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Linux 6.17 Looks To Drop The pktcdvd Packet Writing CD/DVD Driver (www.phoronix.com)
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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Thanks for the clarification!

I was under the impression this was all optical disc writing.

When the family got a computer with a CD-RW drive in 1999, I used a CD-RW disc as a sort of portable USB, I guessing that was the last time when I used packet writing. :)

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