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PDP-8:
Someday my dream is that the TC devs will consider offering TCx86 / 64 in an image format, and not just an iso.

Perhaps emulating what we already do with TC for the RPI.

That said, I ran across EasyOS, and while it is not my cup of tea, I did read with interest Barry Kauler's blog post about it:

https://bkhome.org/news/202112/why-iso-was-retired.html

I can boot the TCpure64 iso 6 ways to Sunday, so that is not a problem.

If one can look beyond the political or personalities from the post, I think a bootable IMG (compressed or not) is worth considering these days.

We've hashed all this out elsewhere, yet my biggest fear still remains:  That TC will end up being just an interesting "small distro" for old computers, which if taken to the extreme, means a distro for your own personal "Computer History Museum", right next to your Sinclair ZX-81. :)

In other words, perhaps a more *modern* method of distribution via images and not iso's, might be worth looking into, or perhaps in addition to iso format especially for us that boot from usb (yes, I know how to make one) and not CD's /iso's for our personal CHM machines.

Sorry - guess that's a little more than .02c  :)

gadget42:
wanted to add an additional link that Barry Kauler provided for current/future/past? readers/commenters/time-travelers?:
https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=4690
***a brief/incomplete comment regarding the above puppylinux forum thread: it is worth a quick read even though there are the usual *forum* abrasiveness(es?)***

and just to be complete, here are the links to the original post(which Barry added to several times) and to an additional, more indepth part-2 commentary/tutorial-ish?:
https://bkhome.org/news/202112/why-iso-was-retired.html
https://bkhome.org/news/202112/why-iso-was-retired-part-2.html

gadget42:
especially for the animal lovers i will reference one specific post from the above mentioned thread:
https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=44215#p44215

and am attaching:
dogs-like-trucks-and-wheelbarrows-also.jpg(35kb)

and then dogs reminded of:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_you%27re_a_dog

attaching:
Internet_dog.jpg(80kb)

modified-20220623-0024-added additional wikipedia link and attachment

curaga:
Well, I don't see much of a difference, especially given the audience is a bit more advanced here. Just like dd'ing an image file to the usb stick, you can dd the iso.

The img file can have the partition be expanded, but that has drawbacks. An expanded filesystem is inferior in performance and limits compared to one made "to size". So advanced users will install properly, and so it doesn't matter that the initial step can't be expanded.

I suppose UEFI machines may have trouble booting the iso dd'd to an usb stick, if they are UEFI only or otherwise limited in the BIOS.

PDP-8:
Thanks Curaga - I never thought about the expanded filesystem and performance.

That's something for me to look into, TC or otherwise.  Thanks for the heads-up.

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