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 >> <[email protected]>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. > > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
