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Benjamin Hill , Matthew Helmke , Amber Graner , Corey Burger

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13 Jun 2011 0132748509 978-0132748506 6
Ubuntu is a complete, free operating system that emphasizes community, support, and ease of use without compromising speed, power, or flexibility. It’s Linux for human beings, designed for everyone from computer novices to experts. Ubuntu 11.04 is the latest release–more powerful, more flexible, and friendlier than ever.  The Official Ubuntu Book, Sixth Edition, will get you up and running quickly.

 

Written by expert, leading Ubuntu community members, this book covers all you need to know to make the most of Ubuntu 11.04, whether you’re a home user, small business user, server administrator, programmer, or novice. The authors explain Ubuntu 11.04 from start to finish: installation, configuration, desktop productivity, games, management, support, and much more. Among the many topics covered in this edition: Ubuntu One cloud storage, Ubuntu Server, and the groundbreaking Unity desktop.

 

This complete guide also covers standard desktop applications, from word processing, spreadsheets, Web browsing, e-mail, instant messaging, music, video, and games to software development, databases, and server applications. In addition, you will

  • Learn how to customize Ubuntu for home, small business, school, government, and enterprise environments
  • Learn how to quickly update Ubuntu to new release versions with upgraded applications
  • Find up-to-the-minute troubleshooting advice from Ubuntu users worldwide from forums and other means to get the help you need quickly
  • Learn Ubuntu Server installation and administration, including LVM and RAID implementation
  • Learn how to use Ubuntu One to buy legal music from your favorite artists and how to use cloud storage to back up or share your important files
  • Learn how you can be a part of the community that creates Ubuntu

 

The DVD includes the complete Ubuntu Linux operating system for installation on PC platforms. The disk is preconfigured  with an outstanding desktop environment for both home and business computing. It can be used to install other complete variants of Ubuntu, including Kubuntu (with the KDE environment), and Ubuntu Server.

 


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About the Author

Benjamin Mako Hill is a long-time free software developer and advocate, and was part of the founding Ubuntu team. He is a fellow at the MIT Center for Future Civic Media, and a researcher and Ph.D. candidate at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

 

Matthew Helmke has been an Ubuntu user since April, 2005, and a leader in the Ubuntu Forums since 2006. He works for a cutting-edge cyber infrastructure project while also writing Ubuntu Unleashed (SAMS, 2011).

 

Amber Graner is an active Ubuntu community member whose path to Ubuntu activism started as she blogged about her transition to Ubuntu in 2009. She contributes to the Ubuntu News Team, Ubuntu Women Project, and much more.

 

Corey Burger is a long-term user and contributor to Ubuntu and a former member of the Ubuntu Community Council.


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1.0 out of 5 stars Woefully misleading title 1 Mar 2012
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This book promises to teach you how to *use* Ubuntu. Instead it includes a history of Ubuntu, a detailed discussion of the corporate structure of Canonical and the Ubuntu community, and a bit of Mark Shuttleworth's story. While I found the stories interesting it had nothing to do with what was promised from the author's nor did it help me to improve my ability to utilize Ubuntu.

The information that does exist on installing and using Ubuntu includes statements of the obvious, circular definitions, and off-topic ramblings. The chapter on installing Ubuntu wastes page after page telling you exactly what you can already see on the screen, and includes screen shots. It tells you what anyone who has used any computer already knows, e.g., what a username is, how to pick a password, how to pick a "fun" computer name.

The explanation of the graphical file manager is nauseating in its statement of the obvious. It provides a list of definitions for the different folders such as (paraphrased) "Documents: this folder contains documents you create; Downloads: this folder contains items you download; Music: this folder contains music files; Pictures: this folder contains picture files."

The "tutorials" on common software are nothing more than a list of steps for each program approximating: 1. open the program; 2. create a new document; 3. draw/write something on the screen; 4. save the file.

The chapter on Ubuntu Server is completely out of place for a book intended for beginners wishing to get started using Ubuntu. The chapter on Kubuntu is mostly redundant as they cover everything Kubuntu shares with Ubuntu and spend very little time on the differences.

Overall, this book is a waste. I learned much more from "Ubuntu for Non-Geeks" by Rickford Grant. I also purchased the voluminous "Ubuntu Unleashed" whose author is also one of the authors for the book under review. I hope it is not as big of a disappointment as "The Official Ubuntu Book 6e".
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1.0 out of 5 stars Not enough 27 Dec 2011
By J. Garza - Published on Amazon.com
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Any title that says "official..." whatever in the computer field should be both informative and exhaustive in it's scope. Not here. This is newbie 101 stuff. A waste of money for anyone who has spent more than a couple of months behind a keyboard.
3.0 out of 5 stars Not a reference or technical book 17 Oct 2011
By Robert V - Published on Amazon.com
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While this isn't a bad book, it's not really geared towards the technical user who wants to learn the ins and outs of Ubuntu. The subject matter has more to do with the history of Linux and Ubuntu.
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