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by **Dick Erlach** » Sat, 27 Sep 1997 04:00:00

Installing LINUX? . . . well . . . that's a no-brainer if ever there was one.
You buy the RedHat 4.2 CD (costs about $3) and you install it.

Now, if you want to do it right, that's another issue. You need to read the
f***ing manual, right? If you want to read it (them), however, you quickly
find that readable versions, or, versions readable before you install LINUX,
if you ever do, are not to be had. Sure, they're out there in "dvi" format
(whatever that is), or in the archaic relic of the now (God be thanked!)
bygone MAC era, postscript, and in a coarse and unreadable version of
pdf format, which might be useful if it were readable . . .

Whatever happened to just "plain text" versions? Are they to be had, of,
say, the NAG or SAG?

Could someone tell me where?

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by **Dick Erlach** » Mon, 29 Sep 1997 04:00:00

>spake unto us, saying:

>>Whatever happened to just "plain text" versions? Are they to be had,
>>of, say, the NAG or SAG?

>Almost all of the electronic documentation I've seen for Linux (including
>the UG, the SAG, and the HOWTOs) is available at the Linux Documentation
>Project web site here:

> http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/

>If you're interested in purchasing a paper copy of such information, I
>know that Red Hat sells _Dr. Linux_, which is essentially a bunch of the
>documents from the LDP plus the HOWTOs in hard cover. The _Linux Bible_
>by Yggdrasil is the same thing (but paperback).

>--

> OS/2 Warp 4 + Linux + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven!
> The Theorem Theorem: If If, Then Then.

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I've received a few helpful comments regarding this documentation problem, but
I have found that the so-called plain text versions of the NAG are actually
not plain text, but formatted text with lots of imbedded page numbers and
blank sheets and blank lines, not to mention those silly blanks in the left
margin, all of which make the document difficult to use and impossible to
print. The UG, and SAG, don't even have that much of a plain text version.

FWIW I've found that printing the current document is actually quite a bit
less costly than buying the outdated printed version. The three documents I
mention cost significantly more than a box of paper and a toner cartridge in
the printed version, and even more if you include shipping, since they're not
readily available on short notice.

If anyone knows of the URL to truly plain-text versions of these and other
documents, please let me know.

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plain-text documentation . . .Where???

plain-text documentation . . .Where???

plain-text documentation . . .Where???