A simple guide to installing software on Ubuntu Linux, excerpted from the book Beginning Ubuntu Linux.

O’Reilly have made this book available online:

Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution

Book description

In Open Sources, leaders of Open Source come together in print for the first time to discuss the new vision of the software industry they have created, through essays that explain how the movement works, why it succeeds, and where it is going. A powerful vision from the movement’s spiritual leaders, this book reveals the mysteries of how open development builds better software and how businesses can leverage freely available software for a competitive business advantage.