* Shows first-time Linux users how to install and use the latest version of the world's most popular Linux distribution, Red Hat * Updated to cover the latest features in the Fall 2003 Red Hat release * Gives readers the lowdown on navigating the GNOME graphical user interfaces, working with the OpenOffice.org Desktop Productivity Suite, connecting to the Internet with DSL or cable, setting up a firewall, and more, in a friendly, easy-to-understand style * Contains new chapters on using the WINE system to execute Windows applications under Linux and creating a streaming audio server-plus new coverage of using Mozilla to access e-mail and configuring virtual private networks * Includes the Red Hat Linux X Publisher's Edition on two CD-ROMsNote: The Kindle edition of this book does not include any CDs or DVDs.
Fedora Core "X" is the latest release of the leading Linux distribution, which boasts approximately 70 percent of the Linux market in the United States and serves as a low-cost alternative to more expensive operating systemsWritten in the trademark friendly, humorous, easy-to-understand For Dummies style, this updated edition shows Linux newbies how to install and use Fedora CoreIncludes new coverage of the SELinux infrastructure (an important new security feature), Linux and GNOME applications, how to fine-tune the GNOME desktop, and the new GStreamer multimedia toolCompanion DVD includes the full Fedora Core "X" distribution-all the tools and source code on the multi-CD version
