[PLUG] Free Digital download of LinuxFormat magazine

[Tim Slighter]

Bittorrent download of the pdf puked on me.  Anyone else have luck with it?

Michael M. Moore wrote:
> wes wrote:
>   
>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 8:10 AM, Michael M. Moore <michael at writemoore.net>wrote:
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>>     
>>> Matt McKenzie wrote:
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>>>> LinuxFormat is releasing the current news-stand version of their magazine
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>>> as
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>>>> a *free* PDF download.
>>>> Not some weird proprietary format, no DRM, no strings.  Just as a thank
>>>>         
>>> you
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>>>> to their community, and also to try to encourage more readers to go
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>>> digital.
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>>>> 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.
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