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Fedora Linux System Administration

You're reading from   Fedora Linux System Administration Install, manage, and secure your Fedora Linux environments

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804618400
Length 560 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Part 1:The Fedora Project
2. Chapter 1: Linux and Open Source Projects FREE CHAPTER 3. Part 2:Workstation Configuration
4. Chapter 2: Best Practices for Installation 5. Chapter 3: Tuning the Desktop Environment 6. Chapter 4: Optimizing Storage Usage 7. Chapter 5: Network and Connectivity 8. Part 3:Productivity Tools
9. Chapter 6: Sandbox Applications 10. Chapter 7: Text Editors 11. Chapter 8: LibreOffice Suite 12. Chapter 9: Mail Clients and Browsers 13. Part 4:System Administration Tools
14. Chapter 10: System Administration 15. Chapter 11: Performance Tuning Best Practices 16. Chapter 12: Untangling Security with SELinux 17. Chapter 13: Virtualization and Containers 18. Index 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Fedora Linux includes in its repositories many tools that can make day-to-day tasks in system administration easier, but some of them are not included in the system installation, so it is necessary to install them. To install packages on Fedora Linux, which has a package manager based on rpm packages (RPM Package Manager), use the PackageKit GUI and the dnf command in the Terminal.

Note

For more information about installing packages in Fedora Linux, refer to Package Management System at https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/package-management/.

Some of these recommended tools are as follows:

  • Development:
    • gcc: A GNU project C and C++ compiler
    • git: A distributed revision control system
    • make: A GNU Make utility to maintain groups of programs
  • Laptop battery power:
    • tlp: A tool to apply power-saving settings and control battery care features
  • Network scanner:
    • nmap: A network exploration tool and security/port scanner
  • Terminal emulator...
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