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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 AthanasiusKircher on Monday June 12 2017, @04:03PM
I remember flipping floppies frequently, as well as having one of the "punchers" to convert a single-sided disk to double-sided.
However, I'm not sure how common the "flippy" appellation was. I vaguely remember it being used casually as slang, and a quick Google search from old documents seems to indicate "flippy" or "flippy disk" often appeared in quotation marks the small number of times it comes up. I don't ever remember it being used in ads or manuals, etc., so I'm not sure how "proper" the term was. (I could be wrong, though -- it was a long time ago.)
I generally just called them double-sided floppies, as I think did most people.