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The Lubuntu 17.04 Desktop/Live CD(ISO) is missing the package: net-tools[1]
It's troubling to find a LiveCD today that does not have something as simple as netstat and other important tools available.
It's also quite pathetic to discover the recent Debian LiveCDs are missing UFW[2].
[1] "This package includes the important tools for controlling the network subsystem of the Linux kernel. This includes arp, ifconfig, netstat, rarp, nameif and route."
[2] "The Uncomplicated FireWall is a front-end for iptables, to make managing a Netfilter firewall easier. It provides a command line interface with syntax similar to OpenBSD's Packet Filter. It is particularly well-suited as a host-based firewall."
[Ed note: Assuming one has an internet connection, can't one just do something along the lines of apt-get $package_name to fill in what is missing? Is this just whining on the part of the submitter or an actual shortcoming? What are your thoughts on this?]
(Score: 2) by jasassin on Monday June 12 2017, @12:42PM (6 children)
Wow! That brings back some memories. Did you ever cut the little square out of a single sided floppy to make it a double sided? My friend had a special tool just to do that.
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(Score: 3, Touché) by c0lo on Monday June 12 2017, @12:48PM
Yeap. With mixed success.
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(Score: 3, Touché) by SDRefugee on Monday June 12 2017, @03:52PM (4 children)
heh you wanna feel REALLY old?? Have your first computer use 8" floppy disks..
America should be proud of Edward Snowden, the hero, whether they know it or not..
(Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Monday June 12 2017, @04:13PM (3 children)
[Cue creaky old-timer voice...]
"Back in MY day, we didn't have no stinkin' floppies. We had to use a damn tape, and it took a half hour to load a program!"
[Cue even creakier old-timer...]
"TAPE?! You had TAPE? I used to stay up all night feeding punch cards into the mainframe. Damn chad littered on the floor everywhere..."
(Score: 2) by choose another one on Monday June 12 2017, @04:58PM (2 children)
[ Cue ghost of dead old timer]
What's with this punch card stuff, we used to toggle in the operating system on the front panel switches (well, some of us)...
(Score: 3, Funny) by Bot on Monday June 12 2017, @10:21PM (1 child)
I overclocked my abacus with mineral oil. Unfortunately it's become unstable, less friction means it gets easy to accidentally misplace beads.
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(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Monday June 12 2017, @10:51PM
Muh fingers have arthritis from counting on them too much....both ways and in a snowstorm! Or something.
...where'd I put muh teeth?
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