We're looking for a good introductory text on Ubuntu system administration. This is just for our personal computers, not any kind of server. We're tech-savvy and I know my way around the command line. What we want is a good overview mental model, grasp of vocabulary, and generally the ability to ask the right question when we run into a problem. Bonus points for a tour of standard apps (e.g., for simple photo editing).
What's your favorite book / website / video series for this sort of thing?
@peterdrake For folks who are technically competent, you might consider using GPT. I recently had great success using it to learn Blender.
@LouisIngenthron We're looking for more of a structured tour. A chatbot would require us have specific questions, no?
Also, having made-up answers sprinkled in would be a problem.
@peterdrake Yes on both. But the nice thing is you can say "give me an overview of X for a user of Y" or "I was able to do X in my old system, how do I do it in Y?"
And while it will occasionally give the wrong answer (which is a problem you'll have in regular guides that are out of date), when you point that out, it's usually pretty good at correcting itself.
@LouisIngenthron It can't generate a 30-page response (much less a reasonable one) can it? A few paragraphs isn't enough depth.
@peterdrake No. But it can create an overview and then you can drill down into the listed topics as needed.