# Supplemental Reading for Ubuntu

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## <span style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">To learn more about Ubuntu, click </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">[here](https://www.ubuntu.com/)</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">.</span>

## <span style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">To help you load your installation image onto a USB drive, you may want to look at the tool, </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">[etcher.io](https://etcher.io/)</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">.</span>

## <span style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">For a list of all Ubuntu's updates, check out the link </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">[here](https://www.ubuntuupdates.org/)</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">. </span>

## <span style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">For more information on why Ubuntu will be switching its default user interface over to GNOME, click </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">[here](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/ubuntu-unity-is-dead-desktop-will-switch-back-to-gnome-next-year/)</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">.</span>

<span style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">**Heads up:** </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">A big part of being successful in an IT role is the ability to be a self-led learner -- someone who finds key resources and reads up on the latest tech trends and solutions. The supplemental readings we’ve provided have been designed to show you just some of the support materials available to you online; they’re not meant to be considered a comprehensive list. Feel free to add to the conversation by posting other useful resources for learners to </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">[this forum thread](https://www.coursera.org/learn/technical-support-fundamentals/discussions/weeks/3 "https://www.coursera.org/learn/technical-support-fundamentals/discussions/weeks/3")</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">.  
just learn vanilla os  
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