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Re: [LUG] 10 Gnu/Linux books for beginners

 

Hi Tom,

Yes I share your dismay in finding appropriate 
books in the local library, in my case Newton Abbot. 


Local bookshops (Smiths & Waterstones) are likewise pretty 
dismal, we had to travel to Exeter, where the branch of 
Waterstones is very much better. The books I purchased 
there are:-

Ubuntu for non-geeks (Rickford Grant & Phil 
Bull), covers 10.04

Beginning Ubuntu Linux (Kier Thomas & 
Andy Channelle) covers 9.04

Let's see what the rest of the 
LUG come up with.

Regards etc,
Ray. 

>----Original 
Message----
>From: tombrough@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date: 
26/07/2011 10:09 
>To: <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subj: [LUG] 10 
Gnu/Linux books for beginners
>
>Looking through my local 
library(s) in Paignton and Torquay, I find it 
>very 
frustrating that there are so few books on Gnu/Linux 
available. 
>When you can find one (or possibly two) they 
are either way out of date 
>or aimed at Sys Admins / 
"higher end" users or specific services 
>("Wordpress", 
"Samba" etc). Looking at my own library of books I can't 

>really find any books that fall into the starter / 
beginner category 
>either, and being as I learn Unix over 
20 years ago, and then migrated 
>to Linux, my library is 
totally inappropriate for beginners.
>
>So today I'm 
challenging the group to recommend 10 GNU/Linux books that 

>are current and in publication that are targeted at 
beginners and their 
>needs.
>
>Looking forward to your 
suggestions.
>
>
>Tom.
>
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