PDF vs Printers

[NoOp]

On 04/22/2008 05:44 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 04/22/2008 03:50 PM, Jeffrey Tooker wrote:

>> I have the book "The Official Ubuntu Book" from the library.  I know from
>> nothing about Linux/Ubuntu.  I was looking at Amazon for Ubuntu books and
>> came across "Ubuntu For Non-Geeks.  It seems about as basic a starting point
>> as one can get.  Do you have any ideas?
> 
> I've not seen it, but I'm sure that it's a fine book. However, keep in
> mind that in today's electronic world, the systems have moved well
> beyond those referenced in published books. I keep a copy of "Computer
> Networks - Protocols, Standards, and Interfaces by Uyless Black" on my
> bookshelf to remind me of this. Well, that and the nostalgic fact that
> it makes reference to networks that I used to help design back when X.25
> was king, and the cable networking technology of today was Token Bus...
> 
> I suggest that you also spend time reviewing the Ubuntu online
> documentation:
> 
> https://help.ubuntu.com/
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/
> http://www.ubuntu.com/support
> 

Sorry, I forgot to add this link:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Training

These are the Ubuntu training guides and are quite helpful. However be
aware that they are 72.5MB pdf's, so can be quite a lot to download.

If you want to download something like this, but don't want the download
to suck up your entire bandwidth while they are downloading, use gwget:

sudo apt-get install gwget

After install, you will find gwget in the Applications|Internet menu.
Open it up and click on: Edit|Preferences In the General Tab you can set
the "Save in" directory and, more importantly, you can set the "Limit
download speed to _____".

Example, if you have a 1.5MB DSL download, the full bandwidth of your
link typically is 159kB/sec. So, set gwget to 100kB/sec. That way when
you do the download, you still have some bandwidth to continue browsing,
emailing, etc., while the file is being downloaded. Also, you can pause
the download at any time, kill it and resume later, etc.

For the training PDF, all you need to do is right click on the link and
save/copy the link:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Training?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=student-7.10.pdf

Now, open gwget and click on "New". Paste the link into the URL box and
check to make sure that the download location (Save in:) is where you
want it to go, then click OK. And off you go.

You can then use document viewer or some other pdf viewer to view.
However, I've found that the new/improved Adobe Reader (for linux) does
a rather nice job for large pdf's like this. Download (use gwget :-)
from here:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
click on "Different language..."
select "Select a Linux installer|Linux x86 (.deb)"

After you download, double-click the deb file from Nautilus (Places|Home
etc) and that will bring up the installer. Select install and it will
install the file for you. You'll then find Adobe Reader 8 in the
Applications|Office menu.