Linux
Beginning Ubuntu Linux
From Novice to Professional
Author:
Thomas, Keir
Isbn 13:
9781590598207
ISBN: 1590598202
Pub Date:
Mar 26, 2007
Publisher:
Apress
Shipping Weight: 2.58 pounds
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Beginning Ubuntu Linux: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition is the update to the best-selling first edition. This book guides you through the most commonly desired yet confusing concepts and tasks that new Linux users face. To meet the growing interest in migrating away from Windows to the increasingly mature Linux desktop platform, this book will give you rapid familiarity with the features treasured by general and power desktop users alike.
This book covers many of the desktop-specific tasks that have haunted Linux users for years, including multimedia management, office tasks, general system administration issues, and more. This edition is updated to provide even more information regarding hardware integration and the many evolutionary changes to the Ubuntu interface. It includes a DVD containing the latest version of Ubuntu and hundreds of useful applications. After helping you get situated with key desktop tasks, material is devoted to crucial administration concepts specific to Linux such as effective use of the BASH shell and backups.
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