Fedora 4 Linux All in One

Chapter 1. Preparing to Install Fedora Core 4 What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to create a simple hardware inventoryWhat you might need to upgrade to meet Fedora Core 4's hardware requirementsHow to make space on the har...

Chapter 2. Installing Fedora Core 4 What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to create new hard drive partitionsWhat Fedora Core 4 packages you want to installHow to install the packages you selectHow to tell Fedora Core 4 about...

Chapter 3. Booting, Logging In, and Configuring What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to perform preliminary Fedora Core 4 configurationHow to shut down or reboot your Fedora Core 4 systemHow to configure your printer in Fedo...

Chapter 4. Introducing the Fedora Core 4 Desktop What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to log inHow to use the menubar to launch applicationsHow to move, resize, and close application windowsWhat virtual workspaces are and ho...

Chapter 5. Working with Files on the Desktop What You'll Learn in This Chapter: What files and directories are and how they are organized in LinuxHow to create and save a new text file with the text editorHow to use the file m...

Chapter 6. Working with Files in the Shell What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to access the Linux shell (command line) in Fedora Core 4How to structure commands given to the shellHow to use the ls command to list filesHow...

Chapter 7. Understanding File Properties What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How Linux categorizes files by typeHow to use symbolic links in LinuxHow to list files' propertiesHow to use file permissions and file system security...

Chapter 8. Creating Text Documents with OpenOffice.org Writer What You'll Learn in This Chapter: What OpenOffice.org is and what applications are included with itHow to launch the OpenOffice.org Writer applicationHow to create...

Chapter 9. Creating Spreadsheets with OpenOffice.org Calc What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to create a new electronic spreadsheetHow to enter text labels and numerical valuesHow to change the appearance of spreadsheet co...

Chapter 10. Creating Presentations with OpenOffice.org Impress What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to launch the OpenOffice.org Impress applicationHow to create a new presentationHow to include various types of data in your...

Chapter 11. Browsing the Web with Firefox What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to launch the Firefox Web browserHow to visit websites using their web address or URLHow to bookmark your favorite websites for easy retrievalHow...

Chapter 12. Managing Email with Evolution What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to launch and configure the Evolution email clientHow to send and receive email messages with EvolutionHow to create and open file attachments in...

Chapter 13. Using Other Network Tools What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to use the Fedora Core 4 instant messaging applicationHow to browse and access shares on a Windows hostHow to use desktop File Transfer Protocol (FTP...

Chapter 14. Editing Images and Photos What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to download images from a digital cameraHow to fix color and contrast problemsHow to make an image black-and-whiteHow to sharpen, crop, or resize an...

Chapter 15. Playing and Recording Sound and Music What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to adjust volume settings for your sound hardwareHow to play audio CDs in your CD or DVD driveHow to play MP3 files and make playlistsHow...

Chapter 16. Customizing the Desktop What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to adjust the sensitivity of your mouse or pointerHow to change the color and appearance of Linux applicationsHow to change your desktop wallpaper and...

Chapter 17. Getting Help on the Desktop What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to get help for common desktop applicationsHow to use the help browser for more detailed helpHow to read the online manuals for shell commands usin...

Chapter 18. Becoming Familiar with Shell Environments What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to switch between the desktop display and virtual consolesHow to log in to and use virtual consolesHow to reuse and edit commands tha...

Chapter 19. Performing Basic Shell Tasks What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to manage files in groupsHow to save the output of commands to a fileHow to locate specific files with quick searchesHow to use one command's outp...

Chapter 20. Creating, Editing, and Saving Text Files What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to use the vi text editorHow to use the emacs text editorHow to suspend a running application at the command lineHow to resume a suspe...

Chapter 21. Managing High-Quality Documents at the Command Line What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to print from the command lineHow to create professional-quality documents using LaTeX-2eHow to format documents you've cre...

Chapter 22. Performing Simple Math and Database Tasks at the Command Line What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to perform numeric tasks with the binary calculatorHow to sort and query formatted lists of text data You've now...

Chapter 23. Using the Network at the Command Line What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to browse the Web using the elinks browserHow to use fetchmail to download your mail from a remote clientHow to download and install the...

Chapter 24. Using Other Systems Remotely at the Command Line What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to connect to and work on remote Linux or Unix systemsHow to transfer files from Linux to Linux or Linux to UnixHow to transfe...

Chapter 25. Harnessing the Power of the Shell What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to manipulate text and numbers from the command lineHow to organize shell commands into a shell scriptHow to use variables inside a shell scr...

Chapter 26. Desktop Power Tools What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to launch graphical applications using the terminalHow to write shell scripts that interact with users through dialog boxesHow to write scripts for the Nau...

Chapter 27. Using Desktop Applications Remotely What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How the X Window System's remote display facility worksHow to use the ssh command to automate the remote display facilityHow to use the remote...

Chapter 28. Command-Line System Administration What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to list and manage running processesHow to start and stop system and network servicesHow to create, mount, and unmount file systems by handH...

Chapter 29. Desktop System Administration What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to view and manage the list of running processesHow to manage print jobsHow to configure or reconfigure network interfacesHow to start, stop, and...

Chapter 30. Security Basics What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to manage the Fedora Core 4 firewalling configurationHow to use file permissions in new ways to improve system securityHow to protect the root account in sever...

Chapter 31. Installing Linux Software What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to add or remove components of Fedora Core 4How to install third-party software packages in Fedora Core 4How to create desktop program launchers In...

Chapter 32. Keeping Fedora Core 4 Updated What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to connect to the Red Hat NetworkHow to select and install updatesHow to monitor update activity on the taskbarHow to keep your system up to date...

Chapter 33. Offering Network File Services What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to share files with Unix and Linux systems using the Network File System (NFS)How to share files with Windows systems using Samba In this chapt...

Chapter 34. Offering Web and FTP Service What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to install and enable the Apache web serverHow to provide basic content using the web serverHow to configure the FTP service to allow logins and h...

Chapter 35. Backups, Troubleshooting, and Rescue What You'll Learn in This Chapter: How to back up your data, either on magnetic tape or removable mediaHow to automate backups using shell scripts and the cron serviceHow to res...