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Title: where can I download the e-book "Practical Opnsense"?
Post by: sw.mok on July 29, 2019, 11:11:12 am

based on the homepage of opnsense
the e-book "Practical Opnsense" is free
thus, where can I download the e-book "Practical Opnsense"?

Title: Re: where can I download the e-book "Practical Opnsense"?
Post by: mimugmail on July 29, 2019, 11:42:34 am

I think it's included when you buy Deciso hardware.

Title: Re: where can I download the e-book "Practical Opnsense"?
Post by: fabian on July 29, 2019, 05:10:30 pm

Or you can buy it on Amazon

Title: Re: where can I download the e-book "Practical Opnsense"?
Post by: franco on July 31, 2019, 01:08:13 pm

Quote

Available as (FREE) E-Book

bundled with Deciso products & services

It's pretty clear to me from the website?


Cheers,
Franco

Title: Re: where can I download the e-book "Practical Opnsense"?
Post by: ganryu on August 06, 2019, 08:58:32 am

Come on guys. That is not clear at all. The "Available as (FREE) E-Book" is clearly on a line by itself. They look like (and could be) separate statements.

Title: Re: where can I download the e-book "Practical Opnsense"?
Post by: mimugmail on August 06, 2019, 12:52:39 pm

Quote from: ganryu on August 06, 2019, 08:58:32 am

Come on guys. That is not clear at all. The "Available as (FREE) E-Book" is clearly on a line by itself. They look like (and could be) separate statements.

The book was written by an author which is in no relation to OPNsense or Deciso.
And this guy has to feed a family and own life for sure, also he/she didn't copy the documentation or something else. Maybe there's a deal that Deciso pays him some money with every selled unit or whatever.

I don't understand the problem? The official documentation should be just fine for all, every specific problem can be discussed here in the forums.

Title: Re: where can I download the e-book "Practical Opnsense"?
Post by: ganryu on August 06, 2019, 01:59:29 pm

I'm sorry I should've been clearer. I fully support charging for the book. I believe the text formatting (specifically the "Available as (FREE) E-Book" on its own line) is causing some confusion among myself and others that there is a free e-book available.

We're reading it as two separate statements:
- "Available as (FREE) E-Book"
and
- "bundled with Deciso products & services"

Edit: I just finished setting up opnsense for the first time. It's beautiful software. I'm just going to mark this as me being the idiot who can't read and move on but I suspect you're going to get a lot more idiots like myself with how it's currently formatted. Thank you for making good software anyway and I wish you luck.

Title: Re: where can I download the e-book "Practical Opnsense"?
Post by: bbpbb on August 14, 2019, 05:52:30 pm

I'm looking to buy this, but would like to purchase an ebook format (i like reading something like this on tablet)

Amazon only has paper copies.  The bundled version is an ebook.  Is there somewhere you can buy an e-book copy?

Title: Re: where can I download the e-book "Practical Opnsense"?
Post by: Northguy on August 15, 2019, 11:25:27 am

As it seems, it can be purchased via Google: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=P9ihDwAAQBAJ