Ubuntu Shipit is now open for requesting Ubuntu 6.06 CDs. You can also order Kubuntu and Edubuntu CDs for the first time too. (The login accounts are the same for these sites so you only have to register once.)
They are now shipping only a single CD for each distribution - the Desktop CD which is a LiveCD with a graphical installer.
If you need the text-mode installer - for example for the OEM installation or server installation - you will have to download it or get it from a Freedom Toaster (once 6.06 has released in early June).
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.
