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A comment on RFC 1178: Choosing a name for your computer (1990). Parent comment

Re:RFC 1178: Choosing a name for your computer (1990) by majewsky on Sunday February 07, 2021 @10:59AM (#26055830)
Alternative method for Arch Linux: Install the `rfc` package, then find the RFC at /usr/share/doc/rfc/txt/rfc1178.txt. A very nice package to have installed when travelling far from an internet connection.
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Re:RFC 1178: Choosing a name for your computer (1990) by throwaway525142 on Sunday February 07, 2021 @06:37PM (#26059270)
That unfortunately has an installed size of 500MiB.
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Re:RFC 1178: Choosing a name for your computer (1990) by KMnO4 on Monday February 08, 2021 @10:23AM (#26065705)
Perhaps a problem two decades ago but is that really an issue now?
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