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Red Hat Linux Fedora for Dummies
Introduction
Foolish Assumptions
Conventions Used in This Book
How This Book Is Organized
What You''re Not to Read
Icons in This Book
Where to Go from Here
Part I: Installing Red Hat Linux
Chapter 1: And in the Opposite Corner . . . a Penguin?
History of the World - Er, Linux - Part II
Knowing What You Can Do with Red Hat Linux
Chapter 2: Getting Ready for Red Hat Linux
Preparing Your Hard Drive for Red Hat Linux
" Am I Fat or Just NTFS?
Defragmenting Your Hard Drive
Move Over, Windows - Here Comes Linux
Chapter 3: Ready, Set, Install!
Choosing an Installation Type
Installation Stage 1: Starting the Journey
Installation Stage 2: Slicing and Dicing the Pie
Installation Stage 3: Configuring Your Network
Installation Stage 4: Configuring Your Options
Installation Stage 5: The Point of No Return
Post Installation: Using the Setup Agent
Chapter 4: Getting Red Hat Linux
Introducing the Linux File System Tree
Giving Red Hat Linux the Boot
Logging In
The Command-Line Interface (CLI) versus the Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Configuring Your Graphical Display
Creating User Accounts with the Red Hat User Manager
Creating an Account without X
Ending Your First Session
Part II: Got Net?
Chapter 5: Dial-Up Modems Still Get the Job Done
Desperately Seeking an ISP
Configuring Your Internet Connection
Locating Your Modem with Linux
Locating Your Modem with Windows
Firing Up Your Internet Connection
Chapter 6: Broadband Rocks!
Introducing DSL and Cable Connections:The Proof Is in the Wiring
The Cable Modem Option
The DSL Option
Chapter 7: Connect Locally, Communicate Globally: Connecting to a LAN
Introducing Local Area Networks
Configuring Your NIC with the Red Hat Network Utility
Manually Starting and Stopping Your Network
Chapter 8: Only You Can Prevent Network Break-Ins
Understanding Why You Need a Firewall in the First Place
Building an Effective Firewall
Setting Up a Firewall
Displaying Your Firewall Rules
Firing Up Your Firewall (And Dousing the Flames)
Part III: Linux, Huh! What Is It Good For? Absolutely Everything!
Chapter 9: Gnowing GNOME
Introducing the X Window System
Introducing the GNOME Desktop Environment
Exploring the GNOME Desktop
Messing Around with Windows
The Making of a Desktop Icon
Playing with the GNOME Panel
Adding and Deleting Panels
Leaving GNOME and X
Making GNOME Recognize MIME Types
Accessing GNOME Applications
Chapter 10: Gnowing More Applications
Navigating with the Nautilus File and Internet Integration Manager
Come the Ximian Evolution Revolution
Chapter 11: Surfin'' the Net and Groovin'' to Tunes
Making the World Wide Web Possible
Surfin'' the Net with Mozilla
Plugging In Plug-Ins
Groovin'' to Tunes with CD Player
Ripping CDs
Entering the Ring of Fire: Burning CDs
Burn, Baby, Burn: Burning CDs
Chapter 12: Live from the Net
Using the XMMS Audio Player
Using the Fabulous MPlayer
Launching gmplayer from the GNOME Panel
Chapter 13: Going to the Office
Opening Your Office
Getting to Know OpenOffice
Chapter 14: Days of Wine and Applications
Introducing Wine
Downloading Wine
Installing Wine
Introducing CodeWeavers CrossOver Office
VMware: A Virtual Reality Machine
Part IV: Revenge of the Nerds
Chapter 15: Building Your Own, Private Network
Designing and Building Your Private Network
Building an Internet Gateway
Chapter 16: Creating Basic Linux Network Services
Preparing a Network Server
Building an Apache Web Server
Building a Samba File Server
Building a Print Server
Building a DNS Server
Chapter 17: Securing Your Future
Thinking Security
An Ounce of Protection: Preventing Intruders
Understanding the Security Process
Chapter 18: Bringing In the Red Hat Linux Repair Man
The Fix Is In: Troubleshooting Your Network
Introducing Fault Trees
Ticking through Your Linux Networking Checklist
Chapter 19: Building a Streaming Audio Server
Introducing Ices2 and Icecast2
Creating a Music Source
Installing Ices2 and Icecast2
Putting It All Together: Streaming Music to Your Private Network
Streaming on Your Private Network
Part V: The Part of Tens
Chapter 20: Ten Problem Areas and Solutions
" Help! I Need Some Help!
Fixing Common Problems
Chapter 21: Ten Security Vulnerabilities
How Many Daemons Can Dance on the Head of the Linux Process Table?
Hide Your Communications with OpenSSH
Aha! No Firewall - Very, Very Good
Keeping Up with the Software Joneses
" Backups? I Don''t Need No Stinking Backups!
My Buffer Overflow-eth
Social Engineering 1010101010
Bad Passwords
Scan Me
I Know Where You Logged In Last Summer
Part VI: Appendixes
Appendix A: Red Hat Linux Administration Utilities
System Settings
Server Settings
System Tools
More System Tools
Appendix B: Discovering Your Hardware
Breaking Down Your Computer
Understanding Hard Drive Controllers
A Bit about Memory Bytes
Discovering Your Windows 9x or Windows Me Hardware
Discovering Your Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP Hardware
Appendix C: Filing Your Life Away
Getting Linux File Facts Straight
Moving Around the File System with pwd and cd
Manipulating Files and Directories
Changing File Ownership and Granting Permissions
Making Your Own Rules
Appendix D: Becoming a Suit: Managing the Red Hat Linux File System
Mounting and Unmounting a File System
Adding a Disk Drive
Appendix E: Revving Up RPM
Introducing RPM
Taking a Look at What RPM Does
Using the Red Hat Package Manager
Manual Shifting with RPM
Appendix F: About the DVD
System Requirements
What You Find
If You Have Problems (Of the DVD Kind)
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Cheat Sheet: Red Hat Linux Fedora For Dummies
Systems administration commands
File permissions
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Sidebars