Red Hat Fedora Core 6 Unleashed

Paul Hudson, Andrew Hudson (Autoren)

Media-Kombination

1128 Seiten

2006
Sams Publishing
978-0-672-32929-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Presents coverage of Fedora Core 6, the Linux distribution developed by the Red Hat-sponsored Fedora Project. This book provides information on installing, using, and administering Fedora. It helps you learn how to set up a desktop workstation or a high-powered server and gives details on Yum, Fedora's desktop and productivity software.

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Red Hat® Fedora™ Core 6 Unleashed presents comprehensive coverage of Fedora Core 6, 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.

 

Red Hat® Fedora™ Core 6 Unleashed 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.

 

For the hardcore Linux enthusiast, there is complete coverage of the X Window system, Linux programming (including Mono), web server administration, and network administration.

 



Install and configure Red Hat’s Fedora Core 6 Linux distribution
Manage Linux services and users
Run a printer server with CUPS
Connect to a local network and the Internet
Set up and administer a web server with Apache
Secure your machine and your network from intruders
Rebuild and install a new Linux kernel
Learn shell scripting
Run other operating systems on Fedora with Xen
Share files with Windows users using Samba
Get productive with OpenOffice.org
Play games on Linux
Use Linux multimedia programs
Use a database with Fedora
Set up a firewall
Watch television on your computer
Set up a DNS server

 

Andrew Hudson is a regular freelance contributor to Linux Format magazine, the UK’s largest Linux magazine. His particular area of expertise is Fedora Core and the Red Hat Enterprise platform.

 

Paul Hudson is a professional developer and full-time journalist for Future Publishing. His articles have appeared in Mac Format, PC Answers, PC Format, PC Plus, and Linux Format.

 

DVD includes



The full Fedora Core 6 binary distribution, packed with the
complete Fedora Core packages
The complete OpenOffice.org office suite
Hundreds of additional programs and utilities

 

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Category: Operating Systems/Linux

Covers: Fedora Core 6 Linux Distribution

User Level: Intermediate–Advanced

 

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Autor

Andrew Hudson is a regular contributor to Linux Format magazine, the UK’s largest Linux magazine. His particular area of expertise is Red Hat—based distributions, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux and The Fedora Project, having worked with the original Red Hat Linux since version 5. Seemingly obsessed with performance, he spends many an evening trying to squeeze more performance out of legacy hardware. Andrew lives in Wiltshire, England, with his wife Bernice and son John. Andrew does not like Emacs. Andrew can be contacted at [e-mail].   Paul Hudsonis a recognized expert in open-source technologies. He is a professional developer and full-time journalist for Future Publishing. His articles have appeared in Mac Format, PC Answers, PC Format, PC Plus, and Linux Format. Paul is passionate about Free Software in all its forms and uses a mix of Linux and BSD to power his desktops and servers. Paul likes Emacs. Paul can be contacted through http://hudzilla.org.    

Inhalt

        Introduction

    Part I    Installation and Configuration

    1    Introducing Fedora

    2    Preparing to Install Fedora

    3    Installing Fedora

    4    Post-Installation Configuration

    5    First Steps with Fedora

    Part II    Desktop Fedora

    6    The X Window System

    7    Managing Software

    8    On the Internet: Surfing the Web, Writing Email, and Reading the News

    9    Productivity Applications

    10    Multimedia Applications

    11    Graphics Manipulation

    12    Printing with Fedora

    13    Games

    Part III    System Administration

    14    Managing Users

    15    Automating Tasks

    16    System Resources

    17    Backing Up, Restoring, and Recovery

    18    Network Connectivity

    19    Remote Access with SSH and Telnet

    20    Xen

    Part IV    Fedora As a Server

    21    Apache Web Server Management

    22    Administering Database Services

    23    File and Print

    24    Remote File Serving with FTP

    25    Handling Electronic Mail

    26    Setting Up a Proxy Server

    27    Managing DNS

    28    LDAP

    29    News Servers

    Part V    Programming Linux

    30    Using Perl

    31    Working with Python

    32    Writing PHP Scripts

    33    C/C++ Programming Tools for Fedora

    34    Mono

    Part VI    Fedora Housekeeping

    35    Securing Your Machines

    36    Performance Tuning

    37    Command Line Masterclass

    38    Advanced yum

    39    Managing the File System

    40    Kernel and Module Management

    Part VII    Appendix

    A    Fedora and Linux Internet Resources

 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.12.2006
• Verlagsort: Indianapolis
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 230 x 178 mm
• Gewicht: 1721 g
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Betriebssysteme / Server ► Unix / Linux
• ISBN-10: 0-672-32929-8 / 0672329298
• ISBN-13: 978-0-672-32929-6 / 9780672329296
• Zustand: Neuware