> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Negus > Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 7:51 AM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: Good LINUX/ Fedora Reference Books???? > > Hi John, > On Mon, 2005-07-18 at 20:54 -0500, John Best wrote: > > All, > > Looking for some good reference/administration books for > Fedora FC4 or > > other General Fedora Info. I find I can hack my way through most > > problems, but the MAN pages are very poor at providing education on > > what features or tools are available and how to get started > with them. > > Here are a few: > > Red Hat Fedora and Enterprise Linux 4 Bible, by Chris Negus > (just hitting bookstores) > Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux, by Mark Sobell Red Hat > Fedora 4 Unleashed, by Hudson, Hudson, Ball and Duff > > IMHO, the Bible keeps up better with the latest information. > Sobell did a nice job, but it's based on FC2. Haven't seen > FC4 Unleashed yet. > (Disclaimer: I wrote the first one so my opinions may be biased.) > > > Things I want to find out/become better educated... > > SELinux - how to configure/administrate. (I think I have some inet > > services - portmapper/others that start but error out - see > errors on > > boot - that I would like to correct correctly. > Bible has a chapter on SELinux. Could be deeper, but a good > start. Not covered in the other two books. > > > Admin web and related services like mysql, webserver, mail server, > > firewall, etc. > All covered in the Bible. No real coverage on firewalls in Unleashed. > Good coverage in Sobell's book. > > > Understand and can use logging - Where are the logs, how to monitor > > the logs, how to log more/less.. > Fedora dropped system-logviewer in FC4. Bible added coverage > of logwatch. > Otherwise, page through files in /var/log, I guess. > > > How to configure the gnome/kde menus/start menus, etc (This > to me is > > the most frustrating and difficult activity I have tried to hack > > through.) > For GNOME, copy and edit a .desktop file in > /usr/share/applications. For KDE, right-click the > panel->Configure Panel->Menus->Edit K Menu. (There, now you > don't have to buy a book. ;-) ) > 6 - 8 weeks until my copy arrives :( It must be being shipped from the US.. Thanks for the recommendations... Regards Chris
