-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/10/12 15:24, Liam Proven wrote: > On 3 October 2012 16:21, Gordon Burgess-Parker <gbpli...@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. - -- You make it, I'll break it! I love my job :) http://www.ubuntu.com http://www.canonical.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlBsTTMACgkQT5xqyT+h3OgKcACgxNxUB6Al83zd3tRs+GPI8HAe faYAoMfK/6Dpi0wBlZWfne5juwO5+fHz =xm77 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
