[PLUG] Free Digital download of LinuxFormat magazine

wes plug at the-wes.com
Wed Mar 4 16:42:20 UTC 2009


On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Michael M. Moore <michael at writemoore.net>wrote:

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

Guess that depends on your definition of "directly" - you can download it
via BitTorrent, which is arguably more or less as "direct" as via HTTP. It's
a big file, and bandwidth is expensive.

-wes



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