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| From | David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Availability of "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" for OFFLINE use |
| Date | 2024-09-20 18:00 +0200 |
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On Fri 20 Sep 2024 at 07:53:28 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 09/19/2024 10:04 AM, David Wright wrote:
> > On Thu 19 Sep 2024 at 09:16:25 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > Is the AMD64 version of "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide"
> > > available as a single file.
> > >
> > > I need it available when the network is not.
> > >
> > > It would be convenient if a copy of the menus appearing when
> > > installing from DVD1 were available.
> >
> > Have you tried googling:
> >
> > debian stable installation guide pdf amd64
> >
> > which should lead you to:
> >
> > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/install.en.pdf
>
> No ;}
> For two primary reasons:
> 1. due to vision/perception problems I avoid PDF in favor of HTML.
> SeaMonkey simplifies consistent font size across documents.
> 2. My work style uses tabs to group (and save across restarts)
> related references conveniently.
>
> Secondarily, for those preferring PDF, in my use of SeaMonkey since
> days of Squeeze I never noticed mention of its documentation being
> available as PDF.
The PDF is ~650kB, but for ~17MB you can get all three formats
(PDF/text/HTML) as one file (in the sense it seems you mean) in
the Debian package installation-guide-amd64.
Using tabs isn't affected by whether the HTML code itself is in
a "single" file or a tree.
> Because I'm doing a "from scratch" install for the first time in
> several years, I said:
> > It would be convenient if a copy of the menus appearing when installing
> > from DVD1 were available.
Sorry, I would have thought you could recite them from memory by now :)
> I recall most of what has to be accomplished but am hazy on some
> details. So I went looking at https://www.debian.org/ from a "newbie"
> point of view. ~Nada:{
> Drilling down leads to https://www.debian.org/do_c/ which first points
FTR remove the "_".
> our possibly non-geek newbie to "Installation Guide" and "Debian
> GNU/Linux FAQ" which, though brimming with facts, are inconveniently
> organized.
Oh dear, I thought that was how the Installation Guide had been
organised since the days of yore.
> *HOWEVER* there is something _NEW_ on the page!
> Who, me, excited ;}
> There is now something called _The Debian Bookworm beginner’s
> handbook_ [
> https://debian-beginners-handbook.tuxfamily.org/index-en.html ].
> For reasons stated above I'll be using the HTML more than the PDF.
>
> This resource should be linked to on https://www.debian.org/ or at
> most down only one level.
I don't think it makes sense to promote this above the two you've
already mentioned.
> I addresses some of my questions, though it only mentions others.
> I'll be doing a lot of reading this weekend.
If you like it. I prefer the detail of the other two, and it now
sounds as if you might.
> One question. There are two HTML versions. What's difference between
> the_beginners_handbook.html and the_beginners_handbook_night.html ?
It should be as clear as night and day from the very start of each,
but:
$ diff -U0 the*/the* > diff (attached)
Cheers,
David.
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Availability of "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" for OFFLINE use Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-09-19 16:20 +0200
Re: Availability of "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" for OFFLINE use David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-09-19 17:10 +0200
Re: Availability of "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" for OFFLINE use Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-09-20 15:00 +0200
Re: Availability of "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" for OFFLINE use David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-09-20 18:00 +0200
Re: Availability of "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" for OFFLINE use Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-09-21 14:10 +0200
Re: Availability of "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" for OFFLINE use Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-09-22 13:20 +0200
Re: Availability of "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" for OFFLINE use David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-09-23 03:10 +0200
Finding/creating Debian documentation for an unserved audience Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-09-23 13:40 +0200
Re: Finding/creating Debian documentation for an unserved audience Michel Verdier <mv524@free.fr> - 2024-09-24 10:50 +0200
Re: Finding/creating Debian documentation for an unserved audience Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-09-24 11:50 +0200
Re: Finding/creating Debian documentation for an unserved audience Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-09-24 14:00 +0200
Re: Finding/creating Debian documentation for an unserved audience George at Clug <Clug@goproject.info> - 2024-09-25 00:00 +0200
boot Debian Gnome, Debian KDE, and Mate, XFCE (was: Re: Finding/creating Debian documentation for an unserved audience) Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-09-25 04:40 +0200
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Re: boot Debian Gnome, Debian KDE, and Mate, XFCE Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-09-26 04:50 +0200
Re: boot Debian Gnome, Debian KDE, and Mate, XFCE Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-09-26 11:00 +0200
Re: boot Debian Gnome, Debian KDE, and Mate, XFCE David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-09-27 04:50 +0200
Re: boot Debian Gnome, Debian KDE, and Mate, XFCE George at Clug <Clug@goproject.info> - 2024-09-27 14:00 +0200
Re: boot Debian Gnome, Debian KDE, and Mate, XFCE Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-09-28 05:10 +0200
Re: boot Debian Gnome, Debian KDE, and Mate, XFCE Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-09-27 14:50 +0200
Re: boot Debian Gnome, Debian KDE, and Mate, XFCE George at Clug <Clug@goproject.info> - 2024-09-28 17:10 +0200
Re: boot Debian Gnome, Debian KDE, and Mate, XFCE Florent Rougon <f.rougon@free.fr> - 2024-09-29 15:00 +0200
Re: boot Debian Gnome, Debian KDE, and Mate, XFCE Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-09-30 04:30 +0200
Re: Finding/creating Debian documentation for an unserved audience David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-09-27 04:50 +0200
Re: Finding/creating Debian documentation for an unserved audience Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-09-27 14:10 +0200
Re: Finding/creating Debian documentation for an unserved audience Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-09-27 15:10 +0200
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