For those of you who were intrigued by my efforts to convince you to try Linux, I present the following links, which may be useful, intriguing, interesting, or some other adjective which implies that it's worth your time to check them out:
Choosing the Right Linux Distribution (via Linux.com)This is really useful, and is a great starting point if you're serious about switching. I always tell people that the right one is the one that does what you want it to do, and this actually includes all operating systems, not just *nix ones. For example, if you're a hardcore gamer, you need Windows, even though there are ways to play games in Linux, for the average user, it's not worth the headache to make it work.
In this beginner introduction, Jethro Carr presents helpful tips for choosing the right Linux distro for your needs. He provides details regarding: purposes of different flavors, package management, stability, and personal experiences with numerous versions.
Updated: So apparently the "freely available e-book" was never intended to be free, a fact that eluded both Lifehacker and myself. Hey, people who think it's cool to pull this sort of bullshit, and rip off a publisher? Die in a fire. When you do asshole things like this, you set back the efforts of those of us who believe that making freely available e-books is a great way to market and build audience. Great work, shitcocks.Learn Ubuntu Linux with freely available e-book
As you might expect from the title, the 931-page book covers everything you need to know about installing, configuring and using Ubuntu. It teaches you groups, graphics, gaming, spreadsheets, e-mail and much more . . . You'll need a password to unlock the pdf (Wil: What?) which is easy enough: [Deleted]
However, the book is available for purchase online.
Updated again: In comments, Stephen says:
For anyone wanting a book about Ubuntu, the Official Ubuntu Book is
licensed under a Creative Commons License, and a download is available here . This is easily viewable under Windows, to read in Linux you need to install the gnochm package.
The Perfect Desktop - Part 3: Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft (via technocrat)As always, I'm interested to hear the experiences WWdN readers are having with the great Linux experiment; previous Linux posts on my blog have turned into cool advocacy (not the ponytail kind, the helpful kind) and technical support discussions, so it's a cool resource to use, if you're interested, or intrigued, or some other adjective which implies that it's worth your time to check these threads out.
With the release of Microsoft's new Windows operating system (Vista), more and more people are looking for alternatives to Windows for various reasons. This tutorial is the third in a series of articles where I will show people who are willing to switch to Linux how they can set up a Linux desktop (Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft in this article) that fully replaces their Windows desktop, i.e. that has all software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that runs also on older hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.