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Do I need to read a book to learn to use Linux?

I was reading askubuntu answers and everyone was like "just read online and ask help online". I did that for 1 month and what I've realized is that I am memorizing solutions rather than understanding them.

But I also realize that there'll be no books about ubuntu because they get outdated fast.

So, someone in linux forum recommended me this book.

https://rlworkman.net/howtos/rute/

can you recommend some good books about linux that will help me to use linux as a desktop use firstly.

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In the end, you’ll end up using approx 20 commands. Maybe reading a book is worth it. For me it was. I could recommend two:

https://www.amazon.com/Power-Tools-Third-Shelley-Powers/dp/0... (old but gold) https://www.amazon.com/UNIX-Linux-System-Administration-Hand...

I too recently started with Ubuntu. For me works best learning-by-doing. First I learned a lot during the installation itself. Then I read few articles explaining the file/directory structure. Now I started slowly installing tools, and learn commands in the process. While reading a books is nice definitely, for me it would rather hinder me, then help. This is because I will concentrate too much on the book instead of actually doing something on the Linux machine. The only thing I see personally needing reading a book is learning Bash.

Design of the Unix Operating System

https://archive.org/download/DesignOfTheUnixOperatingSystemB...

It is the high level bit for understanding Linux (and Unix).

Good luck.

To get used to the basics, I would recommend that you ask an other Linux user to teach you, in "real life" and in person.

With this knowledge, learning from a book will be more enjoyable.

The "computer culture" was started by people for which sharing knowledge was its main ideal, and it should be like that today.

(Is there a "Linux User Group" in your area?)

I'd recommend the bible, it's less arcane.

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