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As a non-geek, I’d abandoned Linux years ago, dismissing it as an ugly pain-in-the-butt for a normal non-programmer just looking to get work done. Then I got a nifty little hand-me-down Toshiba laptop that would be great for staying on top of things while traveling. Sadly, the Windows OS on the laptop was toasted (and unstable to begin with). Thanks to Grant’s book that lil laptop is doing everything from email and web browsing to office work and noodling with vintage analog synths via janky MIDI interfaces; this reborn laptop travels like a champ, never hangs up or crashes, and the OS looks GREAT! Ubuntu is infinitely prettier and more user-friendly than any of the old Linux GUIs I’d gotten fed up with back in the day, and Grant’s book is an excellent way for anyone to get Ubuntu up and running.
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