Datahoarders, how many Linux ISOs do you actually have? (sh.itjust.works)

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We've all heard the "my 100TB NAS is full of Linux ISOs" joke but how many of you actually hoard ISOs? I just noticed I have ~100GB, so not that many though definitely way more than I need (I just like to try new distros on my VMs and I never delete them after).

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[-] Zedd00@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 1 day ago

Isos all go on a flash drive. When I need one it's faster to download a current version than it would be to update the old version after installing.

[-] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 9 points 1 day ago

too true o the download a current version. and every so often I do clean them all up except the old BSD and BeOS type ones

[-] hirihit640@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

sometimes a program I use doesn't work on the latest version and I have to revert. Sometimes I realize this so late the older version isn't available online anymore. Has this happened often enough to warrant 100 GB of ISOs? Definitely not 😅

[-] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 2 points 18 hours ago

Only 100? That's like 20 ISOs.

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