List of free Ubuntu books

ebooks books

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Solution 1

Getting Started with Ubuntu (The Ubuntu Manual)

Bash - Guide for beginners (On the command line used in Linux, PDF)

Linux - Inside the boot process (IBM manual in HTML and PDF)

Linux - Network Administration guide

And if you're a masochist, don't forget the ultimate manual for Linux: Linux - Advanced Administration (Kernel, local/network/server admin, ... 545 pages of knowledge! :-))

Solution 2

The Official Ubuntu Documentation is worth a look as well.

Solution 3

The Ubuntu Wikibook.

Solution 4

The guys who wrote the Server Documentation in the help have done a great job as well: https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/index.html, it is also available in PDF. The good thing is this documentation gets updated every release by the Documentation team

Solution 5

It is for Ubuntu 9.10,but still relevant..

Karmic Guide

For Ubuntu 10.04, you grab Ubuntu Manual from

Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04

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Mal Ross

Updated on September 17, 2022

Comments

Mal Ross almost 2 years

This question exists because it has historical significance, but it is not considered a good, on-topic question for this site, so please do not use it as evidence that you can ask similar questions here.

What free ebooks do you recommend to learn more about Ubuntu?

One book per answer, please - vote answers up/down as you feel appropriate. If you feel the book is biased towards/good for particular tasks, please mention them.
- txwikinger almost 14 years
  
  This needs to be transformed into a community wiki
- Woeitg over 8 years
  
  This one is also nice in pdf and ebook format : smashwords.com/books/view/495652
Mal Ross almost 14 years

Thanks. If you know about more such books, please list them here.
Steve Jessop almost 14 years

Sorry I duped this, I didn't recognize that title. You might want to add "(The Ubuntu Manual)" beside "Getting Started with Ubuntu". I deleted my post. Thanks for the heads-up!
gamerchick02 almost 14 years

The Ubuntu Manual is good for new users and people who want to learn more about Ubuntu.
Mal Ross over 13 years

I think this book needs improvement. We must try and improve it.
snth almost 13 years

Yes, just change the release number in the link to get the latest version.
Woeitg over 8 years

dead link, please update
Woeitg over 8 years

Can someone update the link for Bash - Guide for beginners?