Hello friends I think one or two things i must chip in here. 1. a few of the chapters are given for download at the site: www.geocities.com/ddipankardas 2. all the chapters and many other things related directly or obtusely to the book will be available pretty soon on fsf site (Sayamindu is going to Bomaby on 17th, he will carry the CD where i burned all the required files to Dr. Nagarjuana of FSF-India) 3. the cost that Tathagata cited is for 1000 copies of the book 4. you can directly write to GLT-Madhyamgram, the organization from which the book started going in the form of a series of loosely woven sequel of tutorials. GlTs id is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5. it is an apology once again, and that too is actually a subject matter of the eleventh chapter of this book: the incompleteness in the GLinux armor that makes us use proprietary softwares till now in some particular areas, that the book was written with proprietary softwares, the Bangla thing is still underprepared for very huge chunks of work in GLinux methods. And hence, you will have to get the chapters only in pdf forms. 6. At this point, if anyone wants it, i will be very pleased to provide him on a CD: it takes around 6.5 mb, the prerelease version. The final version is kept back for hard print, as a part of the decision taken by a lot of us in LUG and GLT that included, among others, Ashesh Sengupta, Dr. Nagarjuna, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay, Sayamindu Dashgupta, Tathagata Bandopadhyay fand Ashesh Sengupta and me from FSF, GlT and LUG. dipankar das
On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 23:35:51 -0700 (PDT), sanjay choudhury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what bout a free digital version for download :-). > Could we have the bangla font .ps format? We could > convert it into .PDF? :-) > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > dear all, > > as many of you may already know, dipankar-da (known > > to some as > > prof.dipankar das, but he has strong objections to > > this salutation) has > > written a book for teaching gnu/linux at a > > beginners-to-intermediate level. > > i have been one of the first readers of the book > > through its many revisions > > and fine-tunings, and know it to be a unique work > > not only because it is (as > > far as i know) the only substantial (a little less > > than 400 A3 pages) work > > in bangla on this subject, but also because of its > > friendly and > > unconventional approach that simulates the average > > learner's first steps in > > learning gnu/linux. his tone is humorous, > > semi-serious and conversational, > > and his material is carefully researched and > > well-presented. as and when it > > is publicly available, it should be a priceless > > possession to all who have > > been wanting to learn gnu/linux, but were rebuffed > > by language barriers or > > by the beginner-unfriendliness of texts commonly > > available. > > > > dipankar-da has decided to release the book under > > the GNU Free Documentation > > License, or some similar free licensing scheme, and > > the Free Software > > Foundation of India has agreed to publish the work. > > but this has become > > difficult because of a shortage of funds. it is > > estimated that it will cost > > somewhat more than Rs.1,00,000/- to print 500 > > copies. it was possible to cut > > the cost to this level mainly because dipankar-da > > has given up all royalty > > claims to the work. but even of this amount, only a > > fraction has been > > promised to FSFI by a certain sponsor. we need to > > generate funds of our own > > if we want to see this work published. the West > > Bengal Chapter of FSFI has > > taken on itself the task of organising the > > collection of funds to the extent > > that its limited capcity permits. on behalf of FSFI > > and FSFI-WB, i appeal to > > all supporters of 'linux', gnu/linux and Free > > Software on these lists to > > donate to the cause. modalities of payment and > > receipt can be worked out on > > a person-to person basis, as soon as interested > > people contact me by e-mail > > or telephone. my contact details are given below. > > please DO NOT reply to the > > ilug-cal list but write/call me directly. fsf-wb > > listers, however, are > > welcome to discuss this on their list. > > > > also please note that we shall make every effort to > > repay the sponsors as we > > recover the cost, and given the unique placement of > > the book we can expect > > this to be a fairly rapid process. but of course > > nothing can be promised. > > profits, if any after repaying the sponsors, shall > > go to the FSFI. > > > > thank you. > > > > Tathagata Banerjee > > Co-ordinator, FSFI West Bengal Chapter. > > > > Lecturer in English > > Bangabasi College > > 19, Scott Lane, Calcutta - 700009. > > > > e-mail: tathagatabanerjee at gmx dot net > > tathagatab at gmail dot com > > phone: 98301-66313 > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with the body > > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
