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::: I did not know about those. I included the directory of .pdf to illustrate how to download a file from a known directory. The exercise was quite illuminating for my tester. --[[User:Inkyfingers|Inkyfingers]] 18:41, 5 December 2011 (EST)

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FLOSS Manuals

Please explain why we link to a separate download for .pdfs when they are available at FLOSS Manuals? --FGrose 10:49, 5 December 2011 (EST) I archived them a while ago when the web page for floss manuals was not working. (Spare local location of .pdf's) satellit_ 9:57, 5 December 2011 (PST) http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit#Floss_Manuals

OK. I suggest we treat it as a spare location rather than the preferred location, because, unless the backup is a mirror automatically tracking FM changes, it is a fragile storage arrangement. Bernie can advise on this.
It might be handy to have a Floss Manuals page in our wiki, which could provided a custom list of links to their .pdfs (along with a footnote about the backup location). For example,
--FGrose 14:49, 5 December 2011 (EST)
I did not know about those. I included the directory of .pdf to illustrate how to download a file from a known directory. The exercise was quite illuminating for my tester. --Inkyfingers 18:41, 5 December 2011 (EST)