are docs available in pdf?

[J]

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 06:14, R S V Reddy <ubuntu.bkn1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 3:43 PM, J <dreadpiratejeff at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Did you download the PDF version of Rute's??  There's a very clear
>> Download PDF link (in addition to a Download HTML link).
>> http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/rute.pdf.bz2
>
> This links to the website rather than the download. However, when you click:
>

Yikes.  Sorry about that... bad me for trusting the link and not
verifying it.  Google for the words "rute user's tutorial and
exposition pdf", however, and you do get a good link that DOES point
to an actual PDF file:

http://wireless.ictp.it/school_2003/docs/linux/rute.pdf

>> So bz2 is not a a document format... it's a compression format
>> (similar to Zip in the windows world).  To decompress the file,
>> assuming you downloaded the PDF of Rute's book
>>
>> simply do this in a terminal:
>>
>> bunzip2 rute.pdf.bz2
>>
>> That'll decompress the file and you'll be left with rute.pdf which
>> should be readable in anything that handles the PDF format.
>
> Ah I see.
>
>>
>> The thing is, you're asking a very nebulous question, still.
>
> 'nebulous' w.r.t you, not in general. Don't take it otherwise, I give a
> simple analogy:
>
> You are asked to do some operation of stomach (as a doctor) on a patient in
> front of you, can you? You would then ask the question which are 'nebulous'
> but w.r.t doctors since you are in a different profession. So is the case
> here.......<grin>....But if you like medical science, you can read about it
> and implement, like one like using Linux!

That may be, but your analogy is not complete... using your analogy:

You are not a doctor, but are asked to perform some medical procedure.
You then ask: "Where can I find the medical documentation" which is
most definitely a nebulous question.  Are you interested in the
documentation used by pre-med students?  By Medical School students?
Are you looking for the PDR?  A copy of Grey's Anatomy?  Do you want
books on appendectomy, obstetrics or perhaps on cardiothoracic
surgery?  Perhaps you'd prefer a book on Emergency Pediatrics,
Dentistry, Orthodontal Surgeries, or simply wilderness first aid.

The point is, you've asked for "Documentation" but haven't specified
"Which Documentation" you'd like.  Again, are you looking for Newbie
stuff? How-TOs? Device Driver guides? C Programming guides? Python
documentation? Ubuntu User Guides?  Red Hat Server Guides? Info on
setting up a PBX using Linux and old hardware?  Info on creating a
caching proxy server?  Info on writing IPTables Rules to create your
own firewall/router?  Or my favorite, documentation on the Linux
powered Coffee Machine.

Without any idea of what you're trying to accomplish, it's nigh
impossible to actually help you and point you to documents that would
be useful to you.

>> Saying "I want the 10.04 documentation" is still too general.  But in
>> an attempt to be helpful still:
>>
>> a simple google search for "ubuntu 10.04 documentation pdf" returns
>> some useful results, the first of which are the Ubuntu User manual and
>> the Ubuntu Server guide.
>
> That I do.

So there's a good start, then.  If you have a specific task that needs
to be done, it's best to actually mention that, as there's bound to be
someone here who's done that before and can point you to more targeted
documentation

That's all I'm saying... :)