date : Wed Aug 16 2017 08:19 pm
Re: Slackware 14.2 Sale [Was: CD Distribution Sale]
By: Nightfox to jagossel on Wed Aug 16 2017 02:37 pm
> ja> Imagine that, I didn't think that Linux distributions still sell CDs.
>
> I didn't know either.. I remember when some distros cost that much, with th
eir
> own box and manual etc..
Ah yea, I remember (and still have the box somewhere) the Red Hat Limux 7
(before it split into two: enterprise [RHEL] and desktop [Fedora]) box, in all
its glory: the black box with the Red Hat logo, and the screenshots and low-end
system requirements. I think my dad got me that copy of Red Hat Linux 7 for
Xmas that year. It had the manual, license agreement, card to sign up for the
Red Hat Network @ US$60/year, the CD case with three CDs placed in plastic
sleeves, and a floppy boot disk in the pocket.
Ah, the good ol' days; where it was, rare, but possible, to got to Wal-Mart and
pick up a Linux distribution for around ~US$60.
Like others have already said, now-a-days, you can just simply download a net
installer ISO and install Linux. Arch Linux has fully embraced that idea.
Maybe I should go find that box again and look at the contents again. I tried
to install it in a VM, but apparently it's too old to run on modern systems. Oh
well...
