Ubuntu Book

[Robertlzw]

Hi Linux folks,

Can anyone please recommend a great book to learn Ubuntu linux? There are so many books out there. Thanks.

[chrisname]

I don't get why you would need a book to learn how to use ubuntu. Linux, yes, but not ubuntu specifically.

Generally anything from here: http://oreilly.com/linux/ will be informative, not to mention factual. O'Reilly books are excellent, if a little expensive.

[moorecm]

There are, of course, differences among different Linux distributions/versions. For example, for package management Debian-based Ubuntu uses apt-get, Red Hat-based distributions such, as Fedora, use yum, etc.. Most likely this isn't a big deal, though.

I was fond of Fedora Unleashed, so I would expect Ubuntu Unleashed to be good, as well.

[chrisname]

I know there are differences between every variant. I just don't see why you would need a book on ubuntu to learn to use it.

You can just read the documentation here: http://help.ubuntu.com/ anyway.