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Publisher: Prentice Hall (Pearson) Pages: 322 Authors: Matthew Helmke, Elizabeth K. Joseph, José Antonio Rey and Philip Ballew ISBN-13: 978-0-13-390539-7 ISBN-10: 0-13-390539-X The Official Ubuntu Book is the official Canonical-authorized guide to the Ubuntu Linux operating system. The eighth edition is updated to include information relevant to the Long Term Service release Ubuntu 14.04. The single goal of the official book is to make running today’s Ubuntu even more pleasant and productive for you. To accomplish this goal, the authors cover installation, useful applications, media, administration, Unity tips and tricks, adding software sources, projects related to Ubuntu, the Ubuntu ecosystem and community, and some server-related topics. What I like about The Official Ubuntu Book is that, while it’s aimed at newer Ubuntu users, there is something in it for users with a bit more experience. The entire book is ten chapters long. The first three chapters cover installation and updating your system. Chapter four introduces some of the more interesting applications available for Ubuntu. Chapter five covers customizing Unity. In chapter six the Linux filesystem, keyboard shortcuts, personal package archives, and basic techniques for compiling software are covered. It was in chapter six where I had one of those “hey this is cool” moments when I came across the proper way to remove PPAs (funny how sites tell you how to add them, but not remove them), and (more cool) how to build software from source so it can be removed.

Éditeur: Prentice Hall (Pearson) Pages: 322 Auteurs: Matthew Helmke, Elizabeth K. Joseph, José Antonio Rey et Philip Ballew ISBN-13: 978-0-13-390539-7 ISBN-10: 0-13-390539-X

The Official Ubuntu Book (Le livre officiel d'Ubuntu) est le guide officiel, autorisé par Canonical, au système d'exploitation Ubuntu Linux. Ayant été mise à jour, la huitième édition comprend des informations piétinantes concernant Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Long Term Service ou Support à long terme). Le seul objectif du livre officiel est de rendre votre utilisation d'Ubuntu encore plus agréable et productif.

Pour ce faire, les auteurs traitent l'installation, les applications utiles, les média, l'administration, des trucs et astuces pour Unity, l'ajout de sources de logiciels, des projets ayant un rapport avec Ubuntu, l'écosystème et la communauté Ubuntu et quelques sujets ayant un rapport avec Ubuntu Server.

Ce que j'apprécie dans The Official Ubuntu Book est que, tout en ciblant les nouveaux utilisateurs d'Ubuntu, il contient également des informations pour des utilisateurs plus expérimentés. Le livre entier fait dix chapitres. Le sujet des trois premiers est l'installation et la mise à jour de votre système. Dans le chapitre quatre sont présentées quelques-unes des intéressantes applications disponibles pour Ubuntu. Le chapitre cinq parle de la personnalisation de Unity. Et le chapitre six traite du système de fichiers Linux, des raccourcis claviers, des PPA (archives de paquets personnels) et des techniques de base pour la compilation de logiciels. C'était en lisant le chapitre six que j'ai eu un de ces moments « Ouah, c'est cool, ça » quand j'ai trouvé la bonne façon d'enlever des PPA (quand on y pense, c'est bizarre que les sites vous disent comment les ajouter, mais pas comment les enlever), et (encore « cool ») comment construire un logiciel à partir des sources pour pouvoir l'enlever par la suite.

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Part of the way I measure the success of a course or book is by whether or not I learn something new that will make me more productive. Even if a course or book is aimed at beginners, there’s often value for more advanced users, especially if the course or book provides something that makes you more productive. Earlier I mentioned the single goal of the book making Ubuntu even more pleasant and productive, because I found several tips that expanded my knowledge (in chapter six and beyond). The Official Ubuntu Book succeeded in filling its goal, even though I’m not the intended audience. If you’ve shied away from learning the command line, chapter seven provides a solid introduction. Where many Linux basics books cover basics such as ls, mv, cp, more, grep and ps, The Official Ubuntu Book expands on these including commands like lsb_release, iwconfig, head and chgrp, plus using wildcards and using Byobu as an alternative to the GNOME terminal. Desktop users may want to skip chapter 8 which covers a range of server topics, but there’s some coverage of RAID and LVM that might pique the interest of the beginner looking for a more advanced drive setup.

Je décide en partie de la réussite d'un cours ou d'un livre si j'y apprends - ou pas - quelque chose de nouveau qui augmentera ma productivité. Même si un cours ou un livre cible les débutants, il contient souvent des informations valables pour des utilisateurs plus expérimentés, surtout si le cours ou le livre inclut quelque chose qui vous rend plus productif.

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The last couple of chapters cover community topics. To some, this might seem like overkill for a beginner’s book, why the heck would a new user care about the bazaar revision control system or MOTUs (Masters Of The Universe)? Maybe, at the start of their journey, a beginning user wouldn’t care, but it’s been my experience as a computer refurbisher not to judge too quickly the ability or interest of an “inexperienced user.” I’m often surprised by the ability and interest of new Linux users once they have access to technology and information to back it up. Knowledge doesn’t always come right away. I recall the time when I picked up my first introduction to MySQL, I got about four chapters in before I had to put down the book. A couple of months later the things that didn’t make sense to me made complete sense, so I was glad for this first introduction. Because there is a great community around Ubuntu, it’s worth knowing about how to access different aspects of that community – whether it’s an IRC channel or bug tracker. The Official Ubuntu Book covers related Linux distributions: Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Linux Mint, Edubuntu, etc, but it’s brief coverage with no screenshots to show the visual difference. I don’t consider the brief coverage as a bad thing since the focus of the book is advancing the use of stock Ubuntu. Attempting similar coverage for KDE, LXDE, XFCE, MATE, Cinnamon and the software that come with each of the distributions would be too much for a beginner book. A brief introduction to each seems just right.

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It’s worth mentioning that the first screenshot isn’t until page 44 (Chapter 2, Installing Ubuntu). If you’re a visual learner, The Official Ubuntu Book has lots of screenshots, but it’s not one of those books that provides everything visually; reasonable reading effort is needed to understand the topics presented. The first chapter covers the Ubuntu story so there really isn’t much to show in the way of screenshots/images, but it’s an interesting read that touches on some non-Ubuntu (SLS/Slackware) history and foreshadows some of the topics further in the book. Again, for me the value of a book or course is whether I learned something new that I can use to be more productive. This sentiment was the goal of the book, and it succeeded in teaching me new tricks I can use even though I have a bit more experience than a new Ubuntu user. At the same time, The Official Ubuntu Book provides just the right amount of information to get new Ubuntu users off to a running start and learn which community resources are available to them should they get stuck or if they want to participate further in the Ubuntu community.

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