Help,Help and more for a complete nubie

[john57]

:confused:need help..preparing to install ubuntu..know nothing about command lines..also wish to learn about programming..need most basic books...all suggestions deeply appreciated...no experience at all.

[Keen101]

I recommend the title from APRESS books.

Begining Ubuntu Linux: from novice to professional

best ubuntu book i've ever had, and/or seen.

[xravexheavenx]

The way I learned almost everything about Linux is by trial and error. If I need something done on my machine or any servers, I look online for a way of doing it. Simple as that.

I would start with terminal commands on work your way up from there.

[philinux]

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/iso

Burn a livd cd and have a play first of all. It does not install if you pick the option to try ubuntu.
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

[tibellus]

Hi. For the installation process you don't have to know almost anything about terminals as it uses a GUI. You will need to know something about filesystems, though. Here's a link to the most common filesystem used by most Linux distributions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext3

I hope it's useful. All the best!

[andrew.mckevitt]

I found Howtoforge a good site when starting out with ubuntu

http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-ubuntu-8.10

Welcome and good luck.