1. Chapter 1 Quick Start: Installing Fedora

   1. Choosing Fedora: Is It Right for You?

   2. Obtaining Fedora Core Software

   3. Installing Fedora Core

2. Chapter 2 Using Fedora on Your Desktop

   1. Getting Started Using the Fedora Graphical User Interfaces

   2. Customizing GNOME

   3. Customizing KDE

   4. Fine-Tuning Your Display Configuration

   5. Configuring Printing

   6. Configuring Sound

   7. Adding and Configuring Fonts

   8. Using USB Storage

3. Chapter 3 Using Fedora on Your Notebook

   1. Power Management

   2. Configuring Networking

   3. Configuring a Touchpad

   4. Using Dual Video Output

4. Chapter 4 Basic System Management

   1. Using the Command Line

   2. Accessing Online Documentation

   3. Managing Files

   4. Basic Text Editing Using vi

   5. Using Runlevels

   6. Managing and Configuring Services

   7. Managing Users and Groups

   8. Control Access to Files

   9. Managing Processes

   10. Remote Management Using SSH

   11. Using Shell Redirection and Piping

   12. Writing Simple Scripts

5. Chapter 5 Package Management

   1. Querying the Package Management Database

   2. Installing and Removing Software Using RPM

   3. Using Repositories

   4. Rolling Back a Package Installation, Upgrade, or Removal

   5. Automating Updates

   6. Installing From Source

   7. Making Your Own RPM Packages

   8. Rebuilding an RPM Package for a Different Architecture

6. Chapter 6 Storage Administration

   1. Using Logical Volume Management

   2. Managing RAID

   3. Making Backups

   4. Scheduling Tasks

7. Chapter 7 Network Services

   1. Configuring Samba to Share Files with Windows Systems

   2. Configuring a DHCP Server

   3. Configuring a Domain Name Server

   4. Configuring a CUPS Print Server

   5. Using the Apache Web Server

   6. Configuring the sendmail Server

   7. Configuring IMAP and POP3 Email

   8. Configuring Webmail

   9. Creating Databases and Accounts on a MySQL Server

   10. Installing and Configuring a Wiki

   11. Configuring an FTP Server

   12. Analyzing Web and FTP Logs

8. Chapter 8 Securing Your System

   1. Prevent Unwanted Connections

   2. Using SELinux

   3. Using Access Control Lists

   4. Making Files Immutable

   5. Using sudo to Delegate Privilege

   6. Configuring PAM and consolehelper

   7. Logging

   8. Detecting File Changes with AIDE

9. Chapter 9 The Fedora Community

   1. Participating in the Fedora Mailing Lists

   2. Using IRC

   3. Using Bugzilla

   4. Running Rawhide

   5. Participating in Fedora Projects

10. Chapter 10 Advanced Installation

    1. Resizing a Windows Partition

    2. Configuring RAID and LVM During Installation

    3. Preparing Alternate Installation Media

    4. Installing with Kickstart

    5. Configuring the GRUB Bootloader

    6. Using Rescue Mode on an Installation Disc

    7. Installing Xen Virtual Machines

1. Colophon

The image on the cover of Fedora Linux is a cowboy roping a calf. In the Old West, horseback cowboys entrapped and retrieved fugitive cattle with the help of a lasso, or lariat, a rigid noose that could be tossed over a wayward animal's neck and easily tightened with a pull of the rope. The stiffness of the rope ensured that the noose maintained its wide aperture in midair.

Today, this activity is an official rodeo event called tie-down roping, sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. In this competition, a calf is released from a narrow holding pen, referred to as the bucking chute, into the rodeo arena. After giving his conquest a brief head start, the cowboy chases after the calf on his specially trained horse and attempts to rope it as quickly as possible. He then must expeditiously tip the animal on its side, a maneuver known as flanking, and use another tiny piece of rope, the pigging string, to bind together any three of its four legs. If the calf is unable to break free from its fetters in six seconds or less, the cowboy's attempt is a success, and his official time is registered. Leading professional ropers can ensnare and immobilize a calf in approximately seven seconds.