[ubuntu-uk] Good general book on Ubuntu/Linux?

[Dave Morley]

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On 03/10/12 15:24, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 3 October 2012 16:21, Gordon Burgess-Parker <gbplinux at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> I'm a reasonable user of Ubuntu - both on my netbook and
>> dual-booting with Windows 7 on my main laptop. I'm looking for a
>> book on either Ubuntu or Linux in general in the "Windows inside
>> out" type of format, i.e. from simple through to fairly
>> technical, suitable for a general user - me! I'm slightly
>> concerned about forking out £34 for the current Ubuntu 12.04 
>> bible published by Sams  as the interface could possibly change
>> again in 14.04! Can anyone suggest a good general book, or should
>> I buy a general Linux book and if so what would be the
>> recommendations for that, or should I just look for on-line
>> information, and if so where's the best place to look for the 
>> most topics in one place? (I do like big books!)
> 
> Print is dead, man. :-)
> 
> Seriously, I'm not aware of anything decent on dead tree except 
> super-detailed tech refs for pro techies.
> 
> Join the main Ubuntu list. Read it daily. Don't use digest mode.
> 
> Join the fora. Read them too.
> 
> Become glued to OMGubuntu.
> 
> Get on Twitter and follow some interesting Linux people; read their
> links.
> 
> FOSS moves fast. Books don't move at all.
> 
> Don't waste your money.
> 
There are some in the Software Center that you can buy but to be
honest I'd have a look on amazon at the official Ubuntu book.

But it really depends what you are after doing with it.

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