June 2014
Beginner
504 pages
14h 1m
English
Content preview from Beginning Fedora Desktop: Fedora 20 Edition
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Introduction
This book examines Fedora for the user. Although administrative tools are covered, the emphasis is on what a user would need to know to perform tasks. The focus here is on what users face when using Fedora, covering topics such as installation, applications, software management, the GNOME and KDE desktops, shell commands, and the Fedora administration and network tools. Desktops are examined in detail, including configuration options. Applications examined include office suites, editors, e-book readers, music and video applications and codecs, e-mail clients, web browsers, FTP clients, microblogging, and IM applications. This book is designed for the Fedora 20 desktop, with all the latest features of interest to users.
Part 1 focuses ...