"Neither a" Starting Linux "book as a reference manual or dry, this book has much to offer to those coming to Fedora from other operating systems or distros." - Behdad Esfahbod, Fedora developer This book will keep you up to speed quickly on Fedora Linux, a Linux distribution designed to secure a large includes a selection of free software packages. Fedora is hardened out-of-the-box, easy to install, and extensively customizable - and this book shows you how to make Fedora work for you. In this book you will learn how to: Install Fedora and perform basic administrative tasks Configure the KDE and GNOME desktop workforce management Get on your notebook computer and hop on a wired or wireless network Find, install, and update any of the thousands of packages available for Fedora Perform backups, increase reliability with RAID , and manage your disks with logical volumes set up a server with file sharing, DNS, DHCP, email, Web servers, and work better with Fedora security features including SELinux, PAM, and Access Control Lists (ACLs) Whether you are running the stable version of Fedora Core or bleeding-edge release of rawhide, this book has something for every level of user.