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 enlarge | Authors: Benjamin Mako Hill, Jono Bacon, Ivan Krstic, David J. Murphy, Jonathan Jesse, Peter Savage, Corey Burger
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Category: Book
List Price: $34.99
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Rating:  49 reviews
Sales Rank: 407815
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 512
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.8 x 1.3
ISBN: 0132354136
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.432
EAN: 9780132354134
ASIN: 0132354136
Publication Date: July 12, 2007
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 Great book for Ubuntu users September 19, 2007
Whether you're a newbie trying to break into linux, or have been using linux for years, as I have, this is a great book for smoothing the path into Ubuntu.
The book is well written by folks on the development team, and is very easy to follow. The history of the Ubuntu project is a pretty good read, as well.
Buy this book with confidence!
Excelent book but not real detailed about the operations of Ubuntu September 18, 2007
Overall the book has come in handy since I have only been using Ubuntu for about 3 months. Their is to much story information on the history of Ubuntu and the book covers all the builds (server, Ubuntu, etc.). If you are pretty comfortable with Ubuntu and need a technical reference this book is OK but I would recommend looking for another book to meet you needs. Overall the book has good tips throughout and with some time can be marked to the points you need.
Great book about a great product August 23, 2007
This book is very well written. It gives a lot of the history about Linux and Ubuntu as well as information about the current progress and future plans. Easy to understand the explanations about how to use Ubuntu 7.04. Excellent reference book to have near the computer.
Newbie's Delight August 14, 2007
I am a newbie to Linux in general and Ubuntu in particular. The official book is just what I needed to begin tweaking my installation. Let the customization begin!
Great book....but August 3, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
You can find most of these details online @ the Ubuntu forums, which are free. However, by buying this book is a great of supporting a great OS that needs more recognition. The OS comes loaded with everything you will need in order to get you up and going on with everything you can imagine; Office suite with SUPPORT for .doc file format. When buying the book there is NO need to buy the OS seperately as it comes with the book.
Ease of installation of this OS is significantly easier than Windows and borders on the simplicity of OSX (I am currently using all 3).
The beautiful thing about Ubuntu, it's philosophy and it is not a gateway into getting you to buy anything. When looking for a Linux distribution I liked I tried them all, and while some claim to be free, you will find that many things are disabled or not available until you purchase their software license. Mandriva goes as far as placing their Purchase Icon on your desktop, so much for a "free" OS.
This may not be for everyone but if all you use your PC for is web surfing and writing email as well as word processing this is a great solution. Oh there is also no damaging viruses, spyware, malware that affects Linux like MSFT Windows. GO FOR IT, GIVE IT A SHOT you will be glad you did. No I do not work for them I just love their philosophy and the OS.
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