Learning Red Hat Enterprise Linux & Fedora, 4th Edition

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by: Bill McCarty

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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. The Publisher's Edition of Fedora is included in this book on two CDs.

          Full Description

The GNU/Linuxr 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 Macintoshr 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 Hatr 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 PalmPilotT, 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.

Table of Contents

Preface

  1. Why Run Linux?

          Why Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora?

          What Is Linux?

          Reasons to Choose or Not Choose Linux

  2. Preparing to Install Linux

          Minimum Hardware Requirements

          Collecting Information About Your System

          Preparing Your Hard Disk

  3. Installing Linux

          Installing the Operating System and Applications

          Start the Installation

          The Firstboot Service

          Logging into the Desktop

          Getting Help

  4. How Linux Works

          User Accounts

          How Linux Organizes Data

          Using X

  5. Using the GNOME and KDE Desktops

          Using the GNOME Desktop

          Using the KDE Desktop

  6. Using Linux Applications

          OpenOffice.org

          Evolution

          Pilot/Handspring Tool

          CD Creator

  7. Conquering the bash Shell

          Issuing Shell Commands

          Working with the Linux Command Prompt

          Useful Linux Programs

  8. Installing Software Using the RPM Package Manager

          The Package Management Tool

          The redhat-install-packages Command

          The rpm Command

          Querying the RPM Database

          Installing a Package

          Uninstalling a Package

          Updating a Package

          Freshening a Package

          Advanced RPM Techniques

          Keeping Your Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Up to Date

          Keeping Your Fedora Core System Up to Date

  9. Configuring and Administering Linux

          Configuring Your System by Using the System Settings Menu

          Administering Your System by Using the System Tools Menu

          Controlling Services by Using the Server Settings Menu

  10. Connecting to the Internet

          Networking Overview

          Configuring an Internet Connection

          The Mozilla Web Browser

          gFTP FTP Client

          Using wvdial

          Configuring Linux to Use a Cable or DSL Modem

  11. Setting Up Network Services

          Configuring Hosts

          Samba

          Running Apache

          The Secure Shell

          Implementing a Basic Firewall

          Checking Your Security by Using Nmap

          Network Security Tips

  12. Advanced Shell Usage and Shell Scripts

          The Power of the Unix Shell

          Filename Globbing

          Shell Aliases

          Using Virtual Consoles

          X and the Shell

          Shell Scripts

          Understanding Shell Scripts

  A. Linux Directory Tree

  B. Principal Linux Files

  C. Managing the Boot Process

  D. Linux Command Quick Reference

  Index