List of free Ubuntu books

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What free ebooks do you recommend to learn more about Ubuntu?

One book per answer, please - vote answers up/down as you feel appropriate. If you feel the book is biased towards/good for particular tasks, please mention them.

This one is also nice in pdf and ebook format : https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/495652 — Sadegh, Jan 28 '16 at 10:07

score 15 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 10 '15 at 08:44

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Getting Started with Ubuntu (The Ubuntu Manual)

Bash - Guide for beginners (On the command line used in Linux, PDF)

Linux - Inside the boot process (IBM manual in HTML and PDF)

Linux - Network Administration guide

And if you're a masochist, don't forget the ultimate manual for Linux: Linux - Advanced Administration (Kernel, local/network/server admin, ... 545 pages of knowledge! :-))

edited Feb 10 '15 at 08:44

Fabby

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answered Jul 31 '10 at 17:06

Isaiah

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Thanks. If you know about more such books, please list them here. – User Jul 31 '10 at 17:09
Sorry I duped this, I didn't recognize that title. You might want to add "(The Ubuntu Manual)" beside "Getting Started with Ubuntu". I deleted my post. Thanks for the heads-up! – crenshaw-dev Jul 31 '10 at 22:01
The Ubuntu Manual is good for new users and people who want to learn more about Ubuntu. – gamerchick02 Aug 01 '10 at 17:35
Can someone update the link for Bash - Guide for beginners? – Sadegh Jan 28 '16 at 09:17

score 9 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 01 '10 at 15:47

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The Official Ubuntu Documentation is worth a look as well.

edited Aug 01 '10 at 15:47

User

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answered Aug 01 '10 at 07:05

ddeimeke

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score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 07 '10 at 12:52

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The guys who wrote the Server Documentation in the help have done a great job as well: https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/index.html, it is also available in PDF. The good thing is this documentation gets updated every release by the Documentation team

answered Aug 07 '10 at 12:52

jjesse

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Yes, just change the release number in the link to get the latest version. – snth Aug 07 '11 at 12:41
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dead link, please update – Sadegh Jan 28 '16 at 09:15

score 6 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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The Ubuntu Wikibook.

edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

Community

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answered Jul 31 '10 at 19:18

Nathan Osman

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I think this book needs improvement. We must try and improve it. – User Oct 19 '10 at 05:51

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 18 '10 at 06:40

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"A Complete Beginner’s Manual for Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)" is available at

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/download-free-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx-pdf-guide.html

answered Aug 18 '10 at 06:40

prule

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Death · Answer 6 · 2010-08-18T11:09:05.180

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It is for Ubuntu 9.10,but still relevant..

Karmic Guide

For Ubuntu 10.04, you grab Ubuntu Manual from

Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04

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answered Aug 18 '10 at 11:03

Death

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 30 '10 at 17:18

There is one in German available by Galileo Computing for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. It can also be downloaded and purchased as a real book. Most of the stuff in there is targeted to beginners.

There are also some videos available for the book, but they are outdated by now.

List of free Ubuntu books

7 Answers7

The Ubuntu Wikibook.

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