| Fedora Desktop Essentials | |
| Free online book "Fedora Desktop Essentials". The objective of the book is to provide the reader with the necessary information to use, customize and configure the GNOME desktop on Fedora and is intended as a companion to the Fedora Linux Essentials book which covers the use and maintenance of the underlying Fedora operating system. Topics covered in this book include all aspects of desktop customization, using and configuring the file and folder manager, installation and setup of the GNOME online desktop, changing font settings, adding gDesklets to the desktop and much more. | |
| OpenSUSE Desktop Essentials | |
| Free online book "OpenSUSE Desktop Essentials". This book is about the GNOME desktop running on openSUSE Linux and is part of the Techotopia Linux Desktop series of online publications. This purpose of this book is to cover all aspects of the use and configuration of the openSUSE GNOME desktop environment. Topics covered include: Logging into the openSUSE GNOME Desktop, A Guided Tour of the openSUSE GNOME Desktop, Changing the openSUSE GNOME Desktop Background, Installing and Customizing openSUSE Desktop Themes, Configuring openSUSE Desktop Fonts, Configuring the openSUSE Desktop Panels, Configuring openSUSE Workspaces, openSUSE Desktop Visual Effects, Enhancing the openSUSE Desktop with gDesklets, Remote Access to the openSUSE Linux Desktop, Starting Applications on Login, Configuring and Using the openSUSE File Manager, Modifying and Creating Keyboard Shortcuts. | |
| GNU/Linux Advanced Administration | |
| Free 545 page eBook "GNU/Linux Advanced Administration" by Remo Suppi Boldrito and Josep Jorba Esteve. In "GNU/Linux Advanced Administration", the main contents are related with system administration. We will learn how to install and configure several computer services, and how to optimise and synchronise the resources. The activities that will take place in this module cover the studied topics in a practical approach, applying these concepts in real GNU/Linux systems. | ![]() |
| CentOS 5 Essentials | |
| Free online book "CentOS 5 Essentials" by Techotopia. CentOS Essentials is designed to provide detailed information on the use and administration of the CentOS 5.x Linux distribution. For beginners, the book covers the basics of configuring the desktop environment, resolving screen resolution issues and configuring the email client to send and receive email messages via web based services such as GMail. Installation topics such as dual booting with Microsoft Windows and configuring wireless networking are covered together with all important security topics such as configuring a firewall. For the experienced user, topics such as configuring email and web servers, Xen and KVM virtualization, Secure Shell (SSH), remote desktop access and file sharing are covered in detail to provide a thorough overview of this enterprise class operating system. | ![]() |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Essentials | |
| Free online book "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Essentials" by Techotopia. RHEL 5 Essentials is designed to provide detailed information on the use and administration of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 distribution. For beginners, the book covers the basics of configuring the desktop environment, resolving screen resolution issues and configuring email and web servers. Installation topics such as network installation and dual booting with Microsoft Windows are covered together with all important security topics such as configuring a firewall and user and group administration. For the experienced user, topics such as remote access, logical volume management (LVM), disk partitioning, swap management, Xen and KVM virtualization, Secure Shell (SSH) and file sharing using both Samba and NFS are covered in detail to provide a thorough overview of this enterprise class operating system. | ![]() |
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