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I'm cs student and we did some unix programming at school, but most of use are using windows os. I have decided to go on ubuntu. Besides installing ubuntu and using it, what book will teach me the "must" things to know about *nix OS?

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Do you want to know about programming in Ubuntu or do you want to know general things about learning Ubuntu? If the latter is yes, you should have asked this on superuser.com :) – Ranhiru Jun 1 '10 at 10:42
I'm programmer(not yet, but i wana become one). If u know a good book about programming in ubunu for beginners, pls let me know :) – doug Jun 1 '10 at 10:45
funny: "hey, i want to be more practical, where can i get a book to learn some theoretical stuff" :) – akira Jun 1 '10 at 11:54
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I really recommend Introduction to Linux a Hands on Guide, it's an excellent foundation to what's running under the hood on Ubuntu and a great jumping off point on the way to learning Linux:

http://tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html

For programming, a good starting point would be to learn the Bash scripting language:

http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/index.html

After that, check out the Python programming language:

http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide

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I found this book useful: Ubuntu for Non-Geeks, 4th Edition I started reading it before I installed ubuntu, to familiarize myself with it. Having taken the plunge though, it is a very user friendly system that is intuitive.

One useful step would be to get a live cd and try running that, as this book focuses a lot on how to use the OS, and I found it useful to try things out when reading the book.

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The Ubuntu Pocket Guide, you can order the printed book, or get the full book in PDF format on the site.

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How about Ubuntu Help?

Personally when I started to use Ubuntu, I made the switch on all of my home computers. It wasn't easy but it was definitely worth it in the end. Anything that I was able to do on windows I was able to do in Ubuntu and more. It just takes time and perseverance.

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