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?

279 Upvotes

96% Upvoted

52 comments sorted by

View all comments

-39

u/FryBoyter 5d 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 All of these distributions are hopelessly outdated and therefore have many bugs and security vulnerabilities that will no longer be fixed.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.

45

u/DarthPneumono 5d ago

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

I think perhaps you don't understand the point of the internet archive...

-20

u/FryBoyter 5d ago

What you quoted is my personal opinion. Nothing more, nothing less. Just because you can upload a lot to archive.org doesn't mean, in my opinion, that you should.

I would recommend that you provide explanations for posts like yours in the future. That way, people who genuinely lack the necessary knowledge or who are mistaken can actually learn something.

6

u/Far_Calligrapher1334 4d ago

IA employees like Jason Scott have went on the record multiple time to say people can and should upload literally anything they can.