Ubuntu is a popular Linux distribution based upon another popular Linux distribution, Debian. The word “Ubuntu”, pronounced oooh-boon-too, comes from Africa meaning “humanity to others”.

The book, Ubuntu Hacks, covers the ins and outs of Linux in an easy and understandable format for Linux newbies to professional programmers. Ubuntu Hacks has all the information you need from installing and test driving Ubuntu Linux, to how to run a server using the Linux distribution.

Don’t want to switch from Windows to Linux completely? Learn how to dual-boot! Want to switch to Linux but is there a Windows app leaving you hanging? Learn how to use Cedega, the gaming virtualization tool for Linux, or Wine, the all-in-one tool for running applications from Microsoft Office to Adobe Photoshop.

Overall, this book tells you how to tweak Linux from start to finish, and how to keep everything in ship-shape. Although in this review, I’m not going to rate it for obvious reasons, but I can certainly recommend it for anyone looking to use Linux as their mainstream operating system, or even the geek just wanted to play around and get their hands dirty with another operating system.

Ubuntu Hacks is available online, or in many brick and mortar booksellers near you for a very reasonable price of $29.99 USD or $38.99 CAD. ISBN 0-596-52720-9

I’m not a book reviewing expert, but expect more books from O’Reilly and other fine book publishers to start appearing here soon.

by John Pastor, Senior Editor, Spark’d

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