Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 1104 pages
- Published by: Wiley May 10, 2006
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0471754919
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0471754916
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Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.4 x 2.5 inches
- Weighs: 3.8 pounds
Product Description
From home desktop to enterprise server, here's all the Linux you need! With Fedora Core 5, you get the latest Linux technology and previews of upcoming Red Hat Enterprise Linux software. Run Fedora Core 5 live (no installation required), install it to hard disk when you're ready, and add hundreds of Fedora Extras packages. Everything comes on the DVD and two CDs included with this book. Use the latest Linux desktop, server, and systems administration features as you learn skills that scale up to professional, commercial-quality Linux systems.
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
From the Inside Flap
Master the GNOME Desktop Learn to use panels, menus, icons, and applets. Set preferences for handling digital cameras, USB flash drives, CDs, DVDs, and other media. Try out dozens of GNOME games and applications.
Master the KDE Desktop Understand how to navigate KDE desktops. Use Konqueror to work with files and folders, and even create an image gallery. Change settings with the KDE control center. Play with KDE tools, players, and games.
Reader ReviewsThis book reflects the amazing progress that the Fedora Linux project has made recently. If you have not used the free Red Hat-sponsored Linux system since the Red Hat Linux days, you may be surprised at how excellent Fedora has become. Red Hat has backed up its support for Fedora by putting many of its world-class developers on the project; not only in Fedora Core, but also in Fedora Extras, Fedora Marketing, and Fedora Live CD projects. Those projects are reaching to the greater Linux community in ways that have really begun paying dividends. As in previous editions, this book takes the reader through a wide range of topics (installation, shell and desktop use, system administration, and more than a dozen network servers). But in this edition, the book also includes features from revitilized Fedora projects outside of Fedora Core. The first CD that comes with the book (an unofficial live CD built with tools from the Fedora Kadischi project) lets you test out Fedora before installing it. The CD may be a bit slow to boot, but gives a good set of Fedora applications to try out. The second CD contains hundreds of Fedora Extras packages (including some nice multimedia tools and wiki software). The DVD with the book is the complete Fedora Core 5 installation DVD. It includes more than 2,200 software packages. I hope you enjoy my book. --Chris Negus