<DIV><p><i>"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."<br></i></p><p>-- Behdad Esfahbod, Fedora developer<br><br></p><p>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.</p><p><i>Fedora Linux: A Complete Guide to Red Hat's Community Distribution</i> 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.</p><p>In this book, you'll learn how to:</p><ul><li>Install Fedora and perform basic administrative tasks</li> <li>Configure the KDE and GNOME desktops</li> <li>Get power management working on your notebook computer and hop on a wired or wireless network</li> <li>Find, install, and update any of the thousands of packages available for Fedora</li> <li>Perform backups, increase reliability with RAID, and manage your disks with logical volumes</li> <li>Set up a server with file sharing, DNS, DHCP, email, a Web server, and more</li> <li>Work with Fedora's security features including SELinux, PAM, and Access Control Lists (ACLs)</li></ul><p>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.</p><p> <b>Chris Tyler</b> 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.</p></div>