Linux Timesaving Techniques For Dummies

• Formerly known as Red Hat Linux, the Fedora Core distribution is an excellent, no-cost alternative to Windows, Solaris, and other expensive operating systems
• Red Hat currently controls an estimated seventy percent of the Linux market in the U.S.
• This book gives experienced and first-time Fedora users sixty concise, step-by-step, timesaving techniques to help them perform tasks with Fedora more efficiently
• Organized by topic, the techniques are presented in the friendly, easy-to-understand For Dummies style, with a minimum of technical jargon
• The techniques run the gamut of end-user, system administration, and development tasks, ranging from desktop, file system, RPM, and database tips to Internet server, e-mail server, networking, system monitoring, security, and Linux kernel tricks
• Covers the latest release of Red Hat's Fedora Core distribution

Linux Timesaving Techniques For Dummies provides experienced and first-time Fedora users with concise, step-by-step, timesaving, powerful techniques to help them perform tasks efficiently. The techniques, broken down into task-oriented topic areas, are delivered without technical jargon and in the For Dummies friendly, easy-to-understand style. The book corresponds with the latest release of Red Hat's Fedora Core distribution. It has 60 techniques that help users perform end-user, system administration, and development tasks in many areas, including the following:
Desktop
File system,
RPM,
Databases,
Internet Server,
Email Server,
Networking,
System monitoring,
Security,
Data Back-up and recovery,
Programming (e.g., C and PHP), and
Linux Kernel.

Susan Douglas is the CEO of Conjectrix, Inc., a software consulting firm specializing in database- and security-related issues. When she’s not busy at the computer, Susan is probably throwing pottery, glassblowing, or horseback riding.

Korry Douglas is the Director of Research and Development for Appx Software. When he’s not working on computers, he’s making elegant sawdust in the woodshop.
Together, they are the coauthors of Red Hat Linux Fedora Desktop For Dummies and PostgreSQL.
Susan and Korry enjoy life on a farm in rural Virginia where they raise horses and small livestock. They both telecommute, so they have more time to spend with their 200 or so animal friends. If they’re not at home, they’re out riding roller coasters.