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The ten free linux ebooks above will give you an idea of the scope of resources out there for those who are novices with Linux and wish to start off in the field. Linux is daunting enough . On top of that there is the tech world of “planet vodoo”. Listening to people involved in Linux and the world of “Linux”  can be somewhat daunting if not outright scary.

Download 10 FREE Linux Books for Beginners – Technically Inspired helps all pc users regarding windows tips,troubleshooting ,latest happenings in technology, tech news and more.

3 Resources for Free Linux Books Online – LinuxHaxor has a good post up on Linux eBooks for beginners. It provides links to 10 free books, some in HTML format and some available as PDFs. In some cases, the books are also available for sale, but the authors have chosen to offer …

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They may be proficient.  Tell you how great it is and who needs Bill anyways.   Yet they be be cruising along and you are just dead in the water.  Better something of something with Windows rather than nothing of anything with Linux – even if its so great and free as well.

Have hope.   There are many beginner or formerly beginner Linux people who know how you feel and the state you are at .   There are now shortage of Linux help books for those just beginning – Linux novices – written for people and computer users – just like you.

Here is a greater listing online.  Most of these Linux and computer related e-books are free for the download.  Some of course may not be your cup of tea yet most will be more than useful.

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Linux Knowledge Base and Tutorial – 10 Free Linux Ebooks For Beginners – The place where you learn Linux. Hundreds of articles, “Test Your Knowledge” quizzes, popup glossary, and much, much more help you learn Linux the easy way.

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A high percentage of netbooks currently ship with Linux.  Often Windows XP is offered as an addition sister product as an OS.  For these laptops or mini laptops aka netbooks since the products were originally designed for Linux they are excellent Linux platforms and for those who wish to learn Linux they are excellent practice  and learning devices.  Interstingly given the opportunity most non Linux computer users might never notice the difference overall versus Windows.  They can go online , they can play solitaire , they can write letters and do spreadsheets with open office , online with firefox , there are both wireless Wi Fi equipped as well as an ethernet lan , they have a messenger service aka Microsoft or Yahoo Messenger  and even a webcam.  They are well equipped both with USB ports , and 2 sd card slots for extra storeage capabilities.

Who could ask for more ?

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Its an interesting concern and viewpoint – seeing Linux only from a marketing and profit version – almost as if it Coca Cola vs Pepsi or the pharmaceutical industry.  What drives linux , its evoltion and immovatons ,  product development is users . The Red Hat Linux companyay derive most of its dollars from server side sales and support.  Yet it akin to the automotive industry – that if there are not entry level models for users and buyers to become familiar then they are going to start , grow and stay with another product.

The desktop versions of Linux serve that purpose.  After all how many computer users have a physical commercial server at their beck and call with which to learn and become famuliar with the Linux Operating System , only as a server utilization.

Linux has achieved success on servers, but can it make a go of it on the desktop? Panelists at a technical conference Tuesday evening debated the question, with a Red Hat official wondering whether the issue is even relevant anymore.

Representatives from organizations such as Red Hat, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and Fidelity Information Services offered perspectives on Linux and open source on the desktop during a session at the InfoWorld Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) in San Francisco. The session was entitled “End Users and Linux: Do We Have a Participation Problem?”.

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Red Hat’s CEO Jim Whitehurst pointed out several issues with running Linux on the desktop, including financial concerns the company has as a Linux vendor.

“First of all, I don’t know how to make money on it,” Whitehurst said. “Very few people are running a desktop that’s mission-critical,” so they do not want to pay the company for a desktop OS, he said.

There is some money in the Linux desktop, but not much, Whitehurst said. “We do have a desktop [version of Linux], but we typically sell it to big server customers who want some desktops.” Red Hat offers its Red Hat Enterprise Desktop product, but Whitehurst added he was uncertain how relevant the desktop itself will be in five years, with the advent of concepts such as cloud-based and smartphone computing and VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure).

“The concept of a desktop is kind of ridiculous in this day and age,” said Whitehurst. “I’d rather think about skating to where the puck is gong to be than where it is now,” he said, using a hockey analogy.

Interoperability issues also are a hindrance, according to Whitehurst. “There’s a reason Microsoft doesn’t want to certify Evolution [a Linux mail client] hooking into [Microsoft's mail server] Exchange,” he said. Microsoft has key control points locked up on the desktop, he said,

“There’s a desire [to use desktop Linux] but practicality sets in,” said panelist Vinod Kutty, associate director of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. “There are significant barriers to switching.”

Even Linux developers he has known prefer a Macintosh to a Linux desktop, Kutty said.

Another panelist, Timothy Golden, senior vice president for Unix engineering, security, and provisioning at Bank of America, concurred with Whitehurst. “I have to agree with Jim on this one,” he said. How people view the desktop is going to change, said Whitehurst.

But another panelist, K.S. Bhaskar, senior vice president of Fidelity Information Services, gave a thumbs-up to Linux on the desktop, adding that his family even uses it at home.

“I kicked the Windows habit 10 years ago,” Bhaskar said. “In the group that I have at work, Linux is our primary desktop that we’ve been using since 2000,” he said.

An industry analyst in the audience agreed with the panel’s skepticism toward desktop Linux. “I think they’re right, there are barriers to adoption,” said analyst Tim Clark, partner at The FactPoint Group.

Earlier in the day, Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian was optimistic about Linux on the desktop, particularly on netbooks.

Panelists also discussed topics such as whether the economic downturn was good for open source. The downturn has benefitted open source because it gets people to try new things, Whitehurst said. Many new projects are getting done on Linux, he said.

Prior to the panel session, Whitehurst gave a speech proclaiming the economic situation as a “fantastic time for open source.”

“I almost feel bad,” because open source software proponents profit from other people’s misery,” Whitehurst said. In tough economic times, “people get out of their comfort zone,” he said. Companies that would never have considered open source are now looking at Red Hat, said Whitehurst. He added a significant chunk of Red Hat’s revenue has come from Unix to Linux conversions.

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It is true that a GUI allows for easier and simpler functionality  allowing many computer users who wish to learn Linux and use it , any addition to the user interface obviously adds a level of complexity and perhaps ( actually in most cases ) reduced functionality and power.  Its always a trade off – this for that.  It is true that adding the GUI allows many computer users who would never learn or be able to function in Linux the availability and privilege to do so with ease.

Advanced Linux users are able to do and complete many complex , advanced and most powerful features and functionality that the Linux OS offers.  However if not typed in perfectly and in absolute correct typing ,syntax and grammar the system will stuck dead in its tracks allowing the computer user to do nothing – other than being exceptionally and extremely frustrated.  Command line Linux offers great power and functionality – that is for those computer users who are most knowledgeable and proficient in its use.

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Software is usually named in version numbers.  The big changes  are assigned different distinct version numbers for example 1 , 2 ,3, 4.   Incremental upgrades to a software product will be given a “unique version number ” .   These “unique version numbers”  can be thought of incremental upgrades and updates.  For example the software version may be  Ubuntu version  3,  the upgrade as a theoretical example -version  3.1  which can be followed by  unique version  3.11 or 3.17 or later 3.8.

The beauty of Linux is that it is open source.  As users provide upgrades and fixes – whether because if a defieiency or mistake in the Linux software code , an improvement is made , or new computer hardwae is either introduced or becomes more mainstream and available.

The key is that the version of  the Linux distro you are using supports your hardware and the various components of it.  For example an older version of the same Distro might not support your sound card – hence no sound , or your wireless internet adapter wheras the newer one will .   Yet the newer “improved version of the Distro”  may be too demanding on an older throw away computer you have used to learn Linux with or just too slow.

It all in the Linux Distro version numbers.

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In the case of Linux and your career with the Linux operating system it may well be true that you are setting up a computer system simply to learn Linux and become proficient in the Linux operating system and it operations and functions.

Generally it can be said that to run fairly simple , standard word processing and spread sheet application software your requirements may be almost minimal with today’s powerful computers with the new high end core duo CPUs and ddr2 ram.  Still your package may be more minimal – an older system that someone recently upgraded from.

On the other side of the fence if you are doing serious number crunching – 3d graphic applications , the latest games or calculating ballistic missile trajectories you will need greater amounts of computer hardware support than a simple , older Pentium or Pentium 2 computer.

If your needs are slight then you can even find stripped down versions of Linux can run only a single 1.4  mb floppy disk.

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