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So it begins.
I've been flashing my USB often enough that it's now worth it to keep all my ISO's neatly to use them when I need them. I plan on buying 10 USB sticks to just have ready when ever I need a specific version.
I'm visiting family now, so time to upgrade their Linux Mint to Kubuntu
Uh... you do know that people don't literally save a bunch of Linux ISOs, right? It's a euphemism for collecting less legit things, like pirated media or porn.
By the time you want to install the same distro again, it's likely that a new version will be out and you'll want to re-download it anyway.
Edit: okay, okay, some of y'all really do collect Linux ISOs. That's fine; I won't kink-shame.
Speak for yourself. I have ISOs saved for my virtual machine "OS Museum" full of all kinds cool stuff like Damn Small Linux, TempleOS, Haiku, Hannah Montana Linux, the version of Mandrake Linux that came with the Sims 1 installed ... Etc.
Objectively a good reason to store ISOs
551GB of ISOs here. Most are very old.
You're right, but I'm still saving them anyway◝(ᵔᗜᵔ)◜
You can always just use the version you have and run an update after it's installed.
I have quite a collection of ISOs.
One reason is that I have hardware that requires specific versions to boot (newer ones have removed support). Sometimes the distro still works just fine in that hardware but the live iso does not. So I can install with an older ISO and update.
Another is that use virtual machines regularly. I do not want to have to wait for the ISO to download every time.
Yea I know that, but I only have one USB and eventually came to this place where it's useful to just have them saved