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Fedora Unleashed, 2008 Edition presents comprehensive coverage of Fedora 8, the popular Linux distribution developed by the Red Hat-sponsored Fedora Project. This book provides detailed information on installing, using, and administering Fedora. You’ll learn how to set up a desktop workstation or a high-powered server, and you’ll find complete details on Yum, Fedora’s easy-to-use desktop and productivity software. Fedora Unleashed, 2008 Edition covers a wide range of topics, from using the software you need every day for work, such as the OpenOffice.org productivity suite and the Firefox web browser, to configuring your Linux desktop to run smoothly using multiple printers, shell scripts, and more.
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Introduction 1
Part I Installation and Configuration
1 Installing Fedora 9
2 Fedora Quick Start 41
3 Working with GNOME 53
4 Command-Line Quick Start 77
Part II Desktop Fedora
5 On the Internet 105
6 Productivity Applications 125
7 Multimedia 147
8 Printing with Fedora 177
9 Games 191
Part III System Administration
10 Managing Users 203
11 Automating Tasks 231
12 System-Monitoring Tools 259
13 Backing Up 271
14 Networking 297
15 Remote Access with SSH 335
16 Xen 345
Part IV Fedora As a Server
17 Apache Web Server Management 353
18 Administering Database Services 389
19 File and Print 415
20 Remote File Serving with FTP 445
21 Handling Electronic Mail 479
22 Setting Up a Proxy Server 501
23 Managing DNS 511
24 LDAP 551
Part V Programming Linux
25 Using Perl 563
26 Working with Python 579
27 Writing PHP Scripts 599
28 C/C++ Programming Tools for Fedora 629
29 Mono 641
Part VI Fedora Housekeeping
30 Securing Your Machines 655
31 Performance Tuning 669
32 Command-Line Master Class 683
33 Writing and Executing a Shell Script 711
34 Advanced Software Management 737
35 Managing the File System 757
36 Kernel and Module Management 787
Part VII Appendices
A The History of Red Hat and Fedora 813
B Installation Resources 821
C Fedora and Linux Internet Resources 847
Index 859