Are there still any versions of Linux sold in a box like in the 90s / 2000s?

I've tried to find them to no avail. I'm guessing the box sets just aren't made anymore, but I figured it's worth asking in case there's some obscure one out there somewhere.

To clarify, I'm looking for a more recent Linux version. I know the older ones can be found on auction sites and the like.

redrumBot ,
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Debian has a list of vendors who sell it in a media (USB, DVD...), some of them also sell other distros.

eveninghere ,

OpenSUSE is. Maybe SUSE also but not sure.

glans ,
@glans@hexbear.net avatar

Do you want the box to display or a hard copy of the installer?

If the latter I'm sure I've seen them for sale in the past couple of years on distro websites. Click "get [distro]" and its some secondary item to downloading which is what most people went. Might be a USB key or disc.

If you want an actual box idk how they are shipped.

OmgItBurns ,

I'm not aware of anything. Why are you looking, maybe there is something similar out there.

satanmat ,

Tee hee. Maybe you could go to Circuit City?

Sorry.

Doing no research, you might find a third party book that has a cd dvd ?

TimeSquirrel ,
@TimeSquirrel@kbin.social avatar

Circuit City

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ipacialsection ,
@ipacialsection@startrek.website avatar

No distro I'm aware of still provides official box sets and CDs. Debian still provides materials for third parties to make them, though. Most of the vendors of pre-burned Linux media have also shut down, but one that seems to still exist (and offers Debian box sets) is https://www.shoplinuxonline.com/ .

bjoern_tantau ,
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Here's a Ubuntu USB-stick sold on German amazon: https://www.amazon.de/Linux-Ubuntu-mit-Bit-Stick/dp/B0C3RH74Z9/

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