[HN Gopher] The Distribution Vector That Changed Linux Forever
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       The Distribution Vector That Changed Linux Forever
        
       Author : todsacerdoti
       Score  : 5 points
       Date   : 2021-05-07 22:03 UTC (56 minutes ago)
        
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       | regularfry wrote:
       | No mention of knoppix, I think? For me that was the first live
       | distro (hell, first distro at all) that cracked reliable hardware
       | detection.
        
       | kingsuper20 wrote:
       | Is that before or after the floppy-based QNX?
        
       | milliams wrote:
       | > data transfer rates of below 1 megabyte
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       | That doesn't bode well for my confidence
        
         | ronsor wrote:
         | Why? It's fairly customary[1][2] to measure CD transfer rates
         | in bytes/sec and not bits/sec.
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         | [1] http://www.sysu.com/cdspeed.htm
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         | [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-ROM#Original_speed
        
           | regularfry wrote:
           | The "/sec" bit is critical, and missing.
        
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