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24 alternatives to The Official Ubuntu Book

A Great Way To Get You Started With Ubuntu

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Official Ubuntu Book launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Docker for Beginners▲66
docker for beginners
2016 · docker-curriculum.com · its alternatives →
2
UX For Beginners▲76
Based on the UX crash course by Joel Marsh (@HipperElement)
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
Ubuntu Unleashed▲4
Make The Most Of The Ubuntu Linux Operating System
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
4
The Project Guide to Enterprise Product Design▲93
Free e-book. UX best practices from real projects.
2016 · uxpin.com · its alternatives →
5
UXD Book▲69
A career guide for UX Designers
2016 · its alternatives →
6
Getting Real▲234
The smarter way to build web apps. A free book by 37signals.
2015 · basecamp.com · its alternatives →
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A beginner’s guide to finding user needs▲182
https://urbook.fordes.de/ …a free/libré book about UX research with qualitative methods on motivations, activities written for UX researchers, UX designers and product managers. I have been writing on this book since about 2010 and did a large rewrite during the first half of 2022. (I initally planned this with a bigger tech publisher). This is the link to the full book for online reading: https://jdittrich.github.io/userNeedResearchBook/ (it’s one long page, so it might take a bit to load)
2022 · its alternatives →
8
Enterprise Sales For Startups▲184
Free book for founders and sales reps selling to large orgs
2017 · close.com · its alternatives →
9
Tao of React▲144
A book about React project architecture and component design
2021 · taoofreact.com · its alternatives →
10
Linux Journey▲9
Learn the ways of Linux-fu, for free.
2016 · labex.io · its alternatives →
11
How Linux Works▲5
What Every Superuser Should Know
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
GitHub Project Management▲115
No-fluff guide to building a collaborative development team
2016 · zenhub.com · its alternatives →
13
BitBooks▲78
Build online books directly from Github
2014 · its alternatives →
14
Learn Enough Command Line to Be Dangerous▲61
A short introduction to the Unix command line
2015 · learnenough.com · its alternatives →
15
How Linux Works▲4
What Every Superuser Should Know
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
16
Programming Elixir▲67
The best way to get started with Elixir.
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
17
Ubuntu Server Cookbook▲5
Everything you need to setup your own Ubuntu Server
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
18
Hardware Hacker▲63
Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware
2016 · nostarch.com · its alternatives →
19
Programming React Native▲83
Free eBook on cross platform mobile app development
2016 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →
20
Pro Git, 2nd Edition▲83
The entire Pro Git book
2014 · git-scm.com · its alternatives →
21
Servers for Hackers eBook▲90
What programmers need to know about web servers.
2015 · book.serversforhackers.com · its alternatives →
22
Startup Boards: Getting the Most Out of Your Board of Direct▲65
Required reading for your first BOD meeting
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
23
The Hardware Startup▲62
Building your product business and brand
2015 · its alternatives →
24
Lean B2B: Build Products Businesses Want▲70
Practical guide to B2B startups
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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