Linux Reference

These are sites, many of which are geared toward newbies, where you can learn more about using Ubuntu or Linux in general:

http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/

An overview of Ubuntu and its features

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/ubuntu:hardy

An unofficial Ubuntu startup guide

https://help.ubuntu.com/

Official documentation for the current release of Ubuntu

http://www.tuxfiles.org/

Lots of tutorials and information for Linux newbies

http://www.linuxcommand.org/

Where you can learn to use commands in Linux

http://www.linux.org/

News, book reviews, downloads, and all sorts of other stuff—all about Linux

http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/

Tips for users of Ubuntu's OpenOffice.org office suite

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