This edition is the update to the best-selling first edition introducing Ubuntu Linux. Adapted from the best-selling first edition, this book guides readers through the most commonly desired yet confusing concepts and tasks confronted by new Linux users. The book is purposely focused on end users to satisfy the growing interest in migrating away from Windows to the increasingly mature Linux desktop platform. This book includes a DVD containing the latest version of Ubuntu and hundreds of useful applications. The book serves as a guide to a rapid and transparent familiarization of those features most treasured by general and power desktop users alike.