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Gordon Henderson wrote: > On Tue, 3 Mar 2009, Rob Beard wrote: > > >> Hi folks, >> >> This came up on the Ubuntu-UK mailing list... >> >> http://www.tuxradar.com/content/linux-format-free-download-24-hours-only >> >> It seems that at midnight you'll be able to download a free PDF of the >> current issue* of Linux Format for free. >> > > Does anyone else here find it a bit weird that it's supplied as a ZIP file > rather than tar.gz (or tar.bz2?) > > Anyway, I've grabbed a copy and if anyone wants it and can't get it, bring > a USB stick to the meet in Paignton on Saturday... > > Gordon > Maybe it's trying to appeal to some of the possible Linux converts out there. I mean Windows can open ZIP files without any extra software (well on XP, Vista and Windows 7). I bet there's a fair few people out there who don't know what a tar file is. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html