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Re: [LUG] ubuntu courses

 

On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:14:32 +0100
Paul Sutton wrote:

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> Grant Sewell wrote:
> > On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:56:22 +0100
> > Rob Beard wrote:
> > 
> >> On 29/04/10 19:43, Paul Sutton wrote:
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> >>> Talking of Ubuntu courses
> >>>
> >>> http://ubuntu-manual.org/
> >>>
> >>> printed it costs Â6.17 which isn't bad really
> >>>
> >>> I think its worth it,
> >>>
> >>> anyway also downloadable for free, (pdf) however LaTeX was used to
> >>> write the book as far as I am aware anyway.
> >>>
> >>> Paul
> >>> - --
> >>> Paul Sutton
> >>> www.zleap.net
> >>>
> >> Looks good, is there any option to purchase in bulk (haven't looked
> >> yet).
> >>
> >> Just thinking of maybe a bulk LUG purchase.
> >>
> >> Rob
> > 
> > I will have a chat with the Reprographics dept. at College (my work)
> > and see how much it costs for printing in various formats:
> > + Double-sided A4 (with and without binding)
> > + Shrunk and printed double-sided A5 (with and without binding)
> cool,  however is a5 easily readable (screen shots need to scale and
> still be useful),  it also increases the thickness of the manual by 2,
> is a4 a good size? however worth looking into options
> 
> the a4 manual should be out soon right now the download is for US
> letter size paper, fine for on screen reference.

To be honest, I have rarely had problems allowing Letter-sized
documents automatically resize to A4 upon printing.  I haven't looked
over this (the Ubuntu Manual) in any depth, so I don't know (yet)
whether to expect resizing related problems - I'm supposed to be marking
coursework at the moment! :D

> > Incidentally, I picked up an absolute tonne of empty CD/DVD boxes
> > from a fellow Freecycler t'other day.  I haven't had time to go
> > through them yet and see how many are usable, but there's a lot of
> > 'em!
> > 
> > Grant.
> 
> yay,  sounds good, perhaps we can really start to push open source if
> we can give people something that looks professional.
> 
> Paul

I will most likely keep some back for personal use, but it was my
intention to keep a stock of them for LUG usage.

If someone can come up with a nice CD and DVD case insert then I can
ask about having those printed and cropped at work too.

Grant.

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