Here's the practical information you need to install, configure, and administer the latest version of Fedora as a network or a desktop operating system. Written by Red Hat Certified Engineer and bestselling author Michael Jang, Mastering Fedora Core 5 contains more than a thousand pages of in-depth coverage, including new installation procedures, the very latest utilities, and high-level discussions of new commands and applications. The book includes a DVD with the full distribution of Fedora Core 5.

Coverage Includes

• Installing Linux(r) locally or over a network



• Walking through the very first boot process



• Navigating the command-line interface



• Administering users and groups



• Recompiling a kernel



• Networking Linux with TCP/IP and on a LAN



• Creating a local update repository



• Securing your Linux network



• Configuring and troubleshooting FTP, NFS, Samba, and Apache



• Managing the X Window System with GNOME, KDE(r), and more

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• The DVD contains the full distribution of Fedora Core 5.

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