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From: Michael DeBusk 
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Subject: Re: Ubuntu Linux For Dummies
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 06:30:23 +0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:48:06 GMT, Pete  wrote:

>  "Ubuntu Linux For Dummies" is not yet published.  Is there a
>  comparable book you could recommend? I am an absolute beginner. 

I am an absolute beginner to Linux, though I've used DOS, Windows, and
OS/2 for a long time. I found Keir Thomas' book, _Beginning Ubuntu
Linux: From Novice to Professional_, to be valuable.

I borrowed _PC Magazine Linux Solutions_ from my public library and
found it quite good. It is not Ubuntu-specific.

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