darudey Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 Is there a book/ebook I can view/buy to learn more about the latest Mandriva release? [moved from Installing Mandriva by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 You can find the official documentation at doc.mandriva.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darudey Posted April 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 Thank you, any idea if there is a paper book around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkerr82508 Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 (edited) Thank you, any idea if there is a paper book around? Only if you buy the boxed Powerpack (not the "slim pack") http://store.mandriva.com/product_info.php?cPath=149&products_id=479 The manual is no longer sold separately, nor is a pdf version available, so far as I know. Jim Edited April 10, 2010 by jkerr82508 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddie Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 Seems like a wasted marketing opportunity. Shame. When it starts off with "Welcome in Mandriva online documentation" and "Introducing to Mandriva Linux" then you can tell they could really do with involving their English-speaking community, and spending some effort with things like this. Looking at the license, it seems that it should be possible to turn their HTML into a pdf or even into a real paper book, and even commercial distribution is permitted, but then they say you need permission to distribute paper copies for some reason... So there goes any incentive for the community to step in and do the conversion / translation / editing for them. On the other hand, downloading those online docs and turning them into a local resource for grepping or printing should be fairly straightforward, and obviously within the licensing rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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