Where to get Fedora "Publishers Edition"?

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Evening all, i've just picked up "Sams Teach Yourself Fedora" which comes bundled with Fedora Core 1, in a 2-Disc "Publishers Edition", however the second disc appears to be corrupted, preventing me from completing the install. I've had a look around on the net to try and find a replacement, unfortunatley im back on a fairly slow connection, so cant really downlaod the 3gb+ Core 5.

I have found a "Fedora Core 1" set of ISO's however there are three discs, as stated above, what with my slow connection, i was wondering if anyone knew where i could get just CD2 of the "Publishers Edition" of Core 1, in order to save myself a lot of extra downloading.

Cheers in advance.

--Jakk:t

[Baddog]

http://www.alibris.com/search/search.cfm?S=R&qisbn=059600589X&qsort=p&siteID=OmE0YUiQlCg-pqkqmO7.PfjvdTZg.xrr2A

Binding: Softcover Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc, Sebastopol, California, U.S.A. Date Published: 2004 ISBN: 059600589X Description: Fine. Softcover, in Fine condition, no stamps or writing, Fourth Edition, Deploying office productivity applications & software development environments, straight spine without creases, contains 1 CD labeled Disc 1, Fedora Core 1 Linux, Publishers Edition, nice looking book, read more :t

Also:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnredhatentlnx/

[Sterling_Aug]

Did you try amazon.com yet?

[Bigjakkstaffa]

I've already got myself a book that seems pretty decent for what i need, the issue is that one of the bundled Fedora CD's is damaged. Im basically looking for somwhere i can download the 2CD Publishers edition of the software, rather than having to download the regular 3CD version (due to my sluggish download speed) which seems to be most common version i can find.

Cheers

--Jakk

[Sterling_Aug]

How about a library? Or a local hotel with high speed internet access? Or a Dunkin' Doughnuts? Or an Internet Cafe?

[kingofa]

or maybe a friend with high speed could d/l and burn fedora 5 for you, just a thought.

[Bigjakkstaffa]

I would have gotten it through the University, but lo and behold they've got uber-quick broadband, but none of the public machines have burners *shakes head*. Throw into the mix my useless MP3 player which can't act as a removable disk drive, and its a multitude of annoyances.

I have however managed to persuade a mate to downlaod Fedora 5 for me if in return i cross his palm with silver.

--Jakk:t

[fishybawb]

This is a blatant hijack, but if you're Linux-bound, give Ubuntu (http://www.ubuntu.com/) a go. I can send a CD if needs be. Come to think of it, we're both in the UK and I have an 8MB 'net connection, so if there's anything you need, send me a PM. Work lets me post stuff free ;)

[mireland]

I would have gotten it through the University, but lo and behold they've got uber-quick broadband, but none of the public machines have burners *shakes head*. Throw into the mix my useless MP3 player which can't act as a removable disk drive, and its a multitude of annoyances.

I have however managed to persuade a mate to downlaod Fedora 5 for me if in return i cross his palm with silver.

--Jakk:t


maybe you could persuade your mate if you cross his face with your fist...... :D

[Sterling_Aug]

I prefer to put a tire iron upside the head a few times. It gets their attention quicker.

[rip_1956]

I suppose that you want the same Fedora version that the book references. Here at home, I have gotten publishers' versions in books from the local Public Library. Maybe you could see if that is available in your area.

Another Linux source for folks with slow d/l connections would be OSDisc.com (http://www.osdisc.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi/index.html) . They sell a wide variety of Linux distributions on cd's and dvd's. Worldwide shipping and low prices.

I'm lucky to have a reasonably fast broadband connection. It allows me to snag the newest Linux flavor that catches my eye. I've probably d/l'ed and tried 25 or 30 different distros in the last few years. (I stayed with Debian, if you were wondering...)

[Bigjakkstaffa]

I've been using Fedora Core 6 for the last week, and your right that at times it would be useful to have the version the book references, however what problems i have encountered i've been able to deal with, and its all good learning experience i suppose.

My download speeds are really peeving me off to be honest. I go from having a nice 4Mbps unrestricted connection at home, to a 1Mbps connection through here shared between three of us :mad:. Speaks volumes of the state that UK ISP's are in atm really (especially in this area), the fair usage policies in relation to download speeds for hardcore users are an absoloute joke.

--Jakk:t