- Paperback: 280 pages
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd.; 2003 edition (Dec 19 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0764558366
- ISBN-13: 978-0764558368
- Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 18.5 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 458 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,094,943 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
Under the guidance of Linux guru Nick Petreley, this book demystifies the most powerful features of Fedora, making them easy for novices and experts alike. As a special edition of the official Red Hat user documentation with complete beginning-level coverage it is tailored for the new and upgrading users of Fedora, Red Hat's newest user software. It cuts through technical jargon with a concise friendly approach offering invaluable insider tips that enables the user to get up and running with Fedora. The reader quickly becomes productive with dozens of popular applications included in the feature-packed Linux distribution. The book includes a step-by-step guide for users to: use and customize the friendly graphical Bluecurve desktop; get online with instant messaging, email and a favorite browser; create personal audio and data CD-ROMs; and get started with the OpenOffice office productivity suite. It includes essential security tips every Fedora user should know and all the basic configuration details for networks, firewalls, users and printers. Online content for the book will be available from Wiley and Red Hats websites and will include: complete installation advice with tables of every single option listed in the installation program, using Fedora on laptops, updating and adding RPM packages, using the Red Hat Linux file system, manipulating images with GIMP, using the X Window system, the boot process, and much more. The two CD Fedora distribution is a fully functioning installation of the latest user software.
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Red Hat and the Linux community have done the work you just install Fedora Red Hat has collected everything you need to install and configure Fedora and start participating in this brand-new, community-driven project. Theres no downloading, no looking for documentation, no wondering. Instead, you get official information from the experts at Red Hat, installation and troubleshooting advice, dozens of applications, security tips, and more, along with the exclusive Fedora distribution on two CD-ROMs. Fedora makes it easy for you to Customize the friendly graphical Bluecurve desktop Install a browser, get online, and use email and instant messaging Create personal audio and data CD-ROMs Start using the OpenOffice.org desktop tools Configure networks, firewalls, and printers Set up appropriate security Access and use shell prompts and manage users Contribute to the Fedora open source project Economical! The Fedora distribution on CD-ROM, plus detailed installation and configuration instructions, troubleshooting help, and moreat one extremely low price! Loaded! Feature-packed two-CD distribution includes Bluecurve desktop, instant messaging, email and browser applications, OpenOffice.org desktop productivity suite, and dozens more tools.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
An OK book for the beginner,
By Gabriel Burdeti (Deux-Montagnes, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Official Fedora Companion: Your Guide to the Fedora Project (Paperback)
As mentionned, this book is not very technical. It will not teach you many bash commands. It makes you rely more on Linux's graphical interface which is OK I guess. I got myself Linux pocket guide by Daniel Barrett which is a far more technical book that really exposes the true nature of Linux : commands on a terminal, shell scripting. But I can say that Official Fedora Companion will appeal to the common people who only use Windows and are just curious about trying Linux. I regret buying this book because I didn't find the information I wanted in it.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A deal,
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This review is from: Official Fedora Companion: Your Guide to the Fedora Project (Paperback)
I've played with several Linux distros in my quest for an operating system that works and might replace Windows. Fedora installed quickly and effortlessly, booted right up and has been enormously fun to play with. It has a good look and feel, it's loaded with features and seems to be rock stable. I like it much better than Mandrake, which I'd previously been using. I've never surfed the web so quickly either. It is a full featured OS and applications suite for under $20 and an incredible deal. That said, it never did recognize the two wireless cards I tried to use so I had to move my whole machine to someplace I could plug into my cable modem. Wireless networking seems to be a big issue. Also there is the larger question of when Linux is going to be ready for the average computer user. I'm willing to put up with Linux oddness and complexity because I like to play with it. Most users aren't and they don't want to deal with root passwords and the like. For all of their faults, and they are legion, Microsoft's products are geared to the consumer who just wants to turn on the machine and go. Fedora approaches that better than any other Linux distro I've seen but the OS still has a very long way to go before it's anything other than a sideshow in the consumer market. The book also leaves a lot of areas untouched although it does refer you to other sources of information. Despite these reservations, it's a great package for someone who wants to explore open source and I highly recommend it. Again, it's a complete desktop system and a manual for a very, very reasonable price.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderfully done!,
By Edward Link (OH, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Official Fedora Companion: Your Guide to the Fedora Project (Paperback)
I have been using Fedora for a couple of months and this book was a little less on the technical side than I was looking for, but it is the perfect starter book for someone looking to replace a Windows OS. I am going to buy a copy for my parents and install it (CDs come with the book) on their PC.
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