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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Are there still any versions of Linux sold in a box like in the 90s / 2000s? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've tried to find them to no avail. I'm guessing the box sets just aren't made anymore, but I figured it's worth asking in case there's some obscure one out there somewhere.

To clarify, I'm looking for a more recent Linux version. I know the older ones can be found on auction sites and the like.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Debian has a list of vendors who sell it in a media (USB, DVD...), some of them also sell other distros.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thanks. I was hoping for an actual set in like a cardboard box.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

I remember getting a Ubuntu CD box set many years ago when I ordered free disks in the mail as a teenager. The box was well constructed, prints of high quality and the CD labels were especially sharp.

Crazy how physical media was king back then.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

You can from some of those vendors