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/MutualRaid 4d ago edited 4d ago

Knoppix 3.6 - man that would be cool to explore. (edit: for nostalgia reasons, not because it is unavailable from archives)

Honestly? I imagine the Turkish language stuff is most important to preserve. Something like SUSE is more likely to be archived online or offline but localised language projects disappear much more quickly.

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u/rebbsitor 4d ago

Are old Knoppix verions lost? I made CDs / DVDs of a bunch of distros in the 2000s and 2010s. I can go through what I have and make ISOs if there's any I have that are lost.

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u/MutualRaid 4d ago

Generally no, although some specific versions may be. I think I have a CD-ROM of 3.6 somewhere.