| "Neither a "Starting Linux" book nor a dry reference manual,
this book has a lot to offer to those coming to Fedora from
other operating systems or distros."
-- Behdad Esfahbod, Fedora developer
This book will get you up to speed quickly on Fedora Linux,
a securely-designed Linux distribution that includes a
massive selection of free software packages. Fedora is
hardened out-of-the-box, it's easy to install, and
extensively customizable - and this book shows you how to
make Fedora work for you.
Fedora Linux: A Complete Guide to Red Hat's Community
Distribution will take you deep into essential Fedora tasks
and activities by presenting them in easy-to-learn modules.
From installation and configuration through advanced topics
such as administration, security, and virtualization, this
book captures the important details of how Fedora Core
works--without the fluff that bogs down other books and
help/how-to web sites. Instead, you can learn from a concise
task-based approach to using Fedora as both a desktop and
server operating system.
In this book, you'll learn how to:
Install Fedora and perform basic administrative tasks
Configure the KDE and GNOME desktops
Get power management working on your notebook computer and
hop on a wired or wireless network
Find, install, and update any of the thousands of packages
available for Fedora
Perform backups, increase reliability with RAID, and manage
your disks with logical volumes
Set up a server with file sharing, DNS, DHCP, email, a Web
server, and more
Work with Fedora's security features including SELinux, PAM,
and Access Control Lists (ACLs)
Whether you are running the stable version of Fedora Core or
bleeding-edge Rawhide releases, this book has something for
every level of user. The modular, lab-based approach not
only shows you how things work-but also explains why--and
provides you with the answers you need to get up and running
with Fedora Linux.
Chris Tyler is a computer consultant and a professor of
computer studies at Seneca College in Toronto, Canada where
he teaches courses on Linux and X Window System
Administration. He has worked on systems ranging from
embedded data converters to Multics mainframes.
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