Ubuntu Linux for Non-Geeks. A Pain-free, Project-Based, Get-things-done Guidebook
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Author(s): R. Grant
Publisher: No Starch Press
ISBN: 1593271182
Format: softback + CD-ROM
334pp
Price: $34.95
Review Date: 14 November 2006
Review: Ubuntu is a completely free, easy to use, Linux distribution that is geared towards the desktop user. This introductory book is for readers who are familiar with computers, but unfamiliar with Linux (or slightly familiar with Linux but unfamiliar with Ubuntu). By going through the book chapter by chapter, working through the projects, you will configure your Ubuntu system so that it can do what you want it to. Ubuntu is on the CD that comes with the book. Topics include: downloading and installing free applications, games and utilities; connecting to the internet and wireless networks; configuring your hardware; watching DVDs, listening to music; downloading photos and videos from your digital camera and editing and sharing them; and tackling more advanced tasks.