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Please tell me you ordered RedHat CDs from CheapBytes as well!

I started using Slackware Linux in 1994. I was 12 and it was the best way to get a lot of software for free (I only cared about 'free as in beer' then).

Around 98ish, a friend and I made an extra buck by buying CheapBytes CDs in the US and and selling them relabeled in The Netherlands. Surprisingly our Tripod webpage is still online in its 90ies glory, with tiny screenshots ;):

http://linuxlop.tripod.com

But when I started the Infomagic Linux Developer's Resource CD-ROM sets were a big thing:

https://www.amazon.com/Linux-Developers-Resource-6-CD-Set/dp...

There was a new version every few months with multiple distributions and IIRC TSX-11 and sunsite.unc.edu. Of course, the Walnut Creek Slackware and FreeBSD sets were also great.