Beginning Ubuntu Linux

by Keir Thomas, Jaime Sicam, Andy Channelle

Beginning Ubuntu Linux, Fourth Edition is the update to the bestselling book on Ubuntu, today's hottest Linux distribution. Targeting newcomers to Linux and to the Ubuntu distribution alike, readers are presented with an introduction to the world of Linux and open source community, followed by a detailed overview of Ubuntu's installation and configuration process. From there readers learn how to wield total control over their newly installed operating system, and are guided through common tasks such as writing documents, listening to audio CDs and MP3s, watching movies, using VoIP and chat, and of course general system maintenance matters. Additionally, there's a series of comprehensive tutorials on Linux internals and the command–line prompt―essential for any Linux user―and the book includes special sections on optimization, security, and system maintenance. The book comes with a DVD containing the complete Ubuntu Linux distribution. All you need to do is insert the DVD and follow the instructions in the book to install this distribution.

800 pages, Paperback

Published October 22, 2010

About the author

Keir Thomas has nearly two decades experience as a magazine journalist and author, working largely in the home computing field but also covering leisure. In recent years he’s also written fiction.

His most recent computing books are iPad and iPhone Kung Fu and Mac Kung Fu (Second Edition), and his novel The Rock & Roll Beers is now on sale as Kindle, Kobo, Android and iBook eBooks.

He has written over 10 other best-selling computing books, one of which won a Linux Journal award and one of which has been read by more than 1,000,000 people worldwide. His $0.99 Kindle computing ebooks, written as a “publishing experiment”, consistently top Amazon’s sales charts — beating titles by the world’s biggest publishers.

Prior to book authoring he edited several computer magazines in the United Kingdom and continues to write for many other titles. He blogs professionally for publishing giant IDG and in the past has written for several high-profile independent sites.

His work has been translated into many languages, including German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Polish.

Are you still reading? Wow. Good for you. Keir lives in Manchester with two cats and one woman. His hobbies include walking and cycling. There. That’s everything.