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Learning Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora

ISBN: 059600589X
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2003
Pages: 115

Authors: Bill McCarty

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• 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
• Appendix B. Principal Linux Files
• Appendix C. Managing the Boot Process
• C.1 Booting Linux
• C.2 Boot Floppies
• C.3 The GRUB Loader
• C.4 Boot Parameters
• Appendix D. Linux Command Quick Reference
• Colophon
• Index
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• index_A
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• index_C
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