For every Linux system,
you need to deal with issues of disk partitioning, network configuration, and boot loaders.
Linux Bible 2008 Edition includes a DVD and a CD with several different Linux systems you can
install. If you prefer, you can instead download and burn your own CDs or DVDs to install Linux.
If you go the route of burning your own CDs, this chapter helps you find Linux distributions you
can download and describes tools you can use to verify their contents.
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Choosing and Installing a Linux Distribution Part III
In September 2003, the world??™s leading Linux distribution, Red Hat
Linux, disappeared.
Red Hat, Inc., the company that created Red Hat Linux, divided its development
efforts in two directions: the Fedora Project, which produces the Fedora
operating system (originally called Fedora Core), and Red Hat Enterprise
Linux. The split came from trying to better serve two diverse groups with one
operating system. Fedora focused on encouraging the open source development
community interested in helping develop and test software that would
one day go into Red Hat products. Red Hat Enterprise Linux focused on the
needs of paying customers who needed enterprise computing solutions.
Fedora 8 is included on the DVD that comes with this book.
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