lifehacker.com— Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference is available from Amazon for $10, but—best of all—the book is also available as a free PDF download from the official web site. Can't go wrong with free.
Jan 27, 2009View in Crawl 4
@ 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.
I'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.
waspbrJan 27, 2009
probably just a poor picture quality, other pictures of the book, like the one on amazon or the PDF itself, do not have that problem.
rjinswandJan 27, 2009
<a class="user" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/1440478295/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&amp;n=283155&amp;s=books">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/1440478295 ...</a>and<a class="user" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1440478295/ref=nosim/gizmodo-20">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1440478295/ ...</a>do, i mean the angle of the reflection, you would not be able to see the soil in a reflection.
judgedreddJan 27, 2009
It would be funny if the download was in a tarball.
mrbitchJan 28, 2009
@ 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.
Closed AccountJan 29, 2009
Here's what the author had to say: <a class="user" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2009-January/000394.html">https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team ...</a>(or see the reply to this comment)
lostpunisherJan 30, 2009
I'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.
xiangxianniApr 20, 2009
I am a ubuntu lover,welcome to my ubuntu site:<a class="user" href="http://www.tips5.com">http://www.tips5.com</a>and<a class="user" href="http://ubuntuguide.net">http://ubuntuguide.net</a>