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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300757103321

Autore

Petersen Richard

Titolo

Beginning Fedora Desktop : Fedora 28 Edition / / by Richard Petersen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : Apress : , : Imprint : Apress, , 2018

ISBN

9781484238820

1484238826

Edizione

[3rd ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (604 pages)

Disciplina

005.4469

Soggetti

Open source software

Computer programming

Open Source

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Part 1. Getting Started -- 1. Fedora 28 Introduction -- 2. Installation and Upgrade -- 3. Usage Basics: Login, Desktop, and Help -- 4. Installing and Updating Software: DNF, GNOME Software, Packages, DnfDragora, and RPM -- Part 2. Applications -- 5. Office Applications, Email, Editors, and Databases.-6. Graphics and Multimedia -- 7. Internet Applications: Web and FTP -- Part 3. Desktops -- 8. The GNOME Desktop -- 9. Plasma Desktop: The K Desktop Environment: (KDE) -- 10. Shells -- 11. Additional Desktops -- Part 4. Administration -- 12. Fedora System Tools -- 13. System Administration -- 14. Network Configuration. .

Sommario/riassunto

Get the most out of Fedora 28 Desktop, including free Office suites, editors, e-book readers, music and video applications. In addition to those features, you’ll also work with codecs, email clients, web browsers, FTP and BitTorrent clients, VoIP clients, and IM applications. The major Fedora 28 desktop spins are covered in detail, including the Plasma desktop (KDE), Cinnamon, Mate-Compiz, LXDE, Xfce, and LXQT. This is your complete guide to using the Fedora 28 Desktop Linux release as your daily driver for multimedia, productivity, social networking, administrative tasks, and more. Author and Linux expert Richard Petersen delves into the operating system as a whole and offers you a complete treatment of Fedora 28 Desktop configuration and use.



With Beginning Fedora Desktop at your side, you’ll discover how to install and update the Fedora 28 Desktop, as well as access various software repositories. You’ll also learn which applications perform which functions, how to manage software, use of the desktop configuration tools, useful shell commands, and both the system administration and network tools.