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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?   
   >   
      
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