Fedora Linux: A Complete Guide to Red Hat's Community Distribution

Fedora Linux: A Complete Guide to Red Hat's Community Distribution Review

"Neither a "Starting Linux" book nor a dry reference manual, this book has a lot to offer to those coming to Fedora from other operating systems or distros."

-- Behdad Esfahbod, Fedora developer

This book will get you up to speed quickly on Fedora Linux, a securely-designed Linux distribution that includes a massive selection of free software packages. Fedora is hardened out-of-the-box, it's easy to install, and extensively customizable - and this book shows you how to make Fedora work for you.

Fedora Linux: A Complete Guide to Red Hat's Community Distribution will take you deep into essential Fedora tasks and activities by presenting them in easy-to-learn modules. From installation and configuration through advanced topics such as administration, security, and virtualization, this book captures the important details of how Fedora Core works--without the fluff that bogs down other books and help/how-to web sites. Instead, you can learn from a concise task-based approach to using Fedora as both a desktop and server operating system.

In this book, you'll learn how to:

• Install Fedora and perform basic administrative tasks
• Configure the KDE and GNOME desktops
• Get power management working on your notebook computer and hop on a wired or wireless network
• Find, install, and update any of the thousands of packages available for Fedora
• Perform backups, increase reliability with RAID, and manage your disks with logical volumes
• Set up a server with file sharing, DNS, DHCP, email, a Web server, and more
• Work with Fedora's security features including SELinux, PAM, and Access Control Lists (ACLs)

Whether you are running the stable version of Fedora Core or bleeding-edge Rawhide releases, this book has something for every level of user. The modular, lab-based approach not only shows you how things work-but also explains why--and provides you with the answers you need to get up and running with Fedora Linux.

Chris Tyler is a computer consultant and a professor of computer studies at Seneca College in Toronto, Canada where he teaches courses on Linux and X Window System Administration. He has worked on systems ranging from embedded data converters to Multics mainframes.

Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, A (6th Edition)

Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, A (6th Edition) Review

“I have found this book to be a very useful classroom text, as well as a great Linux resource. It teaches Linux using a ground-up approach that gives students the chance to progress with their skills and grow into the Linux world. I have often pointed to this book when asked to recommend a solid Linux reference.”

–Eric Hartwell, Chair, School of Information Technology, ITT Technical Institute

The #1 Fedora and RHEL resource—a tutorial AND on-the-job reference

Master Linux administration and security using GUI-based tools, the command line, and Perl scripts

Set up key Internet servers, step by step, including Samba, Apache, sendmail, DNS, LDAP, FTP, and more

 

Master All the Techniques You Need to Succeed with Fedora™ and Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®

 

In this book, one of the world’s leading Linux experts brings together all the knowledge you need to master Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux and succeed with it in the real world. Best-selling author Mark Sobell explains Linux clearly and effectively, focusing on skills you’ll actually use as a user, programmer, or administrator. Now an even more versatile learning resource, this edition adds skill objectives at the beginning of each chapter.

 

Sobell assumes no prior Linux knowledge. He starts at the beginning and walks you through every topic and task that matters, using easy-to-understand examples. Step by step, you’ll learn how to install and configure Linux from the accompanying DVD, navigate its graphical user interface, provide file/print sharing, configure network servers, secure Linux desktops and networks, work with the command line, administer Linux efficiently, and even automate administration with Perl scripts.

 

Mark Sobell has taught hundreds of thousands of Linux and UNIX professionals. He knows every Linux nook and cranny—and he never forgets what it’s like to be new to Linux. Whatever you want to do with Linux—now or in the future—you’ll find it here.

 

Compared with the other Linux books out there, A Practical Guide to Fedora™ and Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®, Sixth Edition, delivers

• Complete, up-to-the-minute coverage of Fedora 15 and RHEL 6
• State-of-the-art security techniques, including up-to-date firewall setup techniques using system-config-firewall and iptables, and a full chapter on OpenSSH (ssh)
• Coverage of crucial topics such as using su and sudo, and working with the new systemd init daemon
• Comprehensive coverage of the command line and key system GUI tools
• More practical coverage of file sharing using Samba, NFS, and FTP
• Superior coverage of automating administration with Perl
• More usable, realistic coverage of Internet server configuration, including Apache (Web), sendmail, NFSv4, DNS/BIND, and LDAP, plus new coverage of IPv6
• More and better coverage of system/network administration tasks, including network monitoring with Cacti
• Deeper coverage of essential administration tasks—from managing users to CUPS printing, configuring LANs to building a kernel
• Complete instructions on keeping Linux systems up-to-date using yum
• And much more, including a 500+ term glossary and comprehensive indexes 

Includes DVD! Get the full version of the Fedora 15 release!

Fedora Linux Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for Fedora, CentOS and Red Hat Power Users

Fedora Linux Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for Fedora, CentOS and Red Hat Power Users Review

In this handy, compact guide, you’ll explore a ton of powerful Fedora Linux commands while you learn to use Fedora Linux as the experts do: from the command line. Try out more than 1,000 commands to find and get software, monitor system health and security, and access network resources. Then, apply the skills you learn from this book to use and administer desktops and servers running Fedora, CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, or any other Linux distribution.

Fedora Core 7 & Red Hat Enterprise Linux: The Complete Reference

Fedora Core 7 & Red Hat Enterprise Linux: The Complete Reference Review

The Definitive Linux Resource--Fully Updated and Expanded

Get full details on the powerful features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora 7 from this fully revised, one-stop guide. Linux expert Richard Petersen covers all the bases, from configuring your desktop, customizing your system, and accessing software repositories to handling files and directories, managing devices and servers, and sharing system resources.

Inside, you'll get in-depth coverage of Fedora 7's device and network autoconfiguration, IPv6 and .NET support, SE Linux, software repository installs, custom distribution spins, and system administration tools. You'll learn how to deploy sound security measures, configure automatic device detection, set up logical volumes for file management, and create your own Fedora distribution using your favorite software. 

• Install, use, secure, and manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux and the new Fedora 7
• Configure services using Fedora administration tools for network access, software updates, and file management (LVM and GFS2)
• Manage users, services, file systems, hotplug devices, and printers
• Deploy powerful desktop, office, database, graphics, multimedia, e-mail, Web, and FTP applications
• Optimize security with IPsec, SE Linux, Kerberos, and Netfilter 
• Maintain FTP, Web, mail, DNS, proxy, print, news, and database servers
• Administer system resources using GRUB, Yum, HAL, MONO, and udev
• Select, download, and install a Fedora distribution spin
• Auto-configure IPv6, DHCPv6, and DHCP networks
• Access remote files and printers with NFS, GFS2, and SAMBA

Red Hat Linux Fedora For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

Red Hat Linux Fedora For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) Review

• 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

Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, A (5th Edition)

Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, A (5th Edition) Review

Master All the Techniques You Need to Succeed with Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux

• Set up key Internet servers, step by step, including Samba, Apache, sendmail, DNS, FTP, and other Internet servers
• Automate and streamline administration with this edition’s outstanding new chapter on Perl scripting
• Master GUI-based admin tools and the powerful Linux command line (CLI) 

In this book, one of the world’s leading Linux experts brings together all the knowledge you’ll need to succeed with Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux in any real-world environment. Best-selling author Mark Sobell explains Linux clearly and effectively, focusing on skills you’ll actually use as an administrator, user, or programmer.

 

Sobell assumes no prior Linux knowledge. He starts at the beginning and walks you through every topic and task that matters, using easy-to-understand examples. Step by step, you’ll learn how to install and configure Linux from the accompanying DVD, navigate its graphical user interfaces, provide file/print sharing and Internet services, make sure Linux desktops and networks are as secure as possible, work with the powerful command line, administer Linux efficiently, and even automate administration with Perl scripts.

 

Mark Sobell has taught hundreds of thousands of Linux and UNIX professionals. He knows every Linux nook and cranny–and he never forgets what it’s like to be new to Linux. Whatever you’ll want to do with Linux–now or in the future–this book gives you everything you’ll need.

 

Compared with the other Linux books out there, A Practical Guide to Fedora™ and Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®, Fifth Edition, delivers

• Complete, up-to-the-minute coverage of Fedora 12 and RHEL 5
• Deeper coverage of the command line and the newest GUIs, including desktop customization
• More practical coverage of file sharing using Samba, NFS, and FTP
• More and better coverage of automating administration with Perl
• More usable, realistic coverage of Internet server configuration, including Apache, sendmail, NFS, DNS/BIND, and LDAP
• More state-of-the-art security techniques, including SELinux (Security Enhanced Linux), ACLs (Access Control Lists), firewall setup using both the Red Hat GUI and iptables, and a full chapter on OpenSSH
• More and better coverage of system/network administration tasks, including new coverage of network monitoring with Cacti
• Complete instructions on keeping Linux systems up-to-date using yum
• And much more, including a 500+ term glossary and a comprehensive index  

Includes DVD! Get the full version of the Fedora 12 release!

Sams Teach Yourself Red Hat Linux Fedora in 24 Hours

Sams Teach Yourself Red Hat Linux Fedora in 24 Hours Review

Linux is an operating system, based on Unix, that has become a viable desktop system for many users, especially those involved with system and network administration.

This book covers all the most important topics for the reader who wants to get Linux up and running and to become productive with the operating system as quickly as possible. The book covers topics such as installing, setting up, and negotiating the new desktop environment, and also includes:

• An explanation of what is happening behind the scenes - the reader learns how the system works as well as what to do, in simple, layman's language.
• Special attention to new features of the latest release, especially tools that make tasks that used to be difficult easier.
• Instruction on troubleshooting practices and debugging tools.
• A comprehensive list of all major places to get Linux support and answers.

Learning Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora

Learning Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora Review

The GNU/Linux® success story is well known. Firmly established as a high-performance operating system, its worldwide installations are increasing at phenomenal rates. Much of this success has been on the server side, but more and more PC users are turning to Linux on the desktop, as well.

For those grounded in Microsoft Windows® or Apple Macintosh® graphical interfaces, the first look at a powerful Unix-style operating system can be daunting. This book provides a clear, no-nonsense introduction to the popular Red Hat® distribution of Linux. It takes you through installation and shows you the key parts of the system, always with an eye toward what can go wrong and what you need to know to get over the humps.

Linux is known as a secure environment and a good platform to run a web server. These topics are among the many covered in this book. But did you know you can also burn CDs, sync a PalmPilot™, and edit slideshow presentations with powerful tools on Linux? Those topics are covered here, too.

Red Hat currently provides two distributions, both documented in this book. The first is their commercial, subscription-based product, called Red Hat Enterprise Linux and also available through retail channels as Red Hat Professional Workstation. The second is the freely distributed Fedora distribution. The Publisher's Edition of Fedora is included in this book on two disks.

New in this edition are installation instructions for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora, package updating for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora, information on the GRUB bootloader, and the CUPS printer system.

Learning Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora tells you how to:

• Prepare your system for installing Linux
• Install and configure Linux and the two popular desktop environments, GNOME and KDE.
• Run the most popular productivity tools on Linux: mailers, web browsers, OpenOffice, and Evolution.
• Obtain and set up software through the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM)
• Set up a Linux system for networking, either on your local area network (LAN), or via a dialup connection to the Internet.
• Use the system-administration tools included with Red Hat, GNOME, and KDE, including such valuable utilities as Samba file-sharing and the Apache web server.
• Understand and write shell scripts so you can peek under the hood and extend the power of Linux.

Red Hat Linux Fedora Unleashed

Red Hat Linux Fedora Unleashed Review

Play a part in the future of Red Hat and Linux by learning how to push Fedora Core 2 to its full potential. Red Hat Linux Fedora Unleashed: Installing, Configuring, and Managing Fedora Core 2 is the most trusted, most comprehensive Fedora Core 2 guide on the market. Find out the latest information on the open-community program's installation, configuration, system administration, server operations and security features, as well as up-to-date coverage of new applications, peripherals and programming languages. Also included is a DVD that contains the full Fedora Core 2 distribution with complete source code for your use. Help create tomorrow's programs today!

Fedora 8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Bible

Fedora 8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Bible Review

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

Freedom is a feature

With Fedora's new Online Desktop, you are free to shape your desktop environment to include the services, applications, and online friends you desire. As always, Fedora's total dedication to freedom lets you draw on thousands of free software packages to create the exact desktop or server computer you need.

Fedora puts together the software (provided here on CD and DVD). This book acts as a guide to everything from playing music and writing documents to configuring many powerful Web, file, print, DHCP, and database servers.

Customize Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux to:

• Explore your computer or the Internet from GNOME®, KDE®, or Online Desktops

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

• Try the new advanced PulseAudio sound server

• Draw from online software repositories with Package Manager and Package Updater

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

• Secure your computer with firewalls, password protection, and SELinux

• Try out cutting-edge Fedora 8 features:

• Use Codeina to get legal software to play MP3, Windows media, and other audio/video formats

• Organize photos, music, friends, docs, and Web favorites in the new experimental Online Desktop

• Explore the latest in KVM and QEMU virtualization and AIGLX 3D-desktop

What's on the DVD and CD-ROM?

• Install Fedora 8 (8GB) from DVD
• Boot Fedora 8 GNOME Live CD, and then install its contents to your hard drive

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

Open for more!

• Check out the new Online Desktop

• Find ten cool things to do with Fedora

• Run a Fedora 8 quick install

Add pop and power with Online Desktop and 3D acceleration
Organizing the people, places, and things you need on your desktop is now easier with the new GNOME Online Desktop. Get organized, then pile on some bling with 3D-accelerated desktop effects.

Put friends, photos, and fun on your new Online Desktop
Your favorite people and your online favorites are totally accessible from the new GNOME Online Desktop.

Play with 3D desktop animations
Continued improvements in 3D software let you rotate workspaces on a 3D cube, choose 3D minimize effects, and set 3D wobble effects.

Fedora 7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Bible

Fedora 7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Bible Review

For a home desktop or a business server, here's all the Linux you need

Fedora 7 contains thousands of the latest Linux software projects. The Fedora 7 merge of Fedora Core and Extras software on our special DVD means that you get the most complete Fedora installation set available. The included Fedora 7 desktop live CD can be run live, and then installed to your hard disk. In all, you get the latest Linux desktop, server, and systems administration software and instruction, so you can learn skills that scale up to professional, commercial-quality Linux systems.

Configure Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux to:

* Explore your computer or the Internet from GNOME(r) and KDE(r) desktops
*

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

Draw from online software repositories with Package Manager and Package Updater
*

Build an Internet server with e-mail, Web, DNS, FTP, and database services
*

Secure your computer with firewalls, password protection, and SELinux

Try out cutting edge Fedora 7 features:

* Boot up the first official Fedora 7 desktop live CD to try before you install
*

Play with the latest 3D-desktop technology with AIGLX and Compiz
*

Run virtualized versions of Fedora on your desktop, using KVM and QEMU

What's on the DVD and CD-ROM?

* Install complete Fedora 7 (8GB) from DVD
*

Boot Fedora 7 desktop live CD, and then install its contents to your hard drive

Open for more!

* Play with 3D animation and applets on the desktop
*

Find ten cool things to do with Fedora
*

Run a Fedora 7 quick install

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

Engage 3D acceleration and play with desktop applets

Navigating your Fedora desktop has more bling when you enable 3D-hardware acceleration with AIGLX and the Compiz window manager. Adding desktop applets can bring more fun and function to your Fedora desktop as well.

Play with 3D desktop animations

Experimental 3D software lets you rotate workspaces on a 3D cube, choose 3D minimalize effects, and set 3D fade effects.

Add fun and function to the desktop

Use personalized applets, backgrounds, themes, and icons to turn your Fedora desktop into a workspace that is all your own.

Fedora 10 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Bible

Fedora 10 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Bible Review

As a market-leading, free, open-source Linux operating system (OS), Fedora 10 is implemented in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and serves as an excellent OS for those who want more frequent updates. Bestselling author Christopher Negus offers an ideal companion resource for both new and advanced Linux users. He presents clear, thorough instructions so you can learn how to make Linux installation simple and painless, take advantage of the desktop interface, and use the Linux shell, file system, and text editor. He also describes key system administration skills, including setting up users, automating system tasks, backing up and restoring files, and understanding the latest security issues and threats. Included is both a DVD distribution of Fedora Linux 10 and a bootable Fedora LiveCD.

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

Red Hat Linux Bible: Fedora and Enterprise Edition

Red Hat Linux Bible: Fedora and Enterprise Edition Review

* The latest edition of the top-selling guide to Red Hat Linux
* Provides all the information needed to master the latest version of Red Hat Linux, covering desktop and server basics for Linux newbies as well as advanced techniques and all the latest bells and whistles for Red Hat veterans
* Includes step-by-step instructions that make installation simple and painless
* Explains how to take advantage of the new desktop interface; use the Linux shell, file system, and text editor; automate system tasks; and back-up and restore files
* Features new to this edition include expanded coverage of using Red Hat Linux with Mac OS X, managing and manipulating file systems and disk tuning, system rescue advice, and details on using VmWare and VNC (virtual network computing)
* This is the only book on the market that contains Red Hat's three CD-ROM distribution

Red Hat Linux Fedora All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies

Red Hat Linux Fedora All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies Review

• Completely updated for the newest release of Red Hat Linux, with nine stand-alone, task-oriented minibooks that enable readers to understand all aspects of the Red Hat Linux operating system
• Includes a new minibook on the OpenOffice.org Desktop Productivity Suite; a new chapter on wireless Ethernet local area networks (LANs); new material on USB devices; and enhanced information on accessing databases, working with graphics and images, and using Linux multimedia tools
• Written in the friendly, easy-to-understand For Dummies style, the book offers nearly 900 pages of coverage on basic to advanced Red Hat Linux topics, making it the perfect desktop reference to help readers find quick answers or learn how to perform a particular task
• Includes a DVD that contains all of the CD-ROMs that make up the full Fedora Core distribution, including the source code.

Red Hat Linux Fedora For Dummies

Red Hat Linux Fedora For Dummies Review

• 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