
One of the chicken-and-egg problems that keeps some users from trying out and becoming skilled at good open source applications is lack of adequate documentation. How are you supposed to learn effectively without it? The good news is that for a whole lot of open source applications and operating systems, there are good, free books you can get online. We've covered these
for the powerful Blender 3D graphics and animation app,
for Ubuntu, for
Linux hacks, and
for the GIMP (graphics).
We've also covered FLOSS Manuals, which free documentation for many open source applications. In addition to these, one of the best online sources for free books and tutorials is
Linuxtopia.?