Red Hat Linux Fedora For Dummies
6th Edition
Published on 10. November 2003
392 pages
978-0-7645-5809-2 (ISBN)
Description
* Shows first-time Linux users how to install and use the latestversion of the world's most popular Linux distribution, RedHat
* Updated to cover the latest features in the Fall 2003 Red Hatrelease
* Gives readers the lowdown on navigating the GNOME graphicaluser interfaces, working with the OpenOffice.org DesktopProductivity Suite, connecting to the Internet with DSL or cable,setting up a firewall, and more, in a friendly, easy-to-understandstyle
* Contains new chapters on using the WINE system to executeWindows applications under Linux and creating a streaming audioserver-plus new coverage of using Mozilla to access e-mailand configuring virtual private networks
* Includes the Red Hat Linux Fedora Publisher's Edition onone DVD
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"...a superb, no-nonsense approach...will delight the newbie..." (Linux User & Developer, April 2004)More details
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Persons
Jon 'maddog' Hall (Amherst, NH) is Executive Director ofLinux International. Mr. Hall is a world-renowned Linux Evangelistand the author of the first two editions of Linux ForDummies as well as other For Dummies books on SuSE andTurboLinux.
Paul G. Sery (Albuquerque, NM) works in the SpecialProjects Group of the Sandia National Laboratories. He assists inthe operation and management of the Computer Science ResearchInstitute Network. He is the author of the Red Hat Linux NetworkToolkit and the co-author of Red Hat Linux InternetServer, TurboLinux For Dummies, and Red Hat Linux inSmall Business.
Content
Introduction.
Part I: Installing Red Hat Linux.
Chapter 1: And in the Opposite Corner . . . a Penguin?
Chapter 2: Getting Ready for Red Hat Linux.
Chapter 3: Ready, Set, Install!
Chapter 4: Getting Red Hat Linux.
Part II: Got Net?
Chapter 5: Dial-Up Modems Still Get the Job Done.
Chapter 6: Broadband Rocks!
Chapter 7: Connect Locally, Communicate Globally: Connecting toa LAN.
Chapter 8: Only You Can Prevent Network Break-Ins.
Part III: Linux, Huh! What Is It Good For? AbsolutelyEverything!
Chapter 9: Gnowing GNOME.
Chapter 10: Gnowing More Applications.
Chapter 11: Surfin' the Net and Groovin' toTunes.
Chapter 12: Live from the Net.
Chapter 13: Going to the Office.
Chapter 14: Days of Wine and 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 Red Hat Linux Repair Man.
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.
Part VI: Appendixes.
Appendix A: Red Hat Linux Administration Utilities.
Appendix B: Discovering Your Hardware.
Appendix C: Filing Your Life Away.
Appendix D: Becoming a Suit: Managing the Red Hat Linux FileSystem.
Appendix E: Revving Up RPM.
Appendix F: About the DVD-ROM.
Index.
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