Red Hat Fedora Linux 2 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies
Published on 15. July 2004
888 pages
978-0-7645-7752-9 (ISBN)
Description
* This essential reference organizes material into a set of ninestand-alone, task-oriented minibooks that enable readers tounderstand all aspects of the Fedora OS, the latest release of themost popular Linux distribution
* Each minibook covers a different aspect of Fedora, such asgetting users started with Fedora, the various workstations andapplications, OpenOffice.org, networking, system administration,security, running Internet servers on a Fedora system, andprogramming
* More experienced readers can use this desktop reference to lookup how to perform specific tasks, such as hooking up to theInternet, using a cable modem, or reading e-mail
* Includes the full Fedora Core distribution with source code onDVD and all of the CD content that comes with Fedora, savingreaders hours of download time
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Red Hat Fedora Linux 2 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies
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Naba Barkakati is an electrical engineer and a successfulcomputer-book author who has experience in a wide variety ofsystems, ranging from MS-DOS and Windows to UNIX and Linux. Hebought his first personal computer -- an IBM PC-AT -- in1984 after graduating with a PhD in electrical engineering from theUniversity of Maryland at College Park. While pursuing a full-timecareer in engineering, Naba dreamed of writing software for theemerging PC software market. As luck would have it, instead ofbuilding a software empire like Microsoft, he ended up writingsuccessful computer books. Currently, Naba is a Senior LevelTechnologist at the Center for Technology and Engineering in theU.S. General Accounting Office.
Over the past 15 years, Naba has written over 25 computer books ona number of topics ranging from Windows programming with C++ toLinux. He has authored several bestselling titles, such as TheWaite Group's Turbo C++ Bible, Object-OrientedProgramming in C++, X Window System Programming,Visual C++ Developer's Guide, Borland C++ 4Developer's Guide, and Linux Secrets. His bookshave been translated into many languages, including Spanish,French, Polish, Greek, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.Naba's most recent book is Red Hat Linux 9 ProfessionalSecrets, also published by Wiley.
Content
Introduction.
Book I: Fedora Basics.
Chapter 1: Introducing Fedora Core.
Chapter 2: Installing Fedora Core.
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting and Configuring Fedora Core.
Chapter 4: Trying Out Fedora Core.
Chapter 5: Cool Fedora Core Install Projects.
Book II: Workstations and Applications.
Chapter 1: Exploring the GUI Desktops.
Chapter 2: Learning the Shell.
Chapter 3: Navigating the Linux File System.
Chapter 4: Exploring Fedora Core Applications.
Chapter 5: Using Text Editors.
Book III: OpenOffice.org.
Chapter 1: Writing with OpenOffice.org Writer.
Chapter 2: Preparing Spreadsheets with OpenOffice.org Calc.
Chapter 3: Making Presentations with OpenOffice.org Impress.
Chapter 4: Drawing with OpenOffice.org Draw.
Book IV: Networking.
Chapter 1: Connecting to the Internet.
Chapter 2: Setting Up a Local Area Network.
Chapter 3: Adding a Wireless Ethernet LAN.
Chapter 4: Managing the Network.
Chapter 5: Cool Networking Projects.
Book V: Internet.
Chapter 1: Exchanging E-Mail and Instant Messages.
Chapter 2: Using the Web.
Chapter 3: Reading Newsgroups.
Chapter 4: Transferring Files with FTP.
Book VI: Administration.
Chapter 1: Performing Basic System Administration.
Chapter 2: Managing Users.
Chapter 3: Managing the File System.
Chapter 4: Managing Applications.
Chapter 5: Managing Devices and Printers.
Chapter 6: Upgrading and Customizing the Kernel.
Book VII: Security.
Chapter 1: Understanding Network and Host Security.
Chapter 2: Securing the Host.
Chapter 3: Securing the Network.
Chapter 4: Performing Security Audits.
Book VIII: Internet Servers.
Chapter 1: Managing the Servers.
Chapter 2: Running the Apache Web Server.
Chapter 3: Setting Up the FTP Server.
Chapter 4: Serving Up Mail and News.
Chapter 5: Setting Up DNS.
Chapter 6: Running Samba and NFS.
Book IX: Programming.
Chapter 1: Fedora Core Programming Essentials.
Chapter 2: Programming in C.
Chapter 3: Writing Shell Scripts.
Chapter 4: Programming in Perl.
Appendix: About the DVD.
Index.
