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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 Isn't it just hoarding of outdated images very quickly?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.
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.