Fedora Linux Background
The Fedora linux distribution is based on RedHat Linux 9.
Fedora Core 1 was first released in the fall of 2003, followed by Fedora Core 2 in May 2004.
Fedora is a community driven project similar to
other Linux distributions and other
BSD distributions.
Fedora includes a command line unix environment, and a graphical X11 desktop environment.
Default System/Environment Settings
Working in Your Environment
Online Help
OpenOffice 1.1 Manual
Command Line Unix Environment
If you're new to a unix command line, you may want to read an introductory book.
The U of MN Libraries has several available online, and the internet has numerous guides.
Fedora comes with the usual assortment of man pages via the "man" command, info pages via the "info" and "pinfo" commands, and documents in "/usr/share/docs".
Command Line Guides
Pine Settings
The Bash Shell
Desktop Environments
Fedora includes several desktop environments: Gnome, KDE and XFCE.
On Fedora, Gnome and KDE are modified to use a matching set of icons, menus, and configuration system.
The blend of the two environments is called Bluecurve, and it first appeared in the 2002 release of RedHat 8.0.
Desktop Guides
Setting Preferred Applications
Adding a Terminal Button in Fedora Linux
Keyboard Shortcuts
Internationalization and Localization (i18n)
Keyboard Changes
To change keyboards on Fedora Gnome, go to Preferences->Keyboard->Layouts, add some layouts,
and then go to the panel, and Add To Panel->Utility->Keyboard Indicator to
switch.
Intro to i18n
Fedora Internationalization Project
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