Re: Paying For Linux

On Thu, 29 May 2025 13:15:21 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:

Downloading it was out of the question for me: only a relatively slow
modem, and I had to pay phone usage by the minute. Thus I certainly
bought the box, and did the same next year to upgrade. And again. And
maybe again, I don't remember.

I was on dialup until wireless became feasible. There was a company with
an odd name that I forget that sold CDs of all the distros for $10 that
was a lot easier. Back then when you installed a distro you were pretty
much done. Now it seems the iso is a camel sticking its nose in the tent
long enough to set up the network and phone home for 5 or 6 GB of stuff.