wes wrote: > On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 8:10 AM, Michael M. Moore > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Matt McKenzie wrote: >>> LinuxFormat is releasing the current news-stand version of their magazine >> as >>> a *free* PDF download. >>> Not some weird proprietary format, no DRM, no strings. Just as a thank >> you >>> to their community, and also to try to encourage more readers to go >> digital. >>> The only catch, is it is available for 24 hours only. >>> >>> http://www.tuxradar.com/content/linux-format-free-download-24-hours-only >> According to that page, "If you want to get hold of the DVD that comes >> with issue 116, click here to grab the ISO via BitTorrent. It's a >> distro-tastic fest of OpenSUSE 11.1, Linux Mint 6, Slackware 12.2 and >> heaps of extra software!" >> >> But when I try to download just the PDF, I still get the torrent -- and >> no PDF. Am I doing something wrong or did Tux Radar mess up the link? >> >> Oh well, I grabbed the free Linux Starter Pack anyway. Might have some >> helpful information. >> > It looks like they're distributing the PDF via bittorrent also. Are you sure > you're not just getting the .torrent for the PDF? The DVD ISO is a different > .torrent.
You're right, the DVD ISO torrent is a different one -- didn't catch that. The way the information is presented implies (to me, anyway) that one should be able to download the PDF directly -- it says "Download high-res PDF (124MB)". But I guess you can't. It's only 4:26 pm 2009-03-04 GMT, so the offer shouldn't have lapsed yet. -- Michael M. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
