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I picked up this book in my local Waterstones to browse through It looks reasonably friendly to newbies with inofrmation about customizing the look of your Ubuntu box How to find the apps, check your email, browse the web etc I do however have some serious doubts about the level of technical ability of the author I had to stifle a laugh when I read: "some wireless internet connections encrypt their traffic with a code called WEP which serves to prevent the internet traffic from being read by hackers with specialist equipment" This is precisely what gives people the wrong impression that they are nice and safe, all wrapped up in their belief they are secure I believe the expression "Snake Oil" comes in here WEP can be broken in 60 seconds flat with aircrack-ptw -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html