Ubuntu For Non-geeks, 2nd Edition: A Pain-free, Project-based, Get-things-done Guidebook - Softcover

Grant, Rickford

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593271522 ISBN 13: 9781593271527

Publisher: No Starch Press,US, 2007

Synopsis

This newbie's guide to Ubuntu - now updated for Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn), the latest Ubuntu release, which puts the spotlight on multimedia enablement and desktop effects - lets readers learn by doing. Using immersion-learning techniques favoured by language courses, step-by-step projects build upon earlier tutorial concepts, stimulating the brain and increasing the reader's understanding.

About this title

About the Author

Rickford Grant, author of Linux for Non-Geeks and Linux Made Easy (both No
Starch Press), has been a computer operating system maniac for more than 20
years. From his earliest days with his Atari 600XL to his present Linux
machines, he has been the guy at the other end of the computer help line
for family, friends and colleagues. Rickford currently resides in
Greensboro, North Carolina, where he spends his working hours as a teacher
and his free time cycling, writing, and annoying his neighbors with his
Nyckelharpa (Swedish keyed fiddle).

Edition details

• Publisher: No Starch Press,US
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1593271522
• ISBN 13: 9781593271527
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 352