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10 Free Linux Ebooks For Beginners

Posted by on May 11, 2009 | 10 Comments

For any of us who have tried to learn Linux, we realize how difficult it can be. It is not that Linux itself is hard to learn, but it is the fact we want to do things in Linux like we do in Windows. This can make learning Linux a frustrating experience. Well there is a site that offers 10 free Linux start guides.

According to the author the site is for beginners:

Last time we did a free book collection 2 years ago it was a hit among Linux users and rightfully so, who doesn’t like free books? No matter how experienced you are with Linux systems, there is always something new you can learn from a good book that focuses on specific aspects of a Linux system. While our old list was an ‘OK’ list, it wasn’t structured properly and most of the links are broken by now. This time we tried to make a list of free books by categories. “Beginners”,  “Advanced” and “Administrators”.

This is the first part of the series, in the near future we will have a list for“Intermediate and Advanced Linux Users” and “Linux System Administrators”. If you have any suggestions feel free to share them with us in the comments.

So if you are thinking of giving Linux a try, check out these free guides for assistance.

If you know of any other free Linux guides or help sites, please let us know.

Comments welcome.

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  • randy

    Interested in the list of Linux ebooks, but where is the list?

    randy

  • Ryan Farmer

    People are creatures of habit.

    I actually found it more frustrating working between XP and Vista than I do between Ubuntu, Fedora, or Mandriva.

    Microsoft actually copied a lot of UNIX concepts with Vista, they implemented them wrong of course, but you can plainly see that in UAC and the idea of a user folder that you always have permission to write to.

    The problem is that the WIndows ecosystem is hostile to a concept of security from so many years of Microsoft letting programs doing precisely whatever the hell they like, so 90% of the stuff you run on Vista will still figure that it can write anywhere, and this has introduced massive code bloat in Vista to attempt (unsuccessfully sometimes) to redirect this without the program being fixed or the user becoming involved.

    A huge problem with proprietary software is that when the company behind it stops working on it, it dies, nobody ever has the source code or the rights to modify it, so with Windows and Mac you invariably get a graveyard of good software that is broken by the latest Windows or Mac OS, or keeps working but not right.

    I believe at this point, Wine on Linux is more compatible with Windows 98 than Vista is :)

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  • http://wp3.lockergnome.com/nexus/blade/ Ron Schenone

    Hi Randy,
    Click on the ‘Source’ link. It will take you directly to the Linux ebooks.

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  • Julie Dwight

    I would love these books. The gal at work gave me her laptop a week ago. Then she told me it had Linux Mint on it. And, She’s from Chile so the laptop keyboard is in Spanish to boot! But that’s okay. I actually do better with books in front of me than trying to learn off the Internet. I’m 100 percent self taught on Windows 98 thru Vista + some MS-DOS (which I think is fun, or was). My thoughts are great on these free books. Lord, knows I’ve spent a lot on Windows Books. It would be nice to get a break from the ole pocket book. I tell ya, Linux is like 100 percent foreign to me. I’ve never even seen it. I couldn’t install any of my disk programs, I don’t know how to hook up to the internet, and I was thinking about purchasing Windows 7. But if those books help then maybe I’ll just keep Linux. I had heard that Linux doesn’t get attacked by all the malware, viruses, worms, etc. like Microsoft does. So yea, I think it’s wonderful!

    Thank you,

    Julie Dwight

    • http://wp3.lockergnome.com/nexus/blade/ Ron Schenone

      Hello Julie,
      Enjoy your laptop and I am confident you will be able to learn Linux as well.
      Regards, Ron

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