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"Moog"  wrote in message 
news:esa37o$ft6$4@news.datemas.de...
> Pete wrote:
>
>> Is there a comparable book you could recommend? I am an absolute 
>> beginner.
>
> "Ubuntu Hacks". O'Reilly (Jonathan Oxer, Kyle Rankin & Bill Childers)
> ISBN-10: 0-596-52720-9
> ISBN-13: 978-0-596-52720-4
>
> It's helped me through my noob phase and is written with the beginner in
> mind.
>
> It can be picked up well below the RRP from the likes of Amazon.
>
> -- 
> Moog
>
> http://www.last.fm/user/efcmoog/
> "Liquor in the Front. Poker in the Rear"

You might also look at "Ubuntu for Non-Geeks" also found at Amazon 

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