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Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction, Installation, and Software Management

1 Technical Summary of Linux Distributions

Linux: The Operating System

What Is Open Source Software and GNU All About?

What Is the GNU Public License?

Upstream and Downstream

The Advantages of Open Source Software

Understanding the Differences Between Windows and Linux

Single Users vs. Multiple Users vs. Network Users

The Monolithic Kernel and the Micro-Kernel

Separation of the GUI and the Kernel

My Network Places

The Registry vs. Text Files

Domains and Active Directory

2 Installing Linux in a Server Configuration

Hardware and Environmental Considerations

Methods of Installation

Installing Fedora

Project Prerequisites ...

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