I somehow have a bunch of blank cd and dvds that i got from thrift stores and parents. There good for some linux os’s but besides that im not sure what else to put on them or do with them. I would like to create a sort of binder for rainy days with various media but im stumped.
Im asking what type of media i should put on theses dvds/cds. I would do music but im not the biggest music fan sadly.
I would say family photos for archival.
They will outlast your HDD nd SSDs
Normal DVDs are not good for archival. Cheap ones can degrade in less than 10 years. You want to get the M-disc ones for long term storage.
That’s a coinflip.
The HDDs in my dads home server have outlasted the CDs he burned back in the day.
That’s not to say HDDs are a safe option, either. You won’t know whether a drive is going to last a year or ten until it fails.