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Re: [LUG] ubuntu courses

 

On 30 April 2010 08:06, tom <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Rob Beard wrote:
>>
>> On 30/04/10 07:01, tom wrote:
>>>
>>> Paul Sutton wrote:
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>>>> Talking of Ubuntu courses
>>>>
>>>> http://ubuntu-manual.org/
>>>>
>>>> printed it costs £6.17 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.
>>>
>>> now if they'd done it in HTML....
>>> Tom te tom te tom
>>>
>>
>> Nah, ASCII text, no... punch cards.
>>
>> Rob
>>
> Now that would be going backwards - HTML is a lot more useful than PDF. You
> only need to print the install bit with html - you can read the rest online
> after that - or would be able to if it was in html but you'd have to print
> the PDF cos its not suitable for reading on modern equipment called a
> computer - you'ld need to buy a drmed e-reader for that.
> Tom te tom te tom
>
If you wanted to, you could always get the 'source' using bzr and
convert the LaTeX to HTML (or anything else for that matter).
Instructions are on the ubuntu-manual website under 'get involved'.

Sam

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