I finally finished bullying LaTeX, and now I can finally submit to the public a pdf-version of the guide for the transition to Ubuntu .

So, as people quietly and peacefully discover the delights of alternative operating systems, the need for understandable teaching materials is growing more and more. However, it is possible to send a novice user, on the one hand, immediately to Google, because there are a lot of materials, even too much, and on the other hand, there is no place especially. I would like to correct this.

Although Ubuntology has been around for quite a long time, for which many thanks to its author, as well as a small little book about Ubuntu has recently appeared, yet in my humble opinion there was no fairly comprehensive training material. So I tried to contribute a little to his appearance.

A short excerpt from the introduction to the pdf version

There are common misconceptions that Linux is not suitable for use on home computers, that for normal use of Linux, you must at least be a programmer, that Linux contains a lot of errors and it is impossible to work without problems in it. Of course, all this slander did not appear on level ground. The history of Linux itself begins in 1991, so this is a fairly new operating system. And at first there really were a lot of problems. But currently, the use of Linux usually not only does not cause any inconvenience, on the contrary, allows you to work with a computer much more efficiently and more pleasantly.
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People are often afraid to switch to Linux due to the fact that this is an unfamiliar system, and there is little more training material for newbies. Yes, and the quality of them, frankly, sometimes questionable. Therefore, I had the idea to write a small manual, designed not to describe Linux and all the software for it from A to Z, but only to help those who want to painlessly enter the unfamiliar world of free software. Along the way, I really wanted to dispel the main myths about Linux. Whether it turned out or not is not for me to judge, but I hope you will find something useful for yourself in the material presented in this guide.

What where When?

Well, actually you can read the manual itself on the Internet, on the Russian-language resource of user documentation:

• http://help.ubuntu.ru/manual

The print version can be downloaded from the special page:

• http://help.ubuntu.ru/manual/pdf

Periodically, I will (hopefully!) Make edits to the Internet version, respectively, the pdf will also change. You can always get the latest version from the link above. In addition, I really hope that with the release of new releases, the manual will be updated.

By the way, all this miracle is distributed under the CC Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-NC-SA) license, the source code in LaTeX can be taken from here , so you can freely use all the materials, just remember to keep the same license and mention the original author with reference to http://help.ubuntu.ru/manual :)

Huge request: report all errors found in a special topic on our forum! Constructive criticism, as well as suggestions and just comments are also very much welcome! I don't seem to have plans to take over the world, but I would really like to make a useful resource for beginners;)

Famous community friendliness

Have you ever heard about the fact that the Linux community is very friendly ?;) If not, then I inform you about it. However, lately, despite the skepticism of many short-sighted Linux personalities, ordinary users, rather than programmers and IT gurus, are increasingly installing themselves onto computers. In this connection, there is a lack of structured materials on various aspects of using Linux.

Last year, the Ubuntu Russian-speaking community had its own Wiki: http://help.ubuntu.ru/wiki . And I would very much like to collect as much Russian-language documentation as possible. Personally, I am a little tired of scouring blogs, English-speaking resources and forums in search of answers to questions. If all interested Ubuntu users write at least something on the Wiki to the best of their knowledge and capabilities, then we will have an excellent encyclopedia! What is called, help your neighbor and they will help you too, in which case;)

In short: if you suddenly go to http://help.ubuntu.ru/wiki and write a couple of stateek or fix existing ones - everyone will tell you just thanks! ;) Let's help ourselves!

For all questions related to the management and the Wiki, you can contact me .