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If you’re starting off or planning to start off on using Ubuntu, here’s something you should refer to. Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference is one book you should check out.

The book is an easy to follow guide which starts you off with how to get and install  Ubuntu on your PC and then goes on to guide you through the basics of the GUI and command line usage. After that you get to learn about how to manage software on your Ubuntu install and securing your system using firewalls and anti-virus. The best part of this book is that you don’t have to be a linux expert to understand it – everything is laid out in simple language.

Here’s the Table of Contents of this book:

1. Installing Ubuntu
2. Configuring Ubuntu
3. Getting to grips with the desktop
4. Users and the filesystem
5. Hands-on at the command-line
6. Software management
7. Securing the system

Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference is now available! Written by award-winning author Keir Thomas, Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference is a totally unique and concise guide for everyday Ubuntu use.

• Focuses on core competencies and background knowledge needed to be an expert Ubuntu user;
• Readable, accessible, and easy to understand—even if you’ve never used Linux before;
• 100% new and original! Written from the ground-up to cover Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10.

If you need another excuse to read this book, you can get a free download of the PDF version from the book’s site. If you prefer the print version you can get it for just under $10 from Amazon – Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference: A concise companion for day-to-day Ubuntu use

There no more reason for you not to try out Ubuntu now !!

Link: Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference Sites