Beginning Ubuntu Linux - 2nd Edition by Keir Thomas (Mixed Media Product)

About the Book

Covering many of the desktop-specific tasks that have haunted Linux users for years, this edition is updated to provide even more information regarding hardware integration and the many evolutionary changes to the Ubuntu interface. It includes a DVD containing the latest version of Ubuntu and hundreds of useful applications.

Book Synopsis

This edition is the update to the best-selling first edition introducing Ubuntu Linux. Adapted from the best-selling first edition, this book guides readers through the most commonly desired yet confusing concepts and tasks confronted by new Linux users. It includes even more information regarding hardware integration and the many evolutionary changes to the Ubuntu interface. Purposely focused on end users to satisfy the growing interest in migrating away from Windows to the increasingly mature Linux desktop platform, this book serves as a guide to a rapid and transparent familiarization of those features most treasured by general and power desktop users alike.

About the Author

Keir Thomas is an award-winning author who has written several best-selling beginning-level Linux titles for Apress. A former computer magazine editor, he has been writing about computers, operating systems, and software for a decade. He has also edited many computing titles and works as a full-time author. He lives on the side of a mountain in England, and his hobbies include hiking and playing musical instruments.