Hi There is a Unbuntu Linux for dummies that been wrote with 8.04 in mind however try to download unbuntu pocket guide it free, I can't think of top my head where I got it from
I am still learning so enjoy and get to a LUG group with question wrote down and fire it at them or go to unbuntu irc and do same there! Simon Wears wrote: > There are books on Ubuntu (such as Ubuntu Kung Fu, and I think there's > Ubuntu For Dummies) available in book shops. I've only seen them in > the (for lack of a better term) BIG Waterstones - in particular the > one in Manchester city center. If your looking for a dead-tree type of > thing, I suggest having a look in your local bookshops for one on the > shelf, and having a flick through to see if they have what you want. > I'll take a guess (since I haven't read them) that these kind of books > arn't CLI orientated books though, as they're aimed towards beginners > who need to know GUI stuff too. Not too sure about websites. > > The way I learnt was to start using Terminal for things such as > installing programs with apt-get, or dpkg,and unpacking archives etc., > and whenever I did something I would look for a way to do it in the > CLI. I've managed to pick up a few things doing only that, and it's > given me a basic understanding of how terminal works. You could always > try things that way (or if your system can run a virtual machine of > Ubuntu, you may want to do it in there so as not to break anything > accidentally!). > > Hope that helps a little! > > -- > Simon Wears > munkyju...@gmail.com | http://MunkyJunky.com > MunkyJunky on irc.freenode.net <http://irc.freenode.net> > -- 15 Stanley Place, Lancaster, LA1 5PN rik_bol...@btinternet.com - 07866439588 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
