Learn the basics of the Linux operating systems. Get to know what it is all about, and familiarize yourself with the practical side. Basically, if you’re a complete Linux newbie and looking for a quick and easy guide to get you started this is it.
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A Newbie’s Getting Started Guide to Linux
Cheat Sheets – You Just Can’t Live Without Them
A cheat sheet or a quick reference sheet is simply a manual-looking document, design to provide you with an all-in-one “summary” of a certain tool, hardware or application. The most common cheat sheets within the computer world today would be keyboard shortcuts, interface descriptions, quick tutorials, snippets, etc. Just imagine a hundred page ebook compressed into a one page manual, and you’ll get a cheat sheet. There’s a huge list of items that you can cover within this topic and there’s no other better site covering this than Cheat-Sheets.org. Over 100 cheat sheets and growing, this is the place to go if you’re still just starting with a new piece of software, or just simply new to Windows.
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Cheat-Sheets.org
We have listed down a couple of cheat sheets here ourselves at Getfreeebooks.com, and we’re pretty sure that Cheat-Sheets.org will have them, but if it’s not, here are some of them:-
The Linux Starter Pack
by TuxRadar.com
Here’s your complete guide to using Linux, taking you from beginner level to an intermediate user with ease. This ebook will show you how to install Linux, navigate around the desktop, use common software, add more programs and fix any problems you may encounter. It’s based around a slightly older version of Ubuntu Linux so there may be some minor differences with newer releases, but you can always download the latest version from www.ubuntu.com or get a CD sent by post at shipit.ubuntu.com.
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The Linux Starter Pack (PDF) 11.5MB
There are more than 20 sites listed below which list an enormous amount of freely downloadable ebooks on Linux and any other closely related topics. A rough figure would estimate (ignoring duplicates) the number of ebooks in the range of thousands. Let’s get straight to the content shall we …
* Note that some of the sites above host the files on their own server. Bandwidth is not cheap these days and having said that, if there’s a slight indication that they encourage donations to keep the server running, feel free to chip in a small amount.
Other sites (Web 2.0, search engines, etc.)
File Search directly from Google on Linux related materials
Celebrating its 25th aniversary, Microsoft Press Books is offering 2 free ebooks of the month for your reading pleasure. Not sure on this one but Microsoft tend to bring down their free downloads after sometime, so if you want to take advantage of this offer, grab these ebooks quick. Simply login with your current MSN / Hotmail ID and follow with the onscreen instructions.
Click on the link below to go to each download page:-
- Click here for Windows Vista Resource Kit, Second Edition
- Click here for Microsoft® Visual C#® 2008 Express Edition: Build a Program Now!
Homelinux.org hosts probably one of the biggest free Linux ebooks in the Internet world today. Being a popular site has its drawbacks – High Bandwidth Usage. Having said that you’re limited to only 10 ebook downloads per day. I think that’s more than enough for an average daily reading routine. If you can read and consume 10 books in a day, my hat’s off to you.
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Free Linux Ebooks
