Re: Has anyone bought the debian book and cds?

1997-11-19 Thread Will Lowe
On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Shaul Karl. wrote: > Is there a postscript version of the book ? > And if not, is there an easy way to convert the html file to a nicely > formatted postscript file ? Try html2latex. Never used it myself, but that's what it's for.

Re: Has anyone bought the debian book and cds?

1997-11-19 Thread Shaul Karl.
Is there a postscript version of the book ? And if not, is there an easy way to convert the html file to a nicely formatted postscript file ? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Has anyone bought the debian book and cds?

1997-11-17 Thread Tim Ferrell
On 17 Nov, Bill Leach let loose with: > The usefulness of this RedHat technical support for me however, proved to > worthless. Tech support registration and > receipt of 'trouble tracking numbers' turned out to be the only part of their > system that functioned. NO email response beyond the au

Re: Has anyone bought the debian book and cds?

1997-11-17 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Bill Leach wrote: > The usefulness of this RedHat technical support for me however, proved to > worthless. Tech support registration and > receipt of 'trouble tracking numbers' turned out to be the only part of their > system that functioned. NO email response beyond the a

Re: Has anyone bought the debian book and cds?

1997-11-17 Thread Bill Leach
Dale wrote: > ... > The list price of book is $37.95. Some stores discount it. As to its > value --- yes, you can find Debian cheaper. However, both a useful > book and 30 days of technical support are included with the product. > We aren't aware of any other companies offering support with the

Re: Has anyone bought the debian book and cds?

1997-11-17 Thread Tim Ferrell
On 16 Nov, George Bonser let loose with: > As for hardcopy, I dunno, seems to me that the thing is changing too fast. By > the time the book gets "broken in" it is obsolete since Debian tends to evolve > so quickly. What I would like to see is a book in a binder where update pages > can be made

Re: Has anyone bought the debian book and cds?

1997-11-17 Thread George Bonser
On 17-Nov-97 Dale Scheetz wrote: > > As the author, I feel unqualified to speak to the book's quality, or > usefulness. For that I must rely on feedback from folks who have actually > tried to use its help. There is a freely distributable html version of the > book that can be obtained from www.l

Re: Has anyone bought the debian book and cds?

1997-11-17 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Sat, 15 Nov 1997, butch wrote: > Hello, > > well i was in J&R music worlds computer store and i saw the set- ,and they > have a really good price on it. has anyone bought it and what are your > opinions of the value for money? > I believe that you are asking about my current book on Debian. I

Re: Has anyone bought the debian book and cds?

1997-11-16 Thread Tim Ferrell
On 15 Nov, butch let loose with: > Hello, > > well i was in J&R music worlds computer store and i saw the set- ,and they > have a really good price on it. has anyone bought it and what are your > opinions of the value for money? > I got the book about two weeks ago - I am somewhat new to debain

Has anyone bought the debian book and cds?

1997-11-16 Thread butch
Hello, well i was in J&R music worlds computer store and i saw the set- ,and they have a really good price on it. has anyone bought it and what are your opinions of the value for money? allan -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble