That brings back some memories. I'm disappointed they don't seem to have any Yggdrasil archives, as I remember liking that and can't find any of my old disks.
Found this with a search. Is this close to what you are/were looking for?
Linux Distributions Archives
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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm curious because I'm trying to convince people to switch from .rar to .tar.gz at work, wonder if you know the benefits, what does it mean that one is a block compressor?
Generally speaking, there's two large categories of archivers in competition with one another: 1. Efficient random-access storage. If compression is supported, it is done on a per-member database. 2. Efficient all-at-once compression (block/solid compression). This is either handled explicitly by file format (RAR and 7z, for example), or the archive doesn't support compression (tar) and itself is processed through an…
RAR also has built-in forward error correction, something I sorely miss with 7z :(
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#23Wow, I remember the days of the late 90s early 2000s checking out every distro I could get my hands on. I ordered so many from Cheapbytes and Linux Central. (I feel like there may have been a Linux Mall in there somewhere too). I just couldn't believe that these complete distros were free to install and use! RedHat 6.0, Debian Slink. NetBSD 1.4, Slackware.... Getting these things set up and then installing something…
I used to buy Linux magazines that contained a CD. TurboLinux, Storm Linux...
YES! TurboLinux from Utah! I loved that one. And I still have my Storm Linux CD in the garage. Nice packaging. (Florescent green I think)
Yup, went and dug it out of the garage: https://ibb.co/PM4GTkt
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
I didn't even know RAR was still around/used.
It's pretty popular in more casual circles. I'm pretty sure it's still the chosen format for videogame mods and the like
Off the top of my head:
* Some VGM formats (game music) are compressed with rar
* Certain 90s game mods are compressed with rar
* Lots of pirated/cracked games are compressed with rar
The main reason I've been told as to why this is seems to be the extensive error correction, which was a big deal with large game files back in the Dial-Up/ISDN days where a corrupted download was more common than now, and old habits die hard.
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#25That brings back some memories. I'm disappointed they don't seem to have any Yggdrasil archives, as I remember liking that and can't find any of my old disks.
I've got Yggdrasil in a box at my parents house. Would you like me to try to make an ISO of it for you? No guarantees due to the age of the media :)
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#26That brings back some memories. I'm disappointed they don't seem to have any Yggdrasil archives, as I remember liking that and can't find any of my old disks.
Found this with a search. Is this close to what you are/were looking for? https://archiveos.org/yggdrasil/
Yes. Thanks! I'm going to fire up a VM for some nostalgia.
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#27That brings back some memories. I'm disappointed they don't seem to have any Yggdrasil archives, as I remember liking that and can't find any of my old disks.
I've got Yggdrasil in a box at my parents house. Would you like me to try to make an ISO of it for you? No guarantees due to the age of the media :)
Thanks! @adjagu found a link to a few online. That will satisfy my nostalgia :)
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's pretty popular in more casual circles. I'm pretty sure it's still the chosen format for videogame mods and the like
Off the top of my head: * Some VGM formats (game music) are compressed with rar * Certain 90s game mods are compressed with rar * Lots of pirated/cracked games are compressed with rar The main reason I've been told as to why this is seems to be the extensive error correction, which was a big deal with large game files back in the Dial-Up/ISDN days where a corrupted download was more common than now, and old habits di…
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