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   De ongekruisigde ds. to David Chmelik   
   Re: ISO & tarball filenames   
   17 Sep 25 11:43:51   
   
   From: ongekruisigde-ds@ongekruisigde-ds.invalid   
      
   On 2024-10-31, David Chmelik  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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