Beginning Ubuntu Linux

According to DistroWatch (http://www.distrowatch.org), the industry standard for determining Linux distribution penetration and popularity, Ubuntu (http://www.ubuntulinux.org) is presently the 1 most popular distribution out of the 100 monitored variations, beating out heavyweights such as Fedora and CentOS. Indeed, a huge user base has assembled around this community-driven distribution since its inception.
Beginning Ubuntu Linux: Fourth Edition is the update to the best-selling third edition Ubuntu Linux. Keir sets out to guide readers through the most commonly desired yet confusing concepts and tasks confronted by new Linux users. Purposely focused on end users to satisfy the growing interest in migrating away from Windows to the increasingly mature Linux desktop platform, Beginning Ubuntu Linux serves as a guide to a rapid and transparent familiarization of those features most treasured by general and power desktop users alike.