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| DATE | 2015-11-27 |
| FROM | prmarino1@gmail.com
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] Cheapbytes has been slacking
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Well my high school bought it for me
I had an " independent study class" where they had me building linux servers to do things like auto dial an ISP and use ip masqerading to provide internet access to all the computers attached to the thin net ethernet networks in the computer rooms.
It was an easy credit for me, because I already had a part time after school job as a Jr. Linux Sysadmin, and they didn't have to get a phone line and modem for every computer in the school :) a win win for every one.
Original Message
From: Ruben Safir
Sent: Friday, November 27, 2015 15:43
To: hangout-at-nylxs.com
Reply To: NYLXS Discussions List
Subject: Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] Cheapbytes has been slacking
On 11/27/2015 01:53 PM, Paul Robert Marino wrote:
> Oh I remember :)
> I can remember buying a set of 10 different Linux distros from them
> when i was first starting out with Linux to see which one i liked the
> best, at the time I chose SuSE.
> https://web.archive.org/web/19970103012919/http://www.cheapbytes.com/prices.htm
>
>
did they not predate that? My first purchases were from Wallnut Creek
and downloading slackware from ftp.cdrom.com? or from sunsite? 144
floppy disks for the OS, downloaded over 200 baud model or there abouts.
It took about 2 weeks to download, but I didn't have money for a disk.
Nothing has changed maybe, I'm still broke
Ruben
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 2:17 AM, Rick Moen wrote:
>> Quoting Ruben Safir (ruben.safir-at-my.liu.edu):
>>
>>> FWIW - you do remember cheapbytes and got inherent humour of this?
>>> I found this website when we were on the phone and talking about
>>> Redhat cds.... cheapbytes, wallnut creek and sunsite.
>>
>> And LSL, LinuxMall, etc.
>>
>> Linux Central is still in business, but it looks like Cheapbytes / Linux
>> System Labs (which they bought out) has closed shop. MadTux shut down
>> at the end of 2008. To my knowledge, that leaves Linux Central as the
>> sole survivor.
>>
>>> Do you have a yellow pages?
>>
>> One from AT&T, and one called Valley Yellow Pages.
>>
>>> Can you send me a copy of that cook book.
>>
>> $2.33, and you can have your own copy of the 1960 paperback with the
>> same blue cover as mine, and maybe even some food stains.
>> http://www.amazon.com/I-Hate-Cook-Book/dp/B000O3CX9O/
>>
>> She wrote two, ahem, sequels, and then all three were also republished
>> as _The Complete I Hate to Cook Book_, in a single volume.
>> http://www.amazon.com/The-Complete-Hate-Cook-Book/dp/055327130X/
>>
>> There were also other volumes of hers that included recipes. Also, if
>> you Web-search on 'Peg Bracken recipe', you'll find many of the recipes
>> online.
>>
>> --
>> Cheers, "I'd say it's latke-esque. Sort of like
>> Rick Moen Kafka-esque, only less depressing."
>> rick-at-linuxmafia.com -- Deirdre Saoirse Moen
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