{"product_id":"9781484200674","title":"Beginning Fedora Desktop: Fedora 20 Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e    \u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeginning Fedora Desktop: Fedora 20 Edition\u003c\/em\u003e is a complete guide to using the Fedora 20 Desktop Linux release as your daily driver for multimedia, productivity, social networking, the GNOME 3 desktop, 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 20 Desktop configuration and use. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll discover how to install and update the Fedora 20 Desktop, learn which applications perform which functions, how to manage software, use of the GNOME 3 and KDE desktop configuration tools, useful shell commands, and both the Fedora administration and network tools. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGet the most out of Fedora 20 Desktop -- including free Office suites, editors, e-book readers, music and video applications and codecs, email clients, Web browsers, FTP and BitTorrent clients, microblogging and IM applications -- with a copy of \u003cem\u003eBeginning Fedora Desktop: Fedora 20 Edition \u003c\/em\u003eat your side.\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e         What you’ll learn\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow  to install and update the Fedora 20 Desktop, as well as manage software  with both GNOME Software and PackageKit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe  available desktop choices, including GNOME, KDE, and alternative desktops (Xfce,  LXDE, Sugar, Mate, and Cinnamon)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ereview  word processors, spreadsheets, presentation, e-mail, graphics, video, and  music software, along with GNOME 3 applications for notes, weather, time,  maps, and music.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow  to administer your system, add users, manage printersand peform backups\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow  to participate in social networks using open source clients for IM, VoIP, and  microblogging.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConfigure  network connections (GNOME 3 network and network manager), as well as  configure firewalls with FirewallD and access network resources with Samba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eWho this book is for      \u003cp\u003e     \u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeginning Fedora Desktop: Fedora 20 Edition\u003c\/em\u003e is for novice to intermediate users who are looking to install Fedora 20 as their primary computing environment.\u003c\/p\u003e           Table of Contents1. Fedora 20 Introduction\u003cp\u003e2. Installation and Upgrade\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Usage Basics: Login, Desktop, and Help\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Installing and Updating Software: YUM, PackageKit, and RPM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Office Applications, Editors, Mail (E-mail) and News\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Graphics and Multimedia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Internet Applications: Web and FTP\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Social Networking: Microblogging, IM, VoIP, and Social Desktop\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. GNOME 3\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. The K Desktop Environment: KDE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Shells\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Additional Desktops\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. Fedora System Tools\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. System Administration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. Network Configuration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16. Printing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Apress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126758949104,"sku":"9781484200674","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781484200674_p0.jpg?v=1763631844","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781484200674","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}