[kwlug-disc] Linux books in 2011

[Fernando Duran]

Hi,

There's a ton of online material that he can download, for example for PDFs: 

http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/download_main.html
https://help.ubuntu.com/10.10/serverguide/C/serverguide.pdf
http://tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/intro-linux.pdf

Those three alone are over 700 pages so he won't get bored.

Cheers, 
---------------------
Fernando Duran
http://www.fduran.com



----- Original Message ----
> From: Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca>
> To: kwlug-disc at kwlug.org
> Sent: Thu, March 24, 2011 1:40:33 AM
> Subject: [kwlug-disc] Linux books in 2011
> 
> I am helping somebody who is new to Linux. He is going to be moving
> to a land  where Internet access is spotty, but he wants to become
> comfortable with his  Ubuntu system (including administration) while he
> is there. He asked me to  recommend some books to him. 
> 
> I always struggle with this question. I  have not yet found a good book
> for new Linux users that gets into the  nontrivial practical advice
> that is useful for taking care of a desktop Linux  system. 
> 
> I would imagine such a book would contain: 
> - Some  information about becoming root
> - Some information about editing files on the  command line
> - Some information about navigating the command line
> - Some  information about "where to find things" on an Ubuntu system
> - Some  information about how to get around in the GUI
> 
> It would be well-written,  easy for beginners to start following, and
> helpful for getting over the  learning curve. 
> 
> Any suggestions? I think "books" can consist of dead  tree materials or
> stuff he can download and read offline. 
> 
> - Paul 
> 
> 
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