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In this massive user's guide, Negus (a systems developer and contributor to Internet World) explains the basic features of Fedora and offers instructions concerning its use, administration, network and server set-up, and its compatibility with new technology. Four companion CD-ROMs provide the software needed for a complete Fedora system.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Book Description
* Offering step-by-step instructions for making Linux installation simple and painless, this valuable resource explains how to take advantage of the desktop interface and use the Linux shell, file system, and text editor
* Covers key system administration skills including setting up users, automating system tasks, backing up and restoring files, and understanding the latest security issues and threats
* Addresses using and customizing the desktop menus, icons, window manager, and xterm and how to create and publish formatted documents with Linux applications
* Features expanded coverage of LDAP, 2.6 Linux Kernel, Security Enhanced Linux, and new multimedia applications including new audio and video offerings
* The accompanying DVD contains the full version of Red Hat Linux, including all binary code packages and source code


From the Back Cover
If Fedora Linux 3 can do it, you can do it too ...

Fedora Core 3 is Red Hat's most solid Fedora to date, including features destined for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. Use Fedora Core 3, with the latest Linux technology, to set up a personal desktop, small business server, or programming workstation. This book will teach you the basics of using Fedora while covering some exciting new features, including Mozilla Firefox Web browser, Thunderbird e-mail client, k3b CD/DVD creator, and Security Enhanced Linux.

Inside, you'll find complete coverage of Fedora Linux 3 Learn to install Fedora using DVD, network, kickstart, or new VNC install types Manage digital cameras, removable storage, CDs, DVDs, and hotpluggable hardware using the new GNOME volume manager Master tools for controlling junk e-mail (Evolution or Mozilla Mail), safely browsing the Web (Mozilla Firefox), and keeping out intruders (iptables firewall and PortSentry) Understand the latest Security Enhanced Linux features for administering highly secure systems Try out the new KDE 3.3, GNOME 2.8, and X.Org desktop features Take advantage of improved hardware support in the updated Linux 2.6 kernel


About the Author
Christopher Negus has been working with UNIX systems, the Internet, and (most recently) Linux systems for more than two decades. During that time, Chris has worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories, UNIX System Laboratories, and Novell, helping to develop the UNIX operating system. Features from many of the UNIX projects Chris worked on at AT&T have found their way into Red Hat, Fedora, and other Linux systems.
Most recently, Chris wrote the book Linux Bible 2005 Edition, and co-authored Linux Troubleshooting Bible and Linux Toys for Wiley Publishing. During the past few years, Chris has written several books on UNIX and the Internet, including Internet Explorer 4 Bible and Netscape Plug-Ins For Dummies for Wiley Publishing. He also co-wrote several books for Que Publishing, including The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Networking (second and third editions) and Using UNIX (second edition). Chris’s other writings include articles for Internet World, NetWare Connection, and Visual Developer magazines.

FROM OUR EDITORS

The Barnes & Noble Review
The Fedora Project has been busy, and the fruits of their labor have just arrived: the state-of-the-art Fedora Core 3. Chris Negus has been equally busy updating his market-leading Fedora/Red Hat Bible. Nearly a quarter million users and sysadmins have depended on this book over the years. Get it, and you￯﾿ﾽll see why.

The RHL Bibles stand out for their focus on real-world tasks, and for their breadth. Inside these pages is all you need to find and run applications, set up a network, connect to the Internet, provide email and other services -- even burn CDs and play networked games. (You￯﾿ﾽll also find the entire Fedora Core Linux 3 distro on DVD. All binaries, and all source code.)

Negus begins from the user￯﾿ﾽs point of view, covering the slick Fedora desktop, both KDE and GNOME￯﾿ﾽ(and of course, the command line); the Linux file system; text editors and other system tools; Internet and web applications, games, and more.

Next, he turns to administration, including Fedora￯﾿ﾽs web-based tools. There￯﾿ﾽs detailed coverage of setting up networks and servers, including Apache 2.x, email with sendmail or postfix; Samba file/print sharing; DHCP and NIS; MySQL; wireless networking; even Mac OS X integration. There￯﾿ﾽs even a chapter on Security Enhanced Linux -- installed by default in FC3, so it￯﾿ﾽs something you need to understand.

New and revamped coverage ranges from Fedora￯﾿ﾽs new multimedia framework for playing music and movies, to improved discussions of Apache web server configuration and LDAP address books. The new content strengthens a book that￯﾿ﾽs already as solid and proven as they come. Bill Camarda, from the January 2005 Read Only

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