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

• 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

• The Linux Documentation Project Guides

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

• GNU/Linux Distribution Timeline

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 - Courtney Loo

• Around 82 pages - Muktware Ubuntu Manual (12.04)

• Around 126 pages: Getting Started with Ubuntu 12.10 - The Ubuntu Manual Team

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 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

Free books for advanced Linux system administrators

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

• Around 456 pages: Self-service Linux – Mastering the art of problem determination - Bruce Perens

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

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)

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

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

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