From: SimonJ@eu.invalid   
      
   On 2024-04-26, J.O. Aho  wrote:   
   > On 26/04/2024 08.57, Simon wrote:   
   >> On 2024-04-25, Auric__  wrote:   
   >>> J.O. Aho wrote:   
   >   
   >> I used to pick and choose magazines to buy by the distro that was included   
   that   
   >> month. I tried all sorts, with varying degrees of success, it was nice to   
   try   
   >> them all.   
   >   
   > I only bought those without the CDs, as they were a lot cheaper and I   
   > did have a flat cost internet so I could download everything myself.   
   >   
   > Sadly most places who had Linux magazines mainly just sold the with CD   
   > version, so it was always going around the different stores and see if   
   > they happen to have the CD free version that was almost half the price.   
   >   
      
   This was back in the mid 90s, so not only was internet slow and downloads   
   unreliable, it made the phone unusable which was not ideal either.   
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   Simon   
      
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