UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi,

I do not want to violate any rules, so thought to ask before posting any links.

Just to contribute to the forum: through surfing I found a link to download "Unix in a Nutshell" (*.chm) FREE.

I was wondering if I can post that link here.

Thanks
Hemang

First this question really fits best in the "Post Here to Contact Site Administrators and Moderators". And a cool link should go in the "News, Links, Events and Announcements" forum. If you know that the link is a copyright violation, you should not post it since that would be illegal. But if you're not sure go ahead and post it. Then if any moderator is uncomfortable with the link, it would probably be removed. It's not a perfect system, but it's hard to tell when stuff legally posted on the net.

"unix in a nutshell" in a chm file? Interesting choice. Anyone know if there is a chm viewer for unix?

Thank you for the reply.

I have posted the link and few steps under the 'New, Links,...' section.

You don't need any special view for chm file.
If I am not wrong chm files are just like the help files that opens for normal windows application.

hemangjani

You're right. But some people don't have a windows box. Should they need to buy one to read a unix book? It's like writing a large Excel manual in troff format so you need to buy a unix system to read your Excel book.

Sorry - for a second, I completely forgot that many users might be just using Unix. I guess this is what Windows does to users like me 'Brainwash'.

There is a Free CHM viewer available for Unix (hopefully works on all flavors of Unix). It is called 'xCHM'.

Hemang

I did remove the link.... Seeing as it's being distributed via RapidShare and it's a very new book (4th Ed.) I am fairly certain that O'Reilly would not be distributing this for free at this stage.

Cheers
ZB