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#1 2012-11-24 23:28:55

alevinearch
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Arch Linux free ebook?

Hi,

I am a newbie to Arch and I wanted to see if there is a free book (in PDF format) that can serve as a comprehensive reference to Arch. Does such a thing exist?


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#2 2012-11-25 00:10:18

Hspasta
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Re: Arch Linux free ebook?

No, but we have a vast amount of wiki pages which should be more than sufficient for anyone.

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#3 2012-11-25 00:12:31

rix
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Re: Arch Linux free ebook?

No, as far as I know. Just the wiki, the tutorials and the best and prepared community I ever seen.

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#4 2012-11-25 13:18:10

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Re: Arch Linux free ebook?

Packages arch-wiki-lite and arch-wiki-docs might be the things you look for if you need offline documentation.


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#5 2012-11-25 15:13:20

arctos
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Re: Arch Linux free ebook?

There is. Arhlinux Handbook 3.0 in mobi format http://archlinux.ca/arch_linux_handbook_3.mobi
You can convert easily from mobi to pdf
You can find more details on Dusty's blog - http://archlinux.me/dusty/2012/09/09/ar … or-kindle/

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#6 2012-11-26 12:56:19

karol
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Re: Arch Linux free ebook?

arctos wrote:

There is. Arhlinux Handbook 3.0 in mobi format http://archlinux.ca/arch_linux_handbook_3.mobi
You can convert easily from mobi to pdf
You can find more details on Dusty's blog - http://archlinux.me/dusty/2012/09/09/ar … or-kindle/

Arch moves fast and thus the book gets outdated pretty fast.

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#7 2012-11-26 17:11:50

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Re: Arch Linux free ebook?

Arch moves fast and thus the book gets outdated pretty fast.

That's the thing, I recall there was a semi-official book once covering the installation of arch. Since then, the "Installer" is gone, GRUB is now version 2, systemd is near standard on arch, meaning that about 70% of that book is now outdated. It was nice at its time, but a newbie won't be able to install a base system with it now.

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#8 2012-11-26 17:14:42

2ManyDogs
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Re: Arch Linux free ebook?

I just do not understand why anyone would use anything other than the wiki (and the forum) as a reference.


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#9 2012-11-27 01:46:23

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Re: Arch Linux free ebook?

2ManyDogs wrote:

I just do not understand why anyone would use anything other than the wiki (and the forum) as a reference.

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