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- Learning Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fedora, 4th Edition
- Learning Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fedora, 4th Edition
- Learning Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fedora, 4th Edition
- Copyright
- Preface
- Organization of This Book
- Sources of Information
- Conventions Used in This Book
- How to Contact Us
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Why Run Linux?
- 1.1 Why Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora?
- 1.2 What Is Linux?
- 1.3 Reasons to Choose or Not Choose Linux
- Chapter 2. Preparing to Install Linux
- 2.1 Minimum Hardware Requirements
- 2.2 Collecting Information About Your System
- 2.3 Preparing Your Hard Disk
- Chapter 3. Installing Linux
- 3.1 Installing the Operating System and Applications
- 3.2 Start the Installation
- 3.3 The Firstboot Service
- 3.4 Logging into the Desktop
- 3.5 Getting Help
- Chapter 4. How Linux Works
- 4.1 User Accounts
- 4.2 How Linux Organizes Data
- 4.3 Using X
- Chapter 5. Using the GNOME and KDE Desktops
- 5.1 Using the GNOME Desktop
- 5.2 Using the KDE Desktop
- Chapter 6. Using Linux Applications
- 6.1 OpenOffice.org
- 6.2 Evolution
- 6.3 PilotHandspring Tool
- 6.4 CD Creator
- Chapter 7. Conquering the bash Shell
- 7.1 Issuing Shell Commands
- 7.2 Working with the Linux Command Prompt
- 7.3 Useful Linux Programs
- Chapter 8. Installing Software Using the RPM Package Manager
- 8.1 The Package Management Tool
- 8.2 The redhat-install-packages Command
- 8.3 The rpm Command
- 8.4 Querying the RPM Database
- 8.5 Installing a Package
- 8.6 Uninstalling a Package
- 8.7 Updating a Package
- 8.8 Freshening a Package
- 8.9 Advanced RPM Techniques
- 8.10 Keeping Your Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Up to Date
- 8.11 Keeping Your Fedora Core System Up to Date
- Chapter 9. Configuring and Administering Linux
- 9.1 Configuring Your System by Using the System Settings Menu
- 9.2 Administering Your System by Using the System Tools Menu
- 9.3 Controlling Services by Using the Server Settings Menu
- Chapter 10. Connecting to the Internet
- 10.1 Networking Overview
- 10.2 Configuring an Internet Connection
- 10.3 The Mozilla Web Browser
- 10.4 gFTP FTP Client
- 10.5 Using wvdial
- 10.6 Configuring Linux to Use a Cable or DSL Modem
- Chapter 11. Setting Up Network Services
- 11.1 Configuring Hosts
- 11.2 Samba
- 11.3 Running Apache
- 11.4 The Secure Shell
- 11.5 Implementing a Basic Firewall
- 11.6 Checking Your Security by Using Nmap
- 11.7 Network Security Tips
- Chapter 12. Advanced Shell Usage and Shell Scripts
- 12.1 The Power of the Unix Shell
- 12.2 Filename Globbing
- 12.3 Shell Aliases
- 12.4 Using Virtual Consoles
- 12.5 X and the Shell
- 12.6 Shell Scripts
- 12.7 Understanding Shell Scripts
- Appendix A. Linux Directory Tree
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