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- DevilDogs, on 01/27/2009, -1/+45Or you can go directly to the site to download it:
http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/ - BxBoy, on 01/27/2009, -2/+25Or you can click on these links to directly download it:
http://download.ubuntupocketguide.com/ubuntupocket ...
http://download.ubuntupocketguide.com.nyud.net/ubu ... - DangerCollie, on 01/27/2009, -0/+22Is that a free Ubuntu guide in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
- cutchyacokov, on 01/27/2009, -0/+13um . . . you don't need super-user privileges to use wget.
- orville1151, on 01/27/2009, -0/+11And your problem with free would be .....?
- lostpunisher, on 01/27/2009, -0/+8This reminds me of an old Windows book that came with my parent's win3.1 machine. This is a step in the right direction to help bring more people to linux. It also serves to educate them in basic computer tasks.
- FacePuncher, on 01/27/2009, -0/+7I'll be checking this out...I'm new to ubuntu. Just installed it the other day, hopefully it's helpful.
- pak314, on 01/28/2009, -0/+7ethana2, the IP address is 127.0.0.1.
- r3bol, on 01/27/2009, -0/+7Or maybe...
Linux, because humanity really does exist. - atomicwedgie, on 01/27/2009, -0/+7Free - a price for the masses! +1 for Unbuntu
- ethana2, on 01/27/2009, -0/+6Hey, Baryn, what's your IP address?
- unrealmp3, on 01/27/2009, -0/+5I overlooked the first pages, and the guide seems very good.
- bpoteat, on 01/27/2009, -0/+5This is a really cool doc to have around, especially for free, but 170 pages isn't a "pocket" guide.
- PeanutCheeseBar, on 01/27/2009, -2/+7Or I can just go to one of the three links listed above to download it!
- mrBitch, on 01/28/2009, -0/+5*gasp* OMFG, you HACKER, that's MY ip address !
- LostSoul83, on 01/27/2009, -0/+5This book taught me something before I even read it! I prefer text files, but I noticed they only had a PDF version. I downloaded it and went to a terminal and typed "pdftotext" and sure enough, there is a utility to convert PDF to TXT. I had no idea this utility was installed, so that's pretty darn cool!
- koselara, on 01/28/2009, -0/+5I used to wonder that... I'm a non-geek, but was really into XP and proudly had it heavily customized, rock-solid stable & free of infections. Last June, I realized my laptop is too old to run the most no-frills-basic copy of Vista, which bugged me, so I decided to try a Linux live CD for kicks. Can't hurt, I figured...
I was totally floored at what I saw. It ran faster than XP, had all the fancy effects/abilities of Vista & OS X plus a bunch more, truly could look any way I wanted, had a huuuge repository of apps to play with, read my XP drives and ran any Windows app I tried. Since I basically use just apps for music, office, Internet, etc. plus emulated retro games (now also current open-source games), it had everything I wanted. It was like someone had given me both a new computer and a whole new world of stuff to explore & learn. Haven't had to use a command-line unless I felt like doing something either really advanced or (paradoxically) retro, neither being stuff a 'normal' user might do.
So that's why I ended up converting. It's a YMMV thing, all depends on how you use your computer and what you enjoy. You might try a few live DVDs (the CDs don't have fancy stuff) of different popular distros, or watch videos of their latest releases with Compiz-Fusion on YouTube. You might like it, but might also hate both how they look and the idea of choosing other themes/colors!
My mother's case should be mentioned, too. She has developed severe memory/cognitive issues, and was using XP (which she destroyed regularly) on her laptop... I had her try Kubuntu with KDE 3.5.x on a live CD, since that version of KDE labels everything in the menus. She forgot she was using Linux, so when I switched her back and the system "lost" all of its labels & other handy things, she threw a fit thinking I'd broken it! When I explained, she was shocked and told me Linux was a lot easier to use; she was even happier when I said she can't ***** it up or infect it and it'll still let her play her old Win/DOS games. So while she's not "ecstatic" or thrilled like me, she is quite vocal with people about its virtues from her perspective. :) - seltaeb4, on 01/28/2009, -0/+4THANK YOU, koselara! You make a good case.
Whenever I hear about folks going to Linux, they only rave about it being free. These are the same folks who boast about assembling Win and/or Lin PCs from leftover junk as if they deserve a badge of merit for their frugality. I'm all for saving money, but never at the expense of usability or functionality. I'm always baffled by these boasts, as they take into account the hundreds of hours lost to troubleshooting and, of course, the many and varied frustrations of dealing with Windows.
Granted, I'm a Mac partisan, as uptime and functionality are my "critical apps." But because of your post, I'm a lot more likely to look at Linux at some point in the future. Thanks for sharing your experiences! - perspectoff, on 01/27/2009, -1/+5I like the more succinct
Ubuntu Guide (at ubuntuguide.org ), which is updated for each version of Ubuntu. - mrBitch, on 01/28/2009, -0/+3@ koselara RE: " ... realized my laptop is too old to run the most no-frills-basic copy of Vista, which bugged me, so I decided to try a Linux live CD for kicks. Can't hurt, I figured...
I was totally floored at what I saw.
It ran faster than XP, had all the fancy effects/abilities of Vista & OS X plus a bunch more, truly could look any way I wanted, had a huuuge repository of apps to play with, read my XP drives and ran any Windows app I tried."
That's pretty much my experiences with Gentoo, and then Ubuntu.
And, since Ubuntu worked so well, it also gave me enough confidence to go completely Windows free when I replaced my desktop with a MacBook Pro.
Linux ROCKS on existing PC hardware, but if you like Linux, and also need to run some important 3rd party commercial apps NATIVE, then running OSX is your best bet.
Of course, WINE project is getting better and better, and most Windows apps run FANTASTIC under Linux via WINE. - lostpunisher, on 01/30/2009, -0/+2I'm sorry I didn't explain. Microsoft taught the world how to use windows before going to the top. That's what Linux needs to do in order to gain ground with the masses. They need to understand Linux and how it works in order to feel comfortable with everyday tasks.
- jbhannah, on 01/27/2009, -1/+3170 pages is just about one centimeter thick with a paperback cover—perfectly pocket-sized. (By comparison, the latest edition of "C In A Nutshell" is 600 pages.)
- JudgeDredd, on 01/27/2009, -0/+2It would be funny if the download was in a tarball.
- rjinswand, on 01/27/2009, -0/+2http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/1440478295 ...
and
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1440478295/ ...
do, i mean the angle of the reflection, you would not be able to see the soil in a reflection. - Frostek, on 01/28/2009, -0/+2Because it's a small book which has the same features as larger ones?
Or perhaps he's just into bonsai... you can decide. - Vadi0, on 01/29/2009, -0/+2I thought I'd provide a quick update on the book.
Since the website went live about 48 hours ago, the PDF Edition has
been downloaded over 100,000 times. This makes it the world's most
widely-read Ubuntu book (at least according to Nielsen book-sale
figures), and possibly the most widely read Linux book of all time :)
The best thing, however, is that I might have helped convert some
people to Ubuntu. I think the book might have pushed some people over
the edge -- they've been thinking about adopting Linux, and my book
gives them the reason to do so. I've read quite a few comments here
and there to this effect. Although I wrote the book primarily to make
a living, I think this is just great. I couldn't be happier. The print
edition of the book's doing really well at Amazon.com, by the way, and
is probably the best-selling Ubuntu book right now.
Thank you all for your kind comments, and support.
Cheers
Keir - rakeshishere, on 01/28/2009, -0/+2Thanks
- Luke, on 01/28/2009, -0/+2Sweet!
- brandonmarlow, on 02/15/2009, -0/+2They're now offering a discount off the price of the print edition for readers of Ubuntu Forums.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6732969& ... - Aristarkhos, on 01/28/2009, -0/+1lol. i agree. the reflection is off. :D
- waspbr, on 01/27/2009, -0/+1probably just a poor picture quality, other pictures of the book, like the one on amazon or the PDF itself, do not have that problem.
- webchimp32, on 01/28/2009, -0/+1Free PDF is good, but I do like a printed book, but it's now avail in the uk on amazon
- inactive, on 01/28/2009, -0/+1Why is there a bonsai on the front...?
- Vadi0, on 01/29/2009, -0/+1Here's what the author had to say: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team ...
(or see the reply to this comment) - ethana2, on 01/27/2009, -1/+2We still ship a fairly vanilla gnome and no sane bash aliases yet, so, Ubuntu is still Linux. Working on it. (harder than it sounds)
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/17378/ - seltaeb4, on 01/27/2009, -2/+2"This reminds me of an old Windows book that came with my parent's win3.1 machine."
And this would be a compliment how...? - xiangxianni, on 04/20/2009, -1/+1I am a ubuntu lover,welcome to my ubuntu site:
http://www.tips5.com
and
http://ubuntuguide.net - induren, on 01/27/2009, -4/+2I think I'll pay the money. Can't go wrong w/ being fleeced!
- rjinswand, on 01/27/2009, -6/+3hmm, something's wrong with the reflection of the tree on the cover, glitch in the matrix perhaps?
- chrysalis, on 01/27/2009, -6/+1Is there something similar, but for Linux?
- diggtochina, on 01/27/2009, -7/+2sudo wget http://download.ubuntupocketguide.com/ubuntupocket ...
- rwallen, on 01/27/2009, -6/+1That pdf can easily be optimized to take up 50% less space.
- Baryn, on 01/27/2009, -6/+1I run sudo on everything, personally. I invariably need to be a super-user for SOMEthing every time I open the terminal. Pain in the ass, to be honest.
- seltaeb4, on 01/27/2009, -7/+1Why does Linux send people into fits of religious ecstasy? Is it just because it's free?
- RyFo18, on 01/27/2009, -8/+1Why would anyone ever need this? /s
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