| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
The expert's voice in Linux |
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Expert's voice in Linux.
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| Contents |
At a Glance; Introduction; Chapter 1: Fedora 20 Introduction; Fedora Documentation; Fedora 20; Fedora 20 Desktop Features; Fedora ISO Images; Fedora Custom Spins; Multimedia; Fedora Live DVD; Starting the Live DVD; Installing Fedora from a Live DVD; USB Live Disk; liveusb-creator; livecd-iso-to-disk; Live USB Persistence Storage; Persistent Home Directory; Fedora Logo; Linux; Open Source Software; Linux Documentation; Chapter 2: Installation and Upgrade; Obtaining the DVDs; Install Strategies: Making Use of Repositories; Live DVD Advantages; Fedora Install DVD Advantages |
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Installation IssuesInstalling Dual-Boot Systems; Storage Configuration; Install Sources (Install DVD); Basic Install with Fedora Live Desktop DVD; Quick Install with the Install DVD; Installing Fedora Linux; Starting the Installation Program with the Install DVD; Check Disk Media; Initial Setup; Automatic Partitioning; Manual Partitioning: Partitions, BTRFS, RAID, and Logical Volumes; Recommended Partitions; Creating Partitions; Logical Volumes; RAID and BTRFS; Software Installation Configuration with the Fedora Install DVD/CDs; GRUB on Restart; GNOME Initial Setup and GNOME Help |
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Upgrading Fedora LinuxCreating Boot Disks; Booting in Rescue Mode; Reinstalling the Bootloader; Chapter 3: Usage Basics: Login, Desktop, and Help; User Accounts; GRUB Start Menu and Boot Problems; The Display Manager: GDM; The System Status Area; Important Laptop Features; Desktops; KDE; Xfce and LXDE; Cinnamon and Mate; GNOME; GNOME File Manager; GNOME Customization with Tweak Tool: Themes, Icons, Fonts, Startup Applications, and Extensions; Logging Out and Shutting Down from GNOME; Network Connections; Network Manager Wired Connections; Network Manager Wireless Connections |
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System Settings Network (GNOME and Proxies)System Settings; Background; Date & Time; Notifications; Privacy; Details (System Information); Using Removable Devices and Media; Sharing; Power Management; Mouse and Touchpad; Display (Resolution and Rotation); Universal Access; Keyboard and Language; Color Profiles (GNOME Color Manager); Online Accounts; Accessing File Systems, Devices, and Remote Hosts; Video Drivers; Multimedia Support: MP3, DVD Video, and DivX; Terminal Window; Command-Line Interface; Running Windows Software on Linux: Wine; Help Resources; GNOME and KDE Help |
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Context-Sensitive HelpApplication Documentation; The Man Pages; The Info Pages; Web Resources; Chapter 4: Installing and Updating Software: YUM, GNOME Software, PackageKit, and RPM; Software Repositories; Fedora Software Repositories; RPM Fusion; Adobe and Livna; Third-Party Linux Software Archives; Updating Fedora: GNOME Software and Software Update; Updating Fedora with GNOME Software Update; Updating Fedora with Software Update (PackageKit); Update Preferences; Update with the yum Command; Automatic YUM Update with cron; Presto: Efficient Updating with DeltaRPM Packages |
| Summary |
You'll learn: How to install and update the Fedora 20 Desktop, as well as manage software with both GNOME Software and PackageKit; The available desktop choices, including GNOME, KDE, and alternative desktops (Xfce, LXDE, Sugar, Mate, and Cinnamon); review word processors, spreadsheets, presentation, e-mail, graphics, video, and music software, along with GNOME 3 applications for notes, weather, time, maps, and music; How to administer your system, add users, manage printersand peform backups; How to participate in social networks using open source clients for IM, VoIP, and microblogging; Configure network connections (GNOME 3 network and network manager), as well as configure firewalls with FirewallD and access network resources with Samba. -- Edited summary from book |
| Notes |
Title from title screen |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| SUBJECT |
Linux. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94087892
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Linux fast |
| Subject |
Operating systems (Computers)
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operating systems.
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Operating systems (Computers)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Berg, Martin.
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Vyzas, Nikolaos.
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| ISBN |
9781484200674 |
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1484200675 |
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1484200683 |
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9781484200681 |
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