Ten Cool Things To Do with Fedora Linux 14
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. Launch Fedora 14 live on your PC: Insert the live CD that comes with this book, reboot, and start using Fedora from nearly any PC. Fedora won’t touch the contents of your computer unless you tell it to. If you like Fedora, click the Install button to install Fedora to your hard disk. (See Chapter 2.)
2. Customize your Desktop: Not only does Linux support multiple desktop environments, including GNOME, KDE, Xfce, and Moblin, you can customize the look and feel of each desktop environment. (See Chapter 3.)
3. Run thousands of applications: From the offiical Fedora repository to a boatload of other repositories, you can choose from literally thousands of free applications, including hundreds of games. (See Chapter 5.)
4. Get online: Get on the Internet using the Network Manager and then browse the Web, send e-mail, chat, and even video conference. Share files using FTP or BitTorrent swarming network transfer software. (See Chapter 8.)
5. Manage music collections: Launch Rhythmbox to gather, organize, and play music from your hard disk, CDs, or network file systems. Try new ways for streaming audio and video. (See Chapter 7.)
6. Publish your ideas: Choose from dozens of publishing tools to create documents (OpenOffice.org Writer), hard-copy page layouts (Scribus), and vector graphics ...
