On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Michael M. Moore <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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. > Guess that depends on your definition of "directly" - you can download it via BitTorrent, which is arguably more or less as "direct" as via HTTP. It's a big file, and bandwidth is expensive. -wes _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
