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From: dgk 
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Subject: Re: Ubuntu Linux For Dummies
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:06:33 -0500
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On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 15:20:12 -0800, "Mike Easter" 
wrote:

>Pete wrote:
>> "Ubuntu Linux For Dummies" is not yet published.
>> Is there a comparable book you could recommend? I am an absolute
>> beginner.
>
>Personally, I would rather read the wealth of information that is
>available online in so many different structures and free -- but if
>someone is just burning to buy a book, I suppose it would be appropriate
>to consider the 'Official Ubuntu Book' which is mentioned on ub.com
>http://www.ubuntu.com/news/Official_Ubuntu_Book?highlight=%28book%29
>Announcing the Official Ubuntu Book
>
>Have you already exhausted all of the other ub information, or do you
>just want something made out of deadtrees [or recycled paper] that you
>can hold in your hands and smells good like a book?
>

Sometimes folks have to kill time on the subway and don't have access
to internet.
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