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Fedora Linux: A Complete Guide to Red Hat`s Community Distribution 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, easy to install, and extensively customizable”and this book shows you how to make Fedora work for you.
Fedora Linux takes 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. Fedora Linux offers a concise task-based approach to teach you how to use 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/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. Its 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. ISBN 9788184042177
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Pages : 670
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