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What's so useful having about an iso library? Isn't it just hoarding of outdated images very quickly? What's even the use case?
I am very curious, because I don't see it. You usually don't install so many different machines in any timeframe where it might be useful. For recovery you just pick one and you really don't need it often either.
When I did supoort I would usually have a number of cds for different tasks. Ubcd, winpe, knoppix , a specialized winpe to restore from synology backups etc.
Some of the modern tools don’t require it. Backups are easier than ever etc.
Ventoy isn’t a new concept. I have a usb drive with a bunch of isos. Just don’t have much use. Because I’ll burn an iso when I need to with Rufus.
You can thin out the obsolete ISOs and have well-used tools like DBAN, a partition editor, Clonezilla, etc. Make some of the ISOs live distributions and you have a way to repair a failed installation.
Being able to repair your or other people's system. Also, you can store things other than isos, so your device doesn't lose much utility, it uses a vfat partition.
I ended up with several blank dvds, i had no idea what i would to use them. Then i randomly decided to burn iso images to them for when i distro hop. Any older version i just threw out and replaced with newer version.
Handy if you want to try out several distros and don't want to have to go back and reflash every time because you can't find the rest of your goddamned flash drives (guess what I spent last night doing)