I have alot of CD’s that were sitting around, and yes marker gets the job done on labeling, but it just feels wrong. I mean these are OPERATING SYSTEMS, so they deserve a case like windows or a mac release (rip windows 10)

so i used my laser cutter and etched some card stock to make some custom cases,

i also enjoy shitposting on the back on some of the cases

if you want the SVG’s get them at my codeburg https://codeberg.org/Steamymoosmilk/Unix_like_CD_cases/src/branch/main/

  • janNatan@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    5 hours ago

    Man, I wish someone still distributed their distro via CD/Box. Just as something to display.

  • melfie@lemy.lolEnglish
    6·
    6 hours ago

    Thought I was clicking on a deez nuts joke, but must say I was pleasantly surprised. Nice work!

  • potoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    9 hours ago

    So cool. I’ve added occasional CDs to my ebay inventory and they’re selling pretty well. Pretty fun and easy to ship and a nice excuse to buy/play with them again.

  • pastermil@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    9 hours ago

    I feel like I miss them, but at the same I am afraid that we’re over-romanticizing it as vintage pieces.

    I tried having them with the pile of blank DVDs I got home, and it wasn’t as fun as I remembered. I was hoping that it was due to some faulty hardware, but if that is indeed true, then that shows the unpracticality of this method with how error prone it is.

    With that said, it still fills me with joy to know there are people like you who make art out of it. One day I will try again, perhaps with better DVD drive, or even better, one with bluray capability.

  • DickFiasco@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    11·
    16 hours ago

    These look great.

    Also, I think the minimum system requirements for OpenBSD is just a potato. Maybe two potatoes if they’re small.

  • tuckerm@feddit.onlineEnglish
    2·
    12 hours ago

    These are fantastic! :D

    And I bet if these OSes actually had installation CDs with snarky packaging in their merch stores, they would sell more of them that way.

  • Naz@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    18 hours ago

    Weirdly enough, only Debian has the most “OSy” logo of the six:

    Why a devil for BSD? Why a pufferfish for BSD?

    It feels like I’m looking at different IBM OS/2 patch disks and Debian is like “This is the one where we made it not crash”

      • who@feddit.orgEnglish
        8·
        17 hours ago

        And the blowfish represents OpenBSD, not BSD in general.

        These mascots make sense once you understand the projects from which they come.