The Release and Latest are all that I have used. Beyond that, I just go grab an update of an individual package as needed. Very thankful this is all available!
Best Regards, Bill Allen On Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 1:16 AM Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Hi, > > After reading your reply, I think I may need to clarify what is meant by > the repository ISO. > > The ISO files to which I am referring are created anytime there is an > update to any package. They are the latest versions of the packages. There > is a 1.4 repo DVD ISO that has all of the “Stable” package updates since > the FreeDOS 1.4 Release. Also, there is a Latest repo DVD ISO that contains > the most recent “Stable” and “Unstable” versions of packages. > > This ISO images are not the FreeDOS Release ISO and disk images. These > contain the same and updated packages to the OS. > > I’m not sure if most users are even aware that these other ISO images even > exist. > > > On Jun 23, 2025, at 12:55 AM, tsiegel--- via Freedos-user < > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > > In answer to the question of whether you need to continue providing iso > images in the archive, For what it's worth, my opinion is: yes, absolutely, > and here's why. > > > > 99 percent of the time, when someone comes to the dos archive to grab a > dos distro, they're downloading the iso image. Why? because it's simple, > convenient, and quick. Folks see the ISO image, and download the image, > thereupon obtaining everything there is to obtain for that particular > release in one fell swoop with no fuss, and no muss. The image is ready > for use, either for burning onto physical media, or by mounting under your > os of choice, with everything wrapped up in a single easy to use package > without having to do a thing to make it happen. > > > > It doesn't get any simpler than that. > > > > If you want folks to try and/or use dos, you need to make it easy for > them to do so, and the ISO images do exactly that. > > > > I personally think dropping them from the archives would be doing the > project and the future users a grave disservice. > > > > Of course, that's just the opinion of a single user, and you are of > course free to do as you wish, but I'd wager that if you do drop them, > you'll be fielding multiple questions a month from new users asking why > there isn't an image available for download. > > > > Sometimes, the latest version isn't what the users want/need, and having > the version they do want/need in a format that is simple and easy to > operate on/with is just the thing. > > > > ISO images are the first thing I look for when downloading new operating > systems I want to try, and I'm sure it's similar for plenty of others. > > > > > >> On 6/22/2025 9:14 PM, Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user wrote: > >> Earlier today FDRepo was deployed to the Official Download and Update > Repositories on IBIBLIO. > >> > >> https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/ > >> > >> That transition has gone very well. But, there are a few more things to > work out. > >> > >> For many years (and prior to me managing the repos), the repositories > have provided an ISO image that > >> contains the latest version of the packages in that repository. FDRepo > is currently configured to only provide > >> an ISO for the 1.4 and latest repositories. Those ISO images are very > large and obviously require a large amount > >> of bandwidth to provide. > >> > >> To me, it seems like a big waste of resources. Resources we are > graciously provided for free. > >> > >> Do we really need to keep supplying them? > >> > >> Thank you for your thoughts on this. > >> > >> :-) > >> > >> Jerome > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Freedos-user mailing list > >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Freedos-user mailing list > > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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