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

• Psychocats' Ubuntu 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

Free guides and free manuals for Linux beginners

• Linux for Newbies

• how to use gedit

• how to use sudo

• 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

• Around 82 pages - Muktware Ubuntu Manual (12.04)

• Around 126 pages: Getting Started with Ubuntu 12.10

• Around 130 pages: Ubuntu 8.04: Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference

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

• Around 522 pages: The Linux Command Line

• Around 630 pages: Linux system administration reference guide

• The Ubuntu Full Circle on line magazine

• Ubuntu screencasts

• an-introduction-overview-of-unity-in-ubuntu-12.04-for-beginners

• Linux Cheat Sheet containing most commonly used commands in Linux

Linux software equivalent to Windows software:

• Linux software equivalent to Windows software

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

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

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

Paperback (Not free)

• Ubuntu Linux Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for Ubuntu and Debian Power Users [Paperback]

Also see a full list of FAQs, Help, and Tutorials at the Open Directory Project:

• DMOZ Ubuntu:FAQs, Help, and Tutorials

Free books for advanced Linux system administrators:

• System admin books written by Paul Cobbaut, a very experienced trainer

• Self-service Linux – Mastering the art of problem determination - Bruce Perens

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