Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4570 mails)

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On 11/19/05 2:37 AM, "Steven T. Hatton" <hattons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm curious to know what people think about hardcopy documentation verses
> electronic form.  For most purposes, such as simply looking things up, I
> prefer electronic form.  For books which are intended to be read from start
> to finish, or at least large section are intended to be read as a whole, I
> prefer hardcopy.
> 
> I find that e-books tend to collect e-dust when I have only an electronic
> version.  Anybody else have a similar experience?
> 
> Steven 

Same here...I would rather receive things digitally, then I can always print
it out myself.
(my only issue is getting things to duplex correctly sometimes)
Anytime a new manual comes out (as with a new version-upgrade) I print out
the books for it.

The PDF formats lets me do word searches, but many times I have to read the
whole thing first to understand _what_ to look for...


Yes, I can read them off of a laptop while in the car or something, but a
book doesn't have batteries that die.


-- 

Thanks,
George


"...Linux, MS-DOS, and Windows XP"
(also known as the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)