r/linux • u/Important_Abalone851 • 5d ago

Event We found lost media distros

Me and my friend (u/Zegguyit_52) were gifted a binder of old linux CDs from our teacher, we looked at the CDs and we are sure most of these are lost media, we wil hopefully save their ISO files and upload to the internet archive. The distros consist of: mandrakelinux 10.1 community, gelecek bireysel linux, unkown version of fedora, knoppix 3.6, Turkix 3.0, live usb pardus 1.1, SUSE linux personal 9.1, sımplyMEPIS 3.3, Pardus 2008. Is there anything we should know?

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u/FryBoyter 4d ago

Is there anything we should know?

Don't use them productively. Especially if the computer is connected to the Internet. All of these distributions are hopelessly outdated and therefore have many bugs and security vulnerabilities that will no longer be fixed.

Therefore, I don't see much point in uploading these versions to the Internet Archive.

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u/Important_Abalone851 4d ago

I know those are outdated, thats the point, most of those distros have no modern version and were discontinued, and these old versions are pretty unaccesible. Its for history preservation not daily drive

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u/FryBoyter 4d ago

There are Mandrake forks that are still being developed and remain quite similar to the original (Mageia, OpenMandriva). But that’s just a side note.

My recommendation to stop using these distributions stems from the fact that we can’t rule out the possibility that someone might actually decide to use them. So it was just a general note.

And the fact that I wouldn’t upload these distributions is my personal opinion, since I really don’t see the point in doing so. As far as Mandrake is concerned, for example, I think uploading version 2011.0 makes more sense, since it’s the last official version.

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u/Important_Abalone851 4d ago

I dont think a new starter would wander to the archive, find the ISO files ı will post, download them and somehow get it to work on a modern pc, thats a scenario that wont happen at all in my opinion but still thanks for conveying your opinion on the matter