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|    rbowman to Carlos E.R.    |
|    Re: How distros can get choosen by chanc    |
|    29 Dec 25 02:09:25    |
      From: bowman@montana.com              On Sun, 28 Dec 2025 14:28:50 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:              > It had a local database of how to solve problems: SuSEhelp. There was       > easy documentation. There was YaST, that would easily configure things.       > Soon I bought the box for a 6.1 version. A thick paper book.              I still have the box out in the shed. I'll have to see which version it is       but it was fairly early. It was a valuable feature at a time when you       couldn't download a 3 GB iso and wouldn't have the storage for it is you       could to say nothing of the book. It reminded me of the days when you       bought Microsoft C and got several inches worth of documentation.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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