Fedora® 9 and Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® Bible - Softcover

Negus, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470373628 ISBN 13: 9780470373620

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2008

Synopsis

Master the latest version of Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux with the step–by–step instructions and hands–on advice in Fedora 9 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Bible. Learn key system administration skills like setting users and automating system tasks, understand the latest security issues and threats, and gain confidence with using and customizing the desktop menus, icons, and window manager. Updated every six months to correspond with the latest Fedora release, this book includes an official Fedora 9 LiveCD so that you can practice your knowledge and improve your skills.

Note: CD–ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

About this title

From the Back Cover

More than a quarter of a million copies sold in previous editions!

Fedora leads the competition in cutting–edge Linux technology

With a new KDE desktop, and new file system, security, and wireless features, Fedora is the best way to get the latest in Linux technology. Install, configure, and use Fedora as anything from a desktop to an Internet server. Use this book as a guide to everything from publishing and gaming to setting up powerful Web, file, print, and LDAP servers. Install or boot Fedora from the included DVD and Live CD.

Set up Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux to:

• Navigate your computer with GNOME, KDE, Xfce, or Online Desktops

• Manage and use documents, spreadsheets, presentations, music, and images

• Connect easily to your network with NetworkManager

• Draw from massive online Fedora and third–party software repositories

• Build an Internet server with e–mail, Web, DNS, FTP, and database services

What′s on the DVD and CD–ROM?

• Fedora 9 (8GB) special install DVD

• Fedora 9 KDE desktop live/install CD

• System Requirements: Please see the Preface and Appendix A for details and complete system requirements.

New in Fedora 9:

• KDE 4 desktop

• OpenOffice 2.4

• freeIPA identity manager

• Improved NetworkManager

• Ext4 file system

• Encrypted file systems

• PackageKit software manager

• Firefox 3

Synopsis

Fedora leads the competition in cutting-edge Linux technology. With a new KDE desktop, and new file system, security, and wireless features, Fedora is the best way to get the latest in Linux technology. Install, configure, and use Fedora as anything from a desktop to an Internet server. Use this book as a guide to everything from publishing and gaming to setting up powerful Web, file, print, and LDAP servers. Install or boot Fedora from the included DVD and Live CD.Set up Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux to: navigate your computer with GNOME[registered], KDE[registered], Xfce, or Online Desktops; manage and use documents, spreadsheets, presentations, music, and images; connect easily to your network with NetworkManager; draw from massive online Fedora and third-party software repositories; and, build an Internet server with e-mail, Web, DNS, FTP, and database services. What's on the DVD and CD-ROM? Fedora 9 (8GB) special install DVD Fedora 9 KDE desktop live/install CD. It features KDE 4 desktop OpenOffice 2.4 freeIPA identity manager; improved NetworkManager Ext4 file system; Encrypted file systems; and, packagekit software manager Firefox 3.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0470373628
• ISBN 13: 9780470373620
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1080