Learning Linux/Ubuntu/Unix - Newbie

Welcome to Linux, Andrew! :)

A book for beginners is useful. Maybe you can find it in a public library, so you won't have to buy it, but as distros evolve very quickly a book from 2006 should be avoided. So check the publication date. There are quite a few books targeted towards beginners, also from an Ubuntu point of view. Here are a few:

The Official Ubuntu Book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Official-Ubuntu-Book-Benjamin-Hill/dp/0132435942/ref=pd_sbs_b_4/026-2129149-0354810?ie=UTF8

Moving to ubuntu: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/032142722X

Beginning Ubuntu Linux: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beginning-Ubuntu-Linux-Novice-Professional/dp/1590596277/ref=pd_sbs_b_1/026-2129149-0354810?ie=UTF8

As for beginners sites on Internet, there are loads of them. They're so many I don't know what to mention ... But I recommend these at least:

Essential Ubuntu 7.04 guides and manuals: http://www.futuredesktop.com/ubuntu7.04.html#guides
Ubuntu 7.04 "Feisty Fawn" Starter Guide: http://easylinux.info/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty
Ubuntu Desktop Guide: https://help.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/index.html
Community Ubuntu Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/community
Linux Basics: https://help.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/linux-basics.html
13 Things to do immediately after installing Ubuntu: http://linuxondesktop.blogspot.com/2007/05/13-must-do-things-on-new-ubuntu-704.html

Good luck!

Thanks so much - I will get onto looking at them straight away.

Best Regards

Andrew

On 21/09/2007, Bjorn T. Jonsson <email address hidden> wrote:
> Your question #13782 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/13782
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Bjorn T. Jonsson proposed the following answer:
> Welcome to Linux, Andrew! :)
>
> A book for beginners is useful. Maybe you can find it in a public
> library, so you won't have to buy it, but as distros evolve very quickly
> a book from 2006 should be avoided. So check the publication date. There
> are quite a few books targeted towards beginners, also from an Ubuntu
> point of view. Here are a few:
>
> The Official Ubuntu Book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Official-Ubuntu-Book-
> Benjamin-Hill/dp/0132435942/ref=pd_sbs_b_4/026-2129149-0354810?ie=UTF8
>
> Moving to ubuntu: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/032142722X
>
> Beginning Ubuntu Linux: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beginning-Ubuntu-Linux-
> Novice-
> Professional/dp/1590596277/ref=pd_sbs_b_1/026-2129149-0354810?ie=UTF8
>
> As for beginners sites on Internet, there are loads of them. They're so
> many I don't know what to mention ... But I recommend these at least:
>
> Essential Ubuntu 7.04 guides and manuals: http://www.futuredesktop.com/ubuntu7.04.html#guides
> Ubuntu 7.04 "Feisty Fawn" Starter Guide: http://easylinux.info/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty
> Ubuntu Desktop Guide: https://help.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/index.html
> Community Ubuntu Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/community
> Linux Basics: https://help.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/linux-basics.html
> 13 Things to do immediately after installing Ubuntu: http://linuxondesktop.blogspot.com/2007/05/13-must-do-things-on-new-ubuntu-704.html
>
> Good luck!
>
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