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On Wed, 1 Jan 2025 21:58:06 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> I soon discovered that “Discovery Edition” meant it was missing the
> third CD with GCC and all the development tools on. So my first foray
> into Linux hacking was to figure out how to download and install those
> missing development packages ...

That sounds like early Slackware. "Oh, you wanted gcc and buildtools? 
That's another 9 3 1/2" diskettes"