Preface

AS WE WRITE THIS, it is two years since we penned the first edition of The Official Ubuntu Book and a year since the second. The last year has seen Ubuntu continue its explosive growth. Updating this book drives this fact home in striking ways. For example, the number of users and posts have nearly doubled since the last edition of this book a year ago. Again. The number of officially supported flavors of Ubuntu have been added to. Again. Once again, we feel blessed that The Official Ubuntu Book has been able to benefit from, and perhaps in a small way even contribute to, that success. Ultimately, that success paved the way for the second and now the third edition of the book that you’re reading now.

In the process, this book, like Ubuntu, ...

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