The book promises “Over 300 Tips, Tricks, Hints and Hacks” for Ubuntu users and those who are thinking about using Ubuntu.
The excerpts of Ubuntu Kung Fu are on Pragmatic Programmer’s website. I think that the excerpts are great. I even learned about the screenlets and the desktop recording function. I never knew about these things until tonight. Though there have been desklets from before, I think that screenlets look more polished than the desklets I’ve seen before. As for the desktop recording tool which saves in animated GIFs, I think it’s really cool because you could …read more

If you’re looking for alternative ways to learn Linux, you might want to try something with illustrations, humor and geekery. For this, check out Hackett and Bankwell. I only saw the preview but it seems like it has great potential. There are concepts which are very helpful to new Linux users especially if you’re someone who wants to try out Ubuntu and/or other Ubuntu-based Linux distributions. The illustrations are ok and it is easy to understand. It would potentially make it easy for you and your family to learn using Linux.
Because it is in comics …read more

If you want to have an idea as to what Ubuntu is, it’s time to grab a copy of the Official Ubuntu Book. In our office, we have the second edition of the book. I think that it’s worth buying especially if you have people in your office who might be intimidated with the new operating system. You could probably walk them through using Ubuntu with this book. It has the basics of using Ubuntu and it also gives users an idea of what basic operations they could do, as well as the basic systems administrations …read more