basic guides

[fenririx]

Ok 100% NOOB here.

I'm on deployment my laptop crashed and all the restore disks are back home in storage, time to learn open source.

Any help on a good guide book i can order or any little tips for beginners like me?

[afrodeity]

http://http//book.opensourceproject....ntu/unleashed/

[OrangeCrate]

Several online guides here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1052065

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Main_Page

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

[fenririx]

Thank you both very much

[OrangeCrate]

Thank you both very much

[2hot6ft2]

http://http//book.opensourceproject....ntu/unleashed/

That link has an extra http// in it therefore it doesn't work. Here is a working link for it.
http://book.opensourceproject.org.cn...ntu/unleashed/

[Ferb]

The Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference
download for free at
http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/download_main.html
in PDF format

[jmszr]

fenririx,

By "open source" I'm taking it you mean Ubuntu - Sorry, if I'm incorrect.

Welcome aboard!

I would suggest this sticky by ugm6hr: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=801404 . The links to Psychocats Ubuntu Guide: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/ and Free Ubuntu Pocket Guide by Keir Thomas: http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/index_main.html are of particular note but the entire sticky is full of a lot of good information.

Also: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=790485 (Newbie 101) and:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=714338 (Newbie Terminal Intro)
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=73885 (Terminal for Beginners)

Media howto: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=766683

To add the Ubuntu-Google search engine to Firefox: http://www.ubuntu-search.org/

[lakersforce]

Good newbies guide to the command-line: http://shop.fsf.org/product/Introduc..._Command_Line/

[fenririx]

LOL sorry yeah by open source i meant Ubuntu, im running the 10.4 lucid i think it is, ty all for the links now i just need to find the time to read them i must admit, I'm having fun learning Ubuntu and this forum has been a huge help. Hell this is the first forum ive evr participated in lol.

Thank You all again