Ubuntu for Non-Geeks, 2nd Edition: A Pain-Free, Project-Based, Get-Things-Done Guidebook

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Customer Reviews:

ubuntu for non-geeks [Posted on 2008-04-13]
This book is very easy to understand. I am 70 yrs old and am having no problem learning Ubuntu. The book makes it fun and easy. The disc with the book is Ubuntu 7.04. I have Ubuntu 7.10 on my computer, but the menus, etc. seem to be the same.

Excellent recourse [Posted on 2008-05-11]
The is an excellent resource for new LINUX users. It goes through everything step-by-step to get new LINUX users up and running quickly. Goes great with the LINUX bible.

I really enjoyed this book [Posted on 2008-05-30]
A very well structured tutorial for absolute beginners. Written in a friendly, entertaining, companionable style. I am new to Linux and found the book filled in a lot of the background history to the development of Linux and provided enough information about the file structure and concepts such as the Bash shell for me to understand at a basic level what I'm doing. Highly recommended for any non-programmer who is interested in trying out Linux. After following through the exercises in the book you will have a fully functional multimedia system and will be able to confidently customise your Ubuntu system to make it look and feel exactly the way you want it.

As other reviewer said misleading. [Posted on 2008-06-23]
This book tells you about 2% of what you need to know to figure out anything in Linux. Linux supports virually nothing in the way of programs, games or software, just get a Mac with OS X leopard or if you want to use windows get XP all the stuff you need a masters in computer science to do is already done you just use the OS and enjoy. Linux as one reviewer said earlier is no where near as easy as Windows or Mac OS X. Linux is for programmers not the average computer user. I use computers with process controls for a living and I don't have time to configure linux to just work so i can get my work done which is way I use XP or OS X. This book has facts like (this is a quote from the book) "If Linux Ubuntu does not recognize your wireless card it can be easily fixed by getting a new one" Thats not how to fix things or use Linux just buy new hardware to suit Linux, I don't think so to hell with linux.

Ubuntu for Non Geeks 2nd Edition [Posted on 2008-06-23]
I have tried other Linux programs before this, but I really like this one. Between the book and the included installation disc, you can't go wrong.

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