I remember the days when Linux came on 50 floppies.
tensility 4 days ago|
If I recall correctly, when you wanted all of the bells and whistles that Slackware had to offer, it required 72 floppy disks.
ggm 4 days ago||
mgr on sun hardware probably could have come close
tensility 4 days ago||
Bring back Slackware?
ok123456 4 days ago|
It never went anywhere.
hn_throwaway_99 4 days ago||
What's a floppy?
mrbluecoat 4 days ago||
Floppy is a race of robotic jackalopes, known for their floppy ears. A "Single Floppy" is a rare subset of that species where only one ear flops down due to a random mutation of their hardware.
deafpolygon 4 days ago||
Embedding Linux has the characteristic of making the single floppy highly territorial and aggressive.
It's basically what people used before USB sticks. But it was also the storage medium that software was sold on, before CD-ROMs became widespread.
GJim 4 days ago||
Its a real life 3D save icon.
kiriberty 4 days ago||
Ok now I need to buy a floppy drive and floppy disks in 2026? Hmm where should I go to buy those?
cognitivesystem 3 days ago||
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jstrebel 4 days ago|
Ok, impressive, but - why?
No current computer has a floppy disk drive anymore.
The Web Page claims building such a disk is a learning exercise, but the knowledge offered is pretty arcane, even for regular Linux users.
Is this pure nostalgia?
cbdevidal 4 days ago||
If you have to ask why this is not for you. Why climb a mountain that’s already been climbed hundreds of times? For the challenge.