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New Linux book examines Fedora Core 6
Oct. 24, 2006

O'Reilly published Fedora Linux: A Complete Guide to Red Hat's Community Distribution coincident with the release of Fedora Core 6. Based on the assumption that the best way to learn Linux is to use it, the 655-page book consists of a series of hands-on labs.

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"Each lab identifies a particular problem, need, or challenge," explains author Chris Tyler. "It presents the best solutions to that problem on the Fedora platform -- using both GUI and command-line tools -- and then technology and logic behind the solution. It also discusses related questions and shows the reader where to find additional information."

Referred to by the publishers as "the latest and greatest distribution from the Fedora project," Fedora Core 6 comes hardened out-of-the-box with SELinux, and includes XEN3, the newest KDE and GNOME desktops, a handful of new and rewritten management tools, and much more. More details on Fedora Core 6 are in our coverage of its release

The book is aimed at experienced computer users, regardless of their previous experience with Linux. Covering both desktop and server configurations, it's ideally suited to an administrator or power user migrating to Fedora Linux from another environment, O'Reilly said. It will also appeal to intermediate Fedora users who want to expand their knowledge and understand the system in greater depth, the publisher added.

Readers will learn how to:
  • Install Fedora and perform basic administrative tasks
  • Configure the KDE and GNOME desktops
  • Get power management working on a 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)
  • The tremendous amount of flexibility that Linux gives you to design custom client operating system images
The book is structured into the following sections and chapters:
    Chapter 1. Quick Start: Installing Fedora
    Chapter 2. Using Fedora on Your Desktop
    Chapter 3. Using Fedora on Your Notebook
    Chapter 4. Basic System Management
    Chapter 5. Package Management
    Chapter 6. Storage Administration
    Chapter 7. Network Services
    Chapter 8. Securing Your System
    Chapter 9. The Fedora Community
    Chapter 10. Advanced Installation
Chapter One, "Quick Start: Installing Fedora", is available to read online, here

Summary:
    Title: Fedora Linux: A Complete Guide to Red Hat's Community Distribution
    Author: Chris Tyler
    First Edition: October 2006
    ISBN: 0-596-52682-2
    Pages: 655
    Price: $39.99
Readers anxious to delve into Fedora Core 6's features can purchase the PDF version of the book at half the price of the printed version ($19.99), here.

The book can be purchased online from O'Reilly.com.


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