On Fri 20 Sep 2024 at 07:53:28 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 09/19/2024 10:04 AM, David Wright wrote:
> > On Thu 19 Sep 2024 at 09:16:25 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > Is the AMD64 version of "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide"
> > > available as a single file.
> > >
> > > I need it available when the network is not.
> > >
> > > It would be convenient if a copy of the menus appearing when
> > > installing from DVD1 were available.
> >
> > Have you tried googling:
> >
> > debian stable installation guide pdf amd64
> >
> > which should lead you to:
> >
> > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/install.en.pdf
>
> No ;}
> For two primary reasons:
> 1. due to vision/perception problems I avoid PDF in favor of HTML.
> SeaMonkey simplifies consistent font size across documents.
> 2. My work style uses tabs to group (and save across restarts)
> related references conveniently.
>
> Secondarily, for those preferring PDF, in my use of SeaMonkey since
> days of Squeeze I never noticed mention of its documentation being
> available as PDF.
The PDF is ~650kB, but for ~17MB you can get all three formats
(PDF/text/HTML) as one file (in the sense it seems you mean) in
the Debian package installation-guide-amd64.
Using tabs isn't affected by whether the HTML code itself is in
a "single" file or a tree.
> Because I'm doing a "from scratch" install for the first time in
> several years, I said:
> > It would be convenient if a copy of the menus appearing when installing
> > from DVD1 were available.
Sorry, I would have thought you could recite them from memory by now :)
> I recall most of what has to be accomplished but am hazy on some
> details. So I went looking at https://www.debian.org/ from a "newbie"
> point of view. ~Nada:{
> Drilling down leads to https://www.debian.org/do_c/ which first points
FTR remove the "_".
> our possibly non-geek newbie to "Installation Guide" and "Debian
> GNU/Linux FAQ" which, though brimming with facts, are inconveniently
> organized.
Oh dear, I thought that was how the Installation Guide had been
organised since the days of yore.
> *HOWEVER* there is something _NEW_ on the page!
> Who, me, excited ;}
> There is now something called _The Debian Bookworm beginner’s
> handbook_ [
> https://debian-beginners-handbook.tuxfamily.org/index-en.html ].
> For reasons stated above I'll be using the HTML more than the PDF.
>
> This resource should be linked to on https://www.debian.org/ or at
> most down only one level.
I don't think it makes sense to promote this above the two you've
already mentioned.
> I addresses some of my questions, though it only mentions others.
> I'll be doing a lot of reading this weekend.
If you like it. I prefer the detail of the other two, and it now
sounds as if you might.
> One question. There are two HTML versions. What's difference between
> the_beginners_handbook.html and the_beginners_handbook_night.html ?
It should be as clear as night and day from the very start of each,
but:
$ diff -U0 the*/the* > diff (attached)
Cheers,
David.
--- the_beginners_handbook/the_beginners_handbook.html 2024-08-30
11:57:09.000000000 -0500
+++ the_beginners_handbook/the_beginners_handbook_night.html 2024-08-30
11:57:09.000000000 -0500
@@ -15 +15 @@
- background-color: #fafafa;
+ background-color: #2F343F;
@@ -22 +22 @@
- color: #222;
+ color: #D4D4D4;
@@ -28 +28 @@
- color: #005885;
+ color: #0077B4;
@@ -33 +33 @@
- border-bottom: 1px dotted #005885;
+ border-bottom: 1px dotted #0077B4;
@@ -61 +61 @@
-figure img {box-shadow: 0 0 3px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);}
+figure img {box-shadow: 0 0 3px 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, .2);}
@@ -92,3 +92,3 @@
- color: #111;
- background-color: #f4fbff;
- border: 1px solid #333;
+ color: #ccc;
+ background-color: #000;
+ border: 1px solid #ccc;
@@ -105 +105,2 @@
- background-color: #eee;
+ border: 1px solid #ccc;
+ background-color: #222;
@@ -147 +148 @@
- <a href="the_beginners_handbook_night.html" title="change theme"><img
src="img/misc/daynight.png"/></a>
+ <a href="the_beginners_handbook.html" title="change theme"><img
src="img/misc/daynight.png"/></a>
