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https://wiki.ubuntu.com is a good place to start.
www.ubuntuforums.org also has a weath on information.
www.ubuntuforums.org also has a weath on information.
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Ubuntuguide has how-to guide for many procedures in Linux. they don't explain why things work, though.
I find reading manual pages to be highly instruction al. If you have a command you want to know more aobut, type
man <command>
For instance if I wanted to know more about the mount command I'd type
man mount
and read the manual, pressing page up and down to scroll. When you're done with the manual press q to return to the command-line.
I find reading manual pages to be highly instruction al. If you have a command you want to know more aobut, type
man <command>
For instance if I wanted to know more about the mount command I'd type
man mount
and read the manual, pressing page up and down to scroll. When you're done with the manual press q to return to the command-line.
http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/ any use to you (pretty old and generic but still a lot of relevant info in there). IBM developerworks also have the LPI course documentation freely available online at http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/l-dw-linux-lpic1103-i.html
You may have to register to read it though
Also if you're looking for books as opposed to online material I found "Running Linux" to be good.
You may have to register to read it though
Also if you're looking for books as opposed to online material I found "Running Linux" to be good.
All you really need are man pages and source code... 
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html This should get you started..
No idea about books - However I can recommend Linus's Just for fun as a novel.
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html This should get you started..
No idea about books - However I can recommend Linus's Just for fun as a novel.
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you might get some mileage out of "unix unleashed" or any similar tome, but to be honest it isn't gonna help you with many of the issues you'll want to deal with as a linux newb.
it will however give you some insight into the general philosophy of a unix system and plenty of advice on shells/scripting etc. all of which (if you learn it and practice it enough to ever remember it when you need it) might come in handy one day.
my advice, if you're gonna buy a book, at least buy 2nd hand. don't pay the full price for a linux / unix book, it wont be worth it. put your time into a good forum or three instead.
it will however give you some insight into the general philosophy of a unix system and plenty of advice on shells/scripting etc. all of which (if you learn it and practice it enough to ever remember it when you need it) might come in handy one day.
my advice, if you're gonna buy a book, at least buy 2nd hand. don't pay the full price for a linux / unix book, it wont be worth it. put your time into a good forum or three instead.
Ubuntu Unleashed by SAMS (ISBN 0-672-32909-3) is quite good. It's on Safari, if you're interested... Otherwise, you might want to have a look at Moving to Ubuntu Linux by Addison Wesley (ISBN 0-321-42722-X) which is also on Safari...Another useful books, but not specific to Ubuntu, is the Linux Phrasebook by SAMS
By the way, I'd do the following...
ps - ef | grep process_name (replacing with the actual name, of course
) to give you the process ID, and then kill it with the following command
kill -9 PID (replacing the PID with the value returned by the ps command).
By the way, I'd do the following...
ps - ef | grep process_name (replacing with the actual name, of course
) to give you the process ID, and then kill it with the following command kill -9 PID (replacing the PID with the value returned by the ps command).
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The best book ive come across is "Linux system administration" by Vicki stanfield and roderick Smith. But its quite old now and outdated but when i was first using linux i found indespesible! there might be a more upto date version out there. 