Overview

Fedora Core ""X"" is the latest release of the leading Linux distribution, which boasts approximately 70 percent of the Linux market in the United States and serves as a low-cost alternative to more expensive operating systems Written in the trademark friendly, humorous, easy-to-understand For Dummies style, this updated edition shows Linux newbies how to install and use Fedora Core Includes new coverage of the SELinux infrastructure (an important new security feature), Linux and GNOME applications, how to fine-tune the GNOME desktop, and the new GStreamer multimedia tool Companion DVD includes the full Fedora Core ""X"" distribution-all the tools and source code on the multi-CD version

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Author:   Jon Hall ,  Paul G. Sery
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 18.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.642kg
ISBN:  

9780764579400

ISBN 10:   0764579401
Pages:   396
Publication Date:   01 February 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Introduction. Part I: Installing Fedora Core. Chapter 1: And in the Opposite Corner . . . a Penguin? Chapter 2: Paving the Way for Fedora Core. Chapter 3: Ready, Set, Install! Chapter 4: Getting to Know Fedora Core. Part II: Got Net? Chapter 5: Dull Dial-Up Modems Still Get the Job Done. Chapter 6: Broadband Rocks! Chapter 7: Connect Locally, Communicate Globally: Connecting to a LAN. Chapter 8: Only You Can Prevent Bad Firewalls. Part III: Linux, Huh! What Is It Good For? Absolutely Everything! Chapter 9: Gnowing GNOME. Chapter 10: Gnowing More Applications. Chapter 11: Surfin? the Net and Using E-Mail. Chapter 12: Using Audio and Video Applications. Chapter 13: Going to the OpenOffice. Chapter 14: The Days of Wine and Windows Applications. Part IV: Revenge of the Nerds. Chapter 15: Building Your Own Private Network. Chapter 16: Creating Basic Linux Network Services. Chapter 17: Securing Your Future. Chapter 18: Bringing In the Fedora Core Repairman. Chapter 19: Building a Streaming Audio Server. Part V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 20: Ten Problem Areas and Solutions. Chapter 21: Ten Security Vulnerabilities and Their Fixes. Part VI: Appendixes. Appendix A: Fedora Core Administration Utilities. Appendix B: Discovering Your Hardware?s True Identity. Appendix C: Filing Your Life Away. Appendix D: Becoming a Suit: Managing the Linux File System. Appendix E: Revving Up with RPM and YUM. Appendix F: About the DVD. Index.

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Jon 'maddog' Hall, Executive Director of Linux International, is a world-renowned Linux evangelist. Paul G. Sery is a system administrator for Sandia National Laboratories, Inc.

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