Red Hat Linux Fedora for Dummies

Red Hat Linux Fedora for Dummies
by Jon ‘maddog’ Hall , Paul G. Sery

• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; Pap/DVD edition (December 26, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076454232X
• ISBN-13: 978-0764542329

Book Description

* Shows first-time Linux users how to install and use the latest version of the world’s most popular Linux distribution, Red Hat
* Updated to cover the latest features in the Fall 2003 Red Hat release
* Gives readers the lowdown on navigating the GNOME graphical user interfaces, working with the OpenOffice.org Desktop Productivity Suite, connecting to the Internet with DSL or cable, setting up a firewall, and more, in a friendly, easy-to-understand style
* Contains new chapters on using the WINE system to execute Windows applications under Linux and creating a streaming audio server–plus new coverage of using Mozilla to access e-mail and configuring virtual private networks
* Includes the Red Hat Linux Fedora Publisher’s Edition on one DVD

Book Info
Guide to Red Hat’s new Fedora Project, with the full distribution and source code on the enclosed DVD. Softcover.

From the Back Cover
Install Fedora Core from the companion DVD and set up your workstation

Configure broadband Internet connections, work with OpenOffice.org, and more

Red Hat has merged its flagship Red Hat Linux product with the Fedora Project to create the Fedora Core distribution. This handy guide helps you work with Fedora. It walks you through installing and configuring the operating system, getting online, building a firewall, using Windows® applications with Wine, tuning in to streaming multimedia with MPlayer®, and even creating your own secure, private network.

All this on the bonus DVD

* Full Fedora Core distribution, including source code, on DVD

Discover how to:

* Get online with cable, DSL, or dial-up modems
* Manage e-mail with MozillaTM and EvolutionTM
* Troubleshoot a network
* Partition and defragment hard drives
* Use the GNOMETM desktop environment
* Work with OpenOffice.org

About the Author
Jon ‘maddog’ Hall (Amherst, NH) is Executive Director of Linux International. Mr. Hall is a world-renowned Linux Evangelist and the author of the first two editions of Linux For Dummies as well as other For Dummies books on SuSE and TurboLinux.

Paul G. Sery (Albuquerque, NM) works in the Special Projects Group of the Sandia National Laboratories. He assists in the operation and management of the Computer Science Research Institute Network. He is the author of the Red Hat Linux Network Toolkit and the co-author of Red Hat Linux Internet Server, TurboLinux For Dummies, and Red Hat Linux in Small Business.

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