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FreeGeek Reccomends The book "[http://www.nostarch.com/ubuntu_3.htm Ubuntu For Non-Geeks]" from no-starch press. | FreeGeek Reccomends The book "[http://www.nostarch.com/ubuntu_3.htm Ubuntu For Non-Geeks]" from no-starch press. | ||
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A preview of Ubuntu for non-geeks is available from google book search [http://books.google.com/books?id=IdTPkpTUM-kC&dq=ubuntu+for+non+geeks&source=bn&ei=aSLrSa26AZy0tgOlkbDmAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-ref-page-link&cad=one-book-with-thumbnail&resnum=4 HERE] | A preview of Ubuntu for non-geeks is available from google book search [http://books.google.com/books?id=IdTPkpTUM-kC&dq=ubuntu+for+non+geeks&source=bn&ei=aSLrSa26AZy0tgOlkbDmAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-ref-page-link&cad=one-book-with-thumbnail&resnum=4 HERE] | ||
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[http://book.opensourceproject.org.cn/distrib/ubuntu/movingtoubuntu/ Moving to Ubuntu Linux] | [http://book.opensourceproject.org.cn/distrib/ubuntu/movingtoubuntu/ Moving to Ubuntu Linux] | ||
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You can also buy a hard copy at sites like [http://amazon.com amazon.com] | You can also buy a hard copy at sites like [http://amazon.com amazon.com] | ||
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| + | [http://shop.fsf.org/product/free-software-free-society/ Free software free society] | ||
| + | By Richard M. Stallman | ||
| + | (Available for download as a free pdf or purchase a hard copy) | ||
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| + | [http://oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/ Free as in Freedom] | ||
| + | By Sam Williams | ||
| + | (Available for free online) | ||
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| + | [http://www.amazon.com/Joy-Linux-Miscellaneous-Michael-Hall/dp/0761531513 The Joy Of Linux] | ||
| + | by Michael Hall | ||
| + | (Available for purchase from amazon) | ||
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| + | [http://www.amazon.com/Just-Fun-Story-Accidental-Revolutionary/dp/0066620724 Just For Fun, The Story Of An Accidental Revolutionary] | ||
| + | by Linus Torvalds -Creator of Linux- | ||
| + | (Avaible for purchase from amazon) | ||
Latest revision as of 06:39, 19 April 2009
Our Reccomendation
FreeGeek Reccomends The book "Ubuntu For Non-Geeks" from no-starch press. Copies are available in our thrift store or from various online retailers.
A preview of Ubuntu for non-geeks is available from google book search HERE
Free Books On Ubuntu
Moving to Ubuntu Linux By Marcel Gagné
The Official Ubuntu Book By Benjamin Mako Hill, Jono Bacon, Corey Burger, Jonathan Jesse, Ivan Krstic
Ubuntu Unleashed By Andrew Hudson, Paul Hudson
You can also buy a hard copy at sites like amazon.com
Other Reccomendations
Free software free society By Richard M. Stallman (Available for download as a free pdf or purchase a hard copy)
Free as in Freedom By Sam Williams (Available for free online)
The Joy Of Linux by Michael Hall (Available for purchase from amazon)
Just For Fun, The Story Of An Accidental Revolutionary by Linus Torvalds -Creator of Linux- (Avaible for purchase from amazon)