[mdlug] "Linux Format" March issue available for download

[Raymond McLaughlin]

Paul wrote:
> Michael Corral <micorral at comcast.net>, on Wed Mar 04, 2009 [01:29:29 AM] said:
>> 2009-03-03, Monsieur Michael Rudas a ecrit:
>>> The magazine is in PDF format and the DVD is available as an ISO; both
>>> are torrents.
>>>
>>> <http://www.tuxradar.com/content/linux-format-free-download-24-hours-only>
>> Heh, they put "Linux Format" in a zip file (linux_format_116.zip)!
>> Zip doesn't strike me as the most Linux-y of archive formats. :)
>>
>> Michael
> 
> 	Hi;
> 
> 	No doubt! No one would want to associate Linux with the likes
> of Java JAR files, python .egg files, silverlight and that ilk. And
> then there are ODF files, google earth, and mozilla firefox add-ons...
> WAIT!@#
> 
> Paul
> set at pobox.com
> 
> ps. its all about CPIO...

Oh yes, the old Convoluted, Perverse, Insane, Obtuse archive format. I
have been learning a bit about that.
  "In copy-out mode, cpio copies files into an archive."
  "In copy-in mode, cpio copies files out of an archive"
Makes sense to me.