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Not an American but, other than the odd actual Linux distribution ( like Red Hat ), I do not think I ever saw boxed Linux software for sale. That sounds amazing.
I mean, you could order things like WordPerfect I guess. But I never saw it on a shelf.
I mean, it wasn't a shockingly large amount of software or anything, but they always had a good selection of software.
The store opened here in like 1993 or 1994, and they always had a full selection of OSes and software for them: Dos, Windows, OS/2, Linux, BeOS, and so on.
Still open and still a cool place, but mostly just computer hardware bits and a section full of games and maker stuff now and not really any more software.