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   On 26/04/2024 10.53, Simon wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Keep in mind that binaries wasn't that big either, so it didn't take for   
   ever to download applications, sure a full sized CD would take hours,   
   worst was those multi disk releases that could sometimes take a day or   
   so, I did have a dedicated phone line for my internet, so no risk of   
   someone picking up the phone and break the connection, but sure when not   
   having a dedicated line then things would be a bit random if you would   
   finish a download or not, or your MUD session was broken at a critical   
   stage in the adventure.   
      
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     //Aho   
      
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