Re: [OT] Free download of Linux Fromat for 24 hours

2009-03-05 Thread Matthew Flaschen
Nigel Henry wrote: > Up to a few hours ago, when I found out that my torrent download hadn't > completed, there were many folks still seeding, and was able to complete the > download. > > I've attached the .torrent file as well, as it's only 9.9KB. Thanks! I just downloaded it very fast, so so

Re: [OT] Free download of Linux Fromat for 24 hours

2009-03-05 Thread Nigel Henry
On Thursday 05 March 2009 21:54, Jake Peavy wrote: > On 3/5/09, g wrote: > > Jake Peavy wrote: > > > On 3/3/09, Steve Searle wrote: > > > > http://www.tuxradar.com/content/linux-format-free-download-24-hours-only > > > > > Dammit! Missed it. > > > > > > Does anyone have a copy they can email me?

Re: [OT] Free download of Linux Fromat for 24 hours

2009-03-05 Thread Jake Peavy
On 3/5/09, g wrote: > > Jake Peavy wrote: > > On 3/3/09, Steve Searle wrote: > >> > http://www.tuxradar.com/content/linux-format-free-download-24-hours-only > > > > Dammit! Missed it. > > > > Does anyone have a copy they can email me? The site says we can share > with > > friends ;-) > > >

Re: [OT] Free download of Linux Fromat for 24 hours

2009-03-05 Thread g
Jake Peavy wrote: > On 3/3/09, Steve Searle wrote: >> http://www.tuxradar.com/content/linux-format-free-download-24-hours-only > > Dammit! Missed it. > > Does anyone have a copy they can email me? The site says we can share with > friends ;-) email are you aware that file is approx

Re: [OT] Free download of Linux Fromat for 24 hours

2009-03-04 Thread Jay Mistry
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 2:12 AM, Steve Searle wrote: > http://www.tuxradar.com/content/linux-format-free-download-24-hours-only > > Steve They also have a "Linux Starter pack" (Beginner's guide to setting-up & using Ubuntu Linux, 130 pg PDF) for download- http://www.tuxradar.com/linuxstarterpack,

Re: [OT] Free download of Linux Fromat for 24 hours

2009-03-04 Thread Jake Peavy
On 3/3/09, Steve Searle wrote: > > http://www.tuxradar.com/content/linux-format-free-download-24-hours-only > Dammit! Missed it. Does anyone have a copy they can email me? The site says we can share with friends ;-) TIA -- -jp I hope if dogs ever take over the world and they choose a king

Re: [OT] Free download of Linux Fromat for 24 hours

2009-03-04 Thread Kevin Kofler
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > A word on terminology: BT clients (and torrent sites) talk about Seeders > and Leechers. The only difference between the two is that Leechers are > still downloading part of the torrent, while Seeders have finished > downloading. Both types are uploading. Sometimes "le

Re: [OT] Free download of Linux Fromat for 24 hours

2009-03-04 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 01:51 +, Dave Bolt IT Solutions wrote: > > > > I'll have to look further into this. It appears that I'm downloading using > > torrent, but not giving anything back (seeding). > > > > Nigel. > > > >From what I've seen, you have to complete downloading a file before it will

Re: [OT] Free download of Linux Fromat for 24 hours

2009-03-04 Thread Dave Bolt IT Solutions
I'll have to look further into this. It appears that I'm downloading using torrent, but not giving anything back (seeding). Nigel. From what I've seen, you have to complete downloading a file before it will start seeding. At least that's what happened when I downloaded some iso images recentl

Re: [OT] Free download of Linux Fromat for 24 hours

2009-03-04 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 04 March 2009, Nigel Henry wrote: >On Wednesday 04 March 2009 22:06, phil wrote: >> Nigel Henry wrote: >> > On Wednesday 04 March 2009 15:05, Paul W. Frields wrote: >> >> On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 08:42:29PM +, Steve Searle wrote: >> >>> http://www.tuxradar.com/content/linux-format-f

Re: [OT] Free download of Linux Fromat for 24 hours

2009-03-04 Thread Nigel Henry
On Wednesday 04 March 2009 22:06, phil wrote: > Nigel Henry wrote: > > On Wednesday 04 March 2009 15:05, Paul W. Frields wrote: > >> On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 08:42:29PM +, Steve Searle wrote: > >>> http://www.tuxradar.com/content/linux-format-free-download-24-hours-onl > >>>y > > > > I havn't se

Re: [OT] Free download of Linux Fromat for 24 hours

2009-03-04 Thread phil
Nigel Henry wrote: On Wednesday 04 March 2009 15:05, Paul W. Frields wrote: On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 08:42:29PM +, Steve Searle wrote: http://www.tuxradar.com/content/linux-format-free-download-24-hours-only I havn't seen a Linux Format mag since I moved to France in Sept 2004. No money f

Re: [OT] Free download of Linux Fromat for 24 hours

2009-03-04 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 21:41:55 +0100, Nigel Henry wrote: > > How do these torrent downloads work, for instance with this PDF download? Say > for example If I get 90% of it downloaded, before I lose the torrent link. Am > I likely to be able to open the PDF, and view some of the pages, or am

Re: [OT] Free download of Linux Fromat for 24 hours

2009-03-04 Thread Nigel Henry
On Wednesday 04 March 2009 15:05, Paul W. Frields wrote: > On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 08:42:29PM +, Steve Searle wrote: > > http://www.tuxradar.com/content/linux-format-free-download-24-hours-only I havn't seen a Linux Format mag since I moved to France in Sept 2004. No money for the sub. Seein

Re: [OT] Free download of Linux Fromat for 24 hours

2009-03-04 Thread Dave Bolt IT Solutions
Yep, that's where I got my copy of Fc10. Saved a load of download time :-) Been quite a few interesting articles and comments too. - Original Message - From: "Paul W. Frields" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 2:05 PM Subject: Re: [OT] Free download of Linux Fromat

Re: [OT] Free download of Linux Fromat for 24 hours

2009-03-04 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 08:42:29PM +, Steve Searle wrote: > http://www.tuxradar.com/content/linux-format-free-download-24-hours-only Pity they didn't do this with the previous issue, check out the cover: http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/covers/115-big.jpg -- Paul W. Frields

Re: [OT] Free download of Linux Fromat for 24 hours

2009-03-03 Thread g
Kam Leo wrote: > You might make it clear that the download is a PDF the latest issue of > Linux Format magazine. would be difficult to send mag thru internet. :) plus, html would not do lxf justice. > By the way, it's the first time I have heard of > this magazine which I learned from Google se

Re: [OT] Free download of Linux Fromat for 24 hours

2009-03-03 Thread Kam Leo
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Steve Searle wrote: > http://www.tuxradar.com/content/linux-format-free-download-24-hours-only > > Steve You might make it clear that the download is a PDF the latest issue of Linux Format magazine. By the way, it's the first time I have heard of this magazine whi

[OT] Free download of Linux Fromat for 24 hours

2009-03-03 Thread Steve Searle
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