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[–] Maxxus@sh.itjust.works 7 points 15 hours ago

Would have been circa 2006, a fully loaded Windows XP SP2 + hotixes all-in-one installation CD, because I had to reinstall XP on my and friends and family I did tech support for every 6 to 9 months. Otherwise it would gum up and start having unfixable performance or outright faults.

I saw Vista on the horizon and said fuck that shit. Created an Ubuntu install bootable USB drive and dropped all tech support. I can probably count on one hand the number of times I’ve had to install Linux from scratch. I use Arch btw.