June 2014
Beginner
504 pages
14h 1m
English
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CHAPTER 7
Internet Applications: Web and FTP
Fedora provides powerful web and FTP clients for accessing the Internet. Many are installed automatically and are ready to use when you first start up your Linux system. Linux also includes full Java development support, letting you run and construct Java applets. This chapter covers some of the more popular web, Java, and FTP clients available on Linux. Web and FTP clients connect to sites that run servers, using web pages and FTP files to provide services to users.
Web browsers and FTP clients are commonly used to conduct secure transactions, such as logging in to remote sites, ordering items, or ...