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To make effective use of your Fedora Linux system, you must know how to configure certain features and services. Administrative operations, such as adding users and installing software, can be performed with user-friendly system tools. This chapter discusses basic system administration operations that you need to get your system up and running, as well as to perform basic maintenance, such as adding new users. You can make changes or additions easily, using the administrative tools described in this chapter.

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Petersen, R. (2018). System Administration. In: Beginning Fedora Desktop. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3882-0_13

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