Independent guides

These guides are independently maintained. Much of their content is included in the Ubuntu community help pages, but newer material in these guides may not be.

• Ubuntuguide - Comprehensive guide for Ubuntu, since 2005.

• Kubuntuguide - Comprehensive guide for Kubuntu, since 2007.

• Ubuntu Geek - a wealth of information, but in blog format

• OMG! Ubuntu - news, tips, and reviews in blog format

• Psychocats' Ubuntu GNU/Linux Resources - a collection of random tutorials for Ubuntu

• Ubuntu Sharing - tips in blog format

• The Owlcroft Ubuntu Help & Advice Pages - from choosing through maintaining

• The GNU/Linux Documentation Project Guides

• How do I pre-install Ubuntu for someone else (= OEM install)?

• GNU/Linux Distribution Timeline

• Free Technology Academy published materials

• MyLinuxBook - GNU/Linux administration

• O'Reilly Ubuntu Hacks (March 2008)

• LPI Training Materials and Practice testing engines

• The Ubuntu Full Circle on line magazine

• Ubuntu screencasts

• An Introduction-Overview of Unity in Ubuntu 12.04 for Beginners (Video)

• Cheat Sheet containing most commonly used commands in GNU/Linux

• Second cheat Sheet

• Third cheat sheet

• 60 Linux commands for newbies and system administrators

• FreeDesktop - Official X.Org compose key sequences. Use this as reference to FreeDesktop (used as the default in many systems).

• DMOZ FAQs, Help, and Tutorials -- open source directory of wikis and help guides for Ubuntu

• Explain Shell breaks down Linux commands so you can understand them better

• commandlinefu.com is the place to record those command-line gems that you return to again and again.

• Steve Parker's Bourne / Bash shell scripting tutorial

Free guides and free manuals for GNU/Linux beginners

• Introduction to GNU/Linux - LinuxFoundationX

• GNU/Linux for Newbies

• How to use gedit

• How to use sudo

• How to use apt-get package manager on the command line

• Explain Shell breaks down Linux commands so you can understand them better

• GNU/Linux beginner level course

• Teaching UNIX

• Around 26 pages: The Cathedral and the Bazaar - Eric S. Raymond

• Around 32 pages - Ubuntu_Beginners_Guide_-_MakeUseOf.com.pdf - Courtney Loo

• Around 82 pages - Muktware Ubuntu Manual (12.04)

• Around 128 pages: Getting Started with Ubuntu 13.10 - The Ubuntu Manual Team

• Around 130 pages: Ubuntu 8.04: Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference - Keir Thomas

• Around 147 pages: GNU/Linux System Administration - training.gbdirect.co.uk

• Around 169 pages: Introduction to the Command Line - Free Software Foundation

• Around 202 pages: Producing Open Source Software: How to Run a Successful Free Software Project - Karl Fogel

• Around 230 pages: Free For All - How GNU/Linux and the Free Software Movement Undercut the High Tech Titans - Peter Wayner

• Around 244 pages: GNU/Linux essentials - product of Linup Front GmbH - Tobias Elsner, Thomas Erker, Anselm Lingnau

• Around 255 pages: GNU/Linux Basic - Joaquín López Sánchez-Montañés, Sofia Belles Ramos, Roger Baig Viñas, Francesc Aulí Llinàs - ftacademy.org

• Around 303 pages: After the Software Wars - Keith Curtis

• Around 396 pages: Two Bits - The cultural significance of free software - by Christopher M. Kelty

• Around 522 pages: The GNU/Linux Command Line - William E. Shotts, Jr. - EXCELLENT GUIDE

• Around 630 pages: GNU/Linux system administration reference guide - GNU/Linux Quick Fix Notebook - Peter Harrison - EXCELLENT RESOURCE

Free books for advanced GNU/Linux system administrators

• Around 110 pages: Secure DNS with Unbound and DNSSEC-Trigger Implementation and Deployment - menandmice.com

• Around 329 pages: GNU/Linux From Scratch PDF - by Gerard Beekmans

• Around 456 pages: Self-service GNU/Linux – Mastering the art of problem determination - Mark Wilding and Dan Behman - Bruce Perens' Open Source Series - Publisher: Prentice Hall

• Around 545 pages: GNU/Linux Advanced Administration - Remo Suppi Boldrito, Josep Jorba Esteve - ftacademy.org

• Around 549 pages - The Art of Unix Programming by Eric Steven Raymond

• Around 720 pages: Beyond GNU/Linux From Scratch, written by BLFS Development Team

• Around 737 pages: System administration books written by Paul Cobbaut, a very experienced trainer

• Around 808 pages: Managing GNU/Linux Systems with Webmin: System Administration and Module Development - Jamie Cameron - Bruce Perens' Open Source Series - Publisher: Prentice Hall - EXCELLENT GUIDE

Paperback (Not free)

• Around 1224 pages - A Practical Guide to GNU/Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming (3rd Edition) (Paperback) - Mark G. Sobell

• Around 360 pages: Ubuntu GNU/Linux Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for Ubuntu and Debian Power Users [Paperback] - Christopher Negus & Francois Caen

• Around 240 pages: Deploying Rails: Automate, Deploy, Scale, Maintain, and Sleep at Night (The Facets of Ruby) (Paperback) - Tom Copeland (Author), Anthony Burns (Author)

GNU/Linux software equivalent to Windows software

• Use search bar in top right corner of alternativeto.net website

• GNU/Linux Alternative Project - database with Windows software and the GNU/Linux equivalents and alternatives

• GNU/Linux software equivalent to Windows software

• The table of equivalents / replacements / analogs of Windows software in GNU/Linux

• Open-source as alternative - Find open source software alternatives to well-known commercial software

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