Figure 8-1 shows an example of the Online Desktop.
FIGURE 8-1
Fedora includes the Online Desktop.
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By default, the Online Desktop opens the Firefox Web browser when started. It also includes the
Sidebar on the left side of the screen??”a panel of the applications you often run online.
System Configuration Tools
Red Hat created a set of simplified, graphical tools for configuring and administering many basic
administrative features in Red Hat systems. Using these tools, you can add printers, configure your
network, add users, set up your sound card, tune up your video card, and more.
Red Hat??™s graphical configuration tools (described in Chapter 4) can be launched from the System
or Applications menu or from the command line. Several releases ago, the beginnings of these
configuration tools??™ command names changed from redhat-config to system-config. For
example, the tool to configure your network in Fedora is now called system-config-network
(instead of redhat-config-network).
Going Forward with Fedora
With the original Red Hat Linux, you could have the exact same Linux system for free (to run in
your home or small business) that was being used in large-scale enterprise deployments. For just a
few dollars, you could add official Red Hat support for that system, which included official security
patches and upgrade paths for the future.
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