Fedora 10 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Bible

1132 Pages·2009·16.492 MB·English

by  Christopher Negus

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First try it out, then Install Fedora 10 Quick Install
Fedora 10 Linux from CD or DVD
Using the DVD and CD that come with this book, you have a range of options for Follow these steps to install Fedora 10 from the CD or DVD included with this book.
starting out with Fedora 10 Linux. Everything you need to install 4GB of Fedora 10 (See Chapter 2.) For non-x86 PCs, download PPC or x86_64 Fedora software from
software is included on the DVD. Use the CD to try out a live version of Fedora before http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora.html.
installing it. Then install the contents of that CD to your hard drive when you are ready.
1. Get Media: Insert the Fedora 10 CD or DVD into your computer’s drive.
2. Reboot: Reboot your computer.
Fedora 10 Software Repository on DVD!
3. Start Install: To start the install:
(cid:127) For the DVD, press Enter to begin the installation.
This DVD contains the Fedora 10 installer and software repository, with about 4GB of
(cid:127) For the live CD, press Enter to boot the live CD.
compressed software.
After the desktop appears, select the install icon from the desktop.
The complete CD installs to hard disk.
4. Media Check: For the DVD, select media check to be sure it is not damaged or corrupted.
Fedora Live CD!
5. Language Selection: Choose the installation language (you can add other languages later).
The Fedora 10 KDE Live CD included with this book lets you: 6. Keyboard Configuration: Choose your keyboard type.
(cid:127) Try a Fedora 10 desktop system before installing it. Insert the CD, reboot, and press Enter. 7. Install or Upgrade: With an earlier Fedora version installed, you can choose Upgrade (upgrade
From the full-featured Fedora KDE desktop, you can try games, office applications, system your system without losing data). Otherwise, continue with a new installation.
tools, and other features. 8. Network Configuration: Set up your LAN connection (not dial-up). You typically select DHCP to have
your network addresses assigned automatically. Or, you can manually enter
(cid:127) Install a Fedora 10 desktop system to hard disk. The contents of the live CD can be installed
your computer’s address information.
to your hard disk to give you a permanent Fedora installation.
9. Time Zone Selection: Identify the time zone in which you are located.
Choose the software you want 10. Set Root Password: Add the root user account password.
11. Disk Partitioning Setup: Choose to install Fedora on existing Linux partitions, existing free space, or
from these application groups
the entire hard disk (erasing everything). See Chapter 5 before proceeding,
if you are not sure which option to choose.
Huge set of software
12. Boot Loader Configuration: Add the GRUB boot manager to control the boot process. Install the boot
Create and layout documents development tools!
loader to your hard disk’s master boot record if no other operating system
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Editors Interactive learning games
13. Choose Software: Select one or more of the preset install classes, including Office and Productivity,
Education Math and science apps Software Development, and Web Server. Select “Customize now” to go through
Engineering/
Scientific Card, shooter, and the software packages in more detail. Add other software repositories to install
Games thinking games packages outside Fedora.
14. Installation Categories: If you selected “Customize now,” go through each category to select install
Email, browser and messaging
groups. Then select the Optional packages button to add or subtract pack-
Graphical
Image, animation and
Internet camera apps ages from each group.
Graphics Document, spreadsheet
and drawing apps 15. About to Install: To this point, you can quit the install process without having written anything
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Apps Sound and Manuds iTcV, v aidpepos to disk. When you select Next, the disk is formatted (as you chose) and selected
Video Text-based Web, packages are installed.
Dozens of server and Text-based email, and file xfer
admin packages too! Internet When installation is done, remove the Fedora DVD or CD and click Exit to reboot your computer. During the first
boot, the Fedora Setup Agent runs to configure some basic settings. After that, log in and begin using Fedora!
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Ten cool things to do with Fedora 10 Linux
Just because Fedora is a serious operating system doesn't mean it can't be fun too. Here is a list
of ten fun and useful things to do with Fedora.
1. Set Up a Personal Online Desktop: Use the GNOME Online Desktop to connect your
desktop to your friends, multimedia content, and online applications from Google,
Facebook, Yahoo!, and others. Click right on the desktop to immediately get you all your
favorite content. (See Chapter 3.)
2. Launch the new KDE 4 Plasma Desktop: The next generation KDE desktop lets you
add widgets, called plasmoids, to multiple places on your desktop. Find files, Web pages
or other items quickly with new search tools. (See Chapter 3.)
3. Play Commercial Audio/Video: Licensing restrictions keep many popular codecs from
inclusion with Fedora. Using third-party repositories with Fedora, you grab the codecs
you need to play Windows Media (Audio, Video and MMS), MP3 audio, MPEG-2 and
MPEG-4 video decoding, and others. (See Chapter 8.)
4. Manage music collections: Launch Rhythmbox to gather, organize, and play music from
your hard disk, CDs, or network file systems. You can even select from thousands of free
songs from Magnatune and Jamendo online music services. (See Chapter 8.)
5. Publish your ideas::Choose from dozens of publishing tools to create documents
(OpenOffice.org Writer), presentations (OpenOffice.org Impress) hard-copy page layouts
(Scribus), and vector graphics (Inkscape). Then publish your work on paper or the Web.
(See Chapter 6.)
6. Share an Internet connection: Fedora can be set up as a router and a firewall. With a
home or small office LAN set-up, you can use Fedora to share an Internet connection
among multiple Linux, Windows, or Mac systems. Then set up a firewall in Fedora to
protect your LAN from intruders. (See Chapters 14, 15, and 16.)
7. Play free games: As always, Fedora includes dozens of simple card games and board
games. The Fedora repository, includes a ton of games, including fun first-person shooter
games such as Doom, strategy games such as fantasy game Wesnoth, and online battle
games such as BZFlag. (See Chapter 7.)
8. Run Windows applications: By adding the wine software packages, you can run many
Windows applications right from a Fedora desktop. (See Chapter 5.)
9. Create an Internet server: Learn to configure a Web server (Chapter 21), FTP server
(Chapter 20) and a mail server (Chapter 19). Then gather that knowledge to create your
own public Internet server (Chapter 25). Your server can run from your home Internet
connection.
10. Share over the Internet: Share your personal videos, software, or other content with
friends over the Internet, using Bittorrent swarming network transfer software. While
you’re at it, instant message your thoughts using Pidgin, video-conference your looks
(Ekiga), and e-mail your party invitations (Evolution). (See Chapter 7.)
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Christopher Negus
Eric Foster-Johnson

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happened without her love and support.
–Christopher Negus

To Katya and Nalana.
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