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Chapter 2: Installing Fedora

Figure 2-1:   Change software packages after Fedora installation using the Package Management window.

Figure 2-2:   Partition your disk during installation from the Disk Setup window.

Chapter 3: Getting Started with the Desktop

Figure 3-1: A graphical login screen greets Fedora desktop users.

Figure 3-2: After login, Fedora starts you off with a GNOME desktop by default.

Figure 3-3: Select a color or picture for your desktop background.

Figure 3-4: Change the default Bluecurve theme.

Figure 3-5: Launch popular desktop applications with one click.

Figure 3-6: A drawer is a great way to contain personal utilities and launchers.

Figure 3-7: In the GNOME desktop environment, you can manage applications from the panels.

Figure 3-8: Left-click any open spot on the GNOME Panel to see the Panel menu.

Figure 3-9: Applets let you monitor activities, play CDs, watch your mail, or check the weather.

Figure 3-10: Add launchers or applets to a drawer on your GNOME panel.

Figure 3-11:   Move around the file system, open directories, launch applications, and open Samba folders.

Figure 3-12:   Display shared Windows file and printer servers (SMB) in Nautilus.

Figure 3-13:   Change the look-and-feel of your desktop from the Preferences window.

Figure 3-14: Choose which removable drives and media are mounted and played.

Figure 3-15: Manage files and applications graphically with the KDE desktop.

Figure 3-16: Konqueror provides a network-ready tool for managing files.

Figure 3-17: Search for files and folders from the kfind window.

Figure 3-18: Create an image gallery in Konqueror

Figure 3-19: Configure your desktop from the KDE Control Center.

Figure 3-20: Use the Display Settings window to configure basic desktop, video card, and monitor settings.

Chapter 4: Using Linux Commands

Figure 4-1: The Linux file system is organized as a hierarchy of directories.

Chapter 5: Accessing and Running Applications

Figure 5-1: Starting X applications from the Red Hat Menu.

Figure 5-2: Select a program to run from the list in the Run Application window.

Figure 5-3: Running Paint in Red Hat Linux using WINE.

Chapter 6: Publishing with Fedora

Figure 6-1: Work with Microsoft Word documents in OpenOffice.org Writer.

Figure 6-2: The KOffice Workspace lets you work with multiple KDE office applications at once.

Figure 6-3: Simple markup is required to create man pages.

Figure 6-4: Man page formatting adds headers and lays out the page of text.

Figure 6-5: Create a simple letter using mm macros.

Figure 6-6: Add headings and approval lines automatically to memos.

Figure 6-7: Produce equations in documents with the use of the eqn command’s .EQ and .EN macros.

Figure 6-8: Set how text is justified and put in columns with the use of the tbl command’s .TS and .TE macros.

Figure 6-9: Create simple flow diagrams with the pic command’s .PS and .PE macros.

Figure 6-10: Create LaTeX documents graphically with the LyX editor.

Figure 6-11: The DocBook file is output in HTML with the db2html command.

Figure 6-12: Display PDF files in the Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Figure 6-13: GIMP is a powerful tool for graphic manipulation.

Figure 6-14: Grab a picture of your desktop or selected window with Screen Capture.

Figure 6-15: Edit bitmap images with KPaint.

Chapter 7: Playing Games with Fedora

Figure 7-1: In the xboard window, you can set xgame to either play against the computer or to replay saved games.

Figure 7-2: Play Freeciv to build civilizations and compete against others.

Figure 7-3: Choose a nation to begin Freeciv.

Figure 7-4: Quake III Arena is a popular first-person shooter game that runs in Linux.

Figure 7-5: Return to Castle Wolfenstein combines strange creatures and WWII battles.

Figure 7-6: Use the Point2Play window to check computer hardware for Cedega gaming.

Figure 7-7: Civilization: Call to Power features excellent graphics and network play.

Figure 7-8: Use warriors, archers, and dwarves to battle in Myth II.

Chapter 8: Multimedia in Fedora

Figure 8-1:   The Audio Devices (system-config-soundcard) window detects your sound card.

Figure 8-2: Play CDs and store artist, title, and track information with gnome-cd.

Figure 8-3: Defining where you store your music.

Figure 8-4: Viewing a music library with Rhythmbox.

Figure 8-5: Rhythmbox playing Internet radio.

Figure 8-6: Play Ogg Vorbis and other audio files from the XMMS playlist.

Figure 8-7: Connect to ILS servers to video-conference with GnomeMeeting.

Figure 8-8: Play video CDs, MP3s, QuickTime, and other video formats with xine.

Figure 8-9: Download images from digital cameras with the gThumb image viewer.

Figure 8-10: Master and burn CDs and DVDs using the K3b window.

Figure 8-11: Rip and play songs from the Grip window.

Figure 8-12: Generate CD jewel case labels with cdlabelgen and print them with ggv.

Chapter 9: Tools for Using the Internet and the Web

Figure 9-1: Many Web pages contain text, images, headings, and links.

Figure 9-2: Mozilla is the open-source Web browser based on Netscape source code.

Figure 9-3: Change settings for navigating the Web from Mozilla’s Preferences window.

Figure 9-4: Display information about a Web page by selecting Page Info.

Figure 9-5: Firefox makes it easy to search, do tabbed browsing, and get plugins in a secure way

Figure 9-6: Evolution can be used to manage your mail, appointments, and tasks.

Figure 9-7:   Manage your e-mail from the Mozilla Mail window.

Figure 9-8: Thunderbird is an efficient e-mail client that includes advanced junkmail and message filtering.

Figure 9-9: Access your AOL Instant Messaging using Gaim.

Figure 9-10: View local and remote files simultaneously from the gFTP window.

Chapter 10: Understanding System Administration

Figure 10-1: Enter the root password to open system administration windows from a regular user’s GUI.

Figure 10-2: Choose an NTP server or set date and time in the Date/Time Properties window.

Figure 10-3: Show log files of activities from system boot, FTP, mail, news, and other services.

Figure 10-4: Join multiple RAID partitions to form a single RAID device.

Figure 10-5: System Monitor graphically displays your system’s CPU and memory usage.

Figure 10-6: Running processes appear in CPU usage order by default in the top window.

Figure 10-7: View battery status and change preferences with the Battery Charge Monitor.

Figure 10-8: The Red Hat Network alert notification tool appears as a round icon on your desktop panel.

Chapter 11: Setting Up and Supporting Users

Figure 11-1: Manage users from the User Manager window.

Figure 11-2: The Create New User window

Figure 11-3: Choose Properties to modify an existing user account.

Chapter 12: Automating System Tasks

Figure 12-1: Reorganize, add, and remove run-level scripts from the Service Configuration window.

Chapter 14: Computer Security Issues

Figure 14-1:   Using iptables as a firewall between the Internet and a LAN.

Figure 14-2:   Display system log files in the System Logs window.

Figure 14-3:   A pop-up window alerts you when a site is not authenticated.

Chapter 15: Setting Up a Local Area Network

Figure 15-1:   In a star topology, machines on the network connect to a central hub.

Figure 15-2:   A bus topology chains computers together without using a hub.

Figure 15-3: Wireless LANs can communicate as peers by broadcasting data.

Figure 15-4: Wireless communication can go through an access point.

Figure 15-5:   A star topology's twisted-pair cables have RJ-45 connectors (similar to telephone- cable connectors).

Figure 15-6:   Configure your LAN interface using the Network Configuration window.

Figure 15-7:   Add hosts to /etc/hosts using the Network Configuration window.

Figure 15-8:   Configure TCP/IP on Windows XP for your Ethernet LAN.

Figure 15-9: The distance of obstructive objects from the wireless signal is called the clearance.

Figure 15-10:   Add a wireless interface using the Network Configuration window.

Figure 15-11:   Configure your Ethernet card for TCP/IP during installation.

Chapter 16: Connecting to the Internet

Figure 16-1:   The Internet Configuration Wizard helps you set up a PPP Internet connection.

Figure 16-2:   The Preferences window identifies proxy servers and port numbers in Mozilla.

Figure 16-3:   The Local Area Network Settings window lets you add proxies to Internet Options in Internet Explorer.

Chapter 17: Setting Up a Print Server

Figure 17-1:   Add printers connected locally or remotely with the Printer configuration window.

Figure 17-2:   CUPS enables Web-based administration via port 631.

Figure 17-3:   Temporarily stop printing or print test pages from the Printers page.

Figure 17-4:   Find and display your Samba printer from Find: Computer.

Chapter 18: Setting Up a File Server

Figure 18-1: NFS can make selected file systems available to other computers.

Figure 18-2: Identify a directory to share and access permissions with the NFS Server Configuration window.

Figure 18-3: Define the workgroup and description for your Samba server.

Figure 18-4: Fill in Security information for your Samba server.

Figure 18-5: Use SWAT from your browser to manage your Samba configuration.

Figure 18-6: View your Linux Samba server from the Network Neighborhood window.

Chapter 19: Setting Up a Mail Server

Figure 19-1:   Add a logo to SquirrelMail and let users login from the Web to get mail.

Figure 19-2:   Manage your mail from multiple folders in SquirrelMail.

Figure 19-3:   Create multiple mailing lists in mailman.

Chapter 21: Setting Up a Web Server

Figure 21-1: Appearance of the Test Page indicates that the Apache installation succeeded.

Figure 21-2:   Change how directories are displayed from Apache using IndexOptions.

Figure 21-3: The server-info page displays server and module information.

Figure 21-4: The Apache server-status page displays general Apache information and reports on individual server process activities.

Figure 21-5: Webalizer displays Web data in chart and column formats.

Chapter 22: Setting Up an LDAP Address Book Server

Figure 22-1: Enter information about your LDAP directory server to search for addresses from Mozilla Mail.

Figure 22-2: Search an LDAP address book directory by name, e-mail address, or other information.

Chapter 25: Making Servers Public with DNS

Figure 25-1: The sample yourdomain.com DNS server has a combination of public servers and private client computers.

Chapter 26: Using Linux Servers from a Mac

Figure 26-1:   Configure your Mac OS X network interface to connect to Linux servers.

Figure 26-2:   In Mac OS X, see Samba and AppleTalk shares from the Connect to Server window.

Figure 26-3:   Select authentication options when you connect to your AppleTalk (netatalk) server.

Figure 26-4:   After requesting a Samba share, you must authenticate to the server.

Figure 26-5: Connect to an NFS server from the Connect to Server window.

Chapter 28: Implementing Security Enhanced Linux

Figure 28-1:   Change SELinux policy settings using the Security Level Configuration window.

Figure 28-2:   View messages related to SELinux activity in the seAudit window.

Figure 28-3:   Change and rebuild SELinux policies from the SePCuT window.

Appendix C: Running Network Services

Figure C-1: Change your default mail-transport agent with system-switch-mail.