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Beginning Fedora Desktop

Fedora 18 Edition

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  • Fedora 18 Edition is a complete guide to using the Fedora 18 Desktop Linux release as your daily driver for mail, productivity, social networking, and more.

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
  2. Getting Started

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Fedora 18 Introduction

      • Richard Petersen
      Pages 3-13
    3. Installation and Upgrade

      • Richard Petersen
      Pages 15-45
    4. Usage Basics: Login, Desktop, and Help

      • Richard Petersen
      Pages 47-87
  3. Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
    2. Office Applications and Editors

      • Richard Petersen
      Pages 129-145
    3. Graphics and Multimedia

      • Richard Petersen
      Pages 147-179
    4. Mail (E-Mail) and News

      • Richard Petersen
      Pages 181-195
    5. Internet Applications: Web and FTP

      • Richard Petersen
      Pages 197-217
  4. Desktops

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-229
    2. GNOME 3

      • Richard Petersen
      Pages 231-256
    3. The K Desktop Environment: KDE

      • Richard Petersen
      Pages 257-304
    4. Shells

      • Richard Petersen
      Pages 305-334
    5. Additional Desktops

      • Richard Petersen
      Pages 335-351
  5. Administration

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 353-353
    2. Fedora System Tools

      • Richard Petersen
      Pages 355-375
    3. System Administration

      • Richard Petersen
      Pages 377-414

About this book

Beginning Fedora Desktop: Fedora 18 Edition is a complete guide to using the Fedora 18 Desktop Linux release as your daily driver for mail, productivity, social networking, and more. Author and Linux expert Richard Petersen delves into the operating system as a whole and offers you a complete treatment of Fedora 18 Desktop installation, configuration, and use.

You'll discover how to install Fedora 18 Desktop on any hardware, learn which applications perform which functions, how to manage software updates, tips and tricks for the GNOME 3 and KDE desktops, useful shell commands, and both the Fedora administration and network tools. 

Get the most out of Fedora 18 Desktop -- including free Office suites, editors, e-book readers, music and video applications and codecs, email clients, Web and FTP browsers, microblogging and IM applications -- with a copy of Beginning Fedora Desktop: Fedora 18 Edition at your side.

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Buy it now

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eBook USD 29.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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