Red Hat Linux Fedora All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies
Chapter One
Introducing
Red Hat Linux
In This Chapter
Explaining what Red Hat Linux is
Going over what Red Hat Linux includes
Discovering how Red Hat Linux helps you manage
Getting started
I bet you've heard about Linux, and you probably know the Red Hat name
as well. If you're wondering what exactly Red Hat Linux is and what it can
help you do, this chapter is all about answering those questions. Here I provide
a broad-brushstroke picture of Red Hat Linux and tell you how you can
start using it right away. I also briefly mention the Fedora project.
By the way, this book covers Red Hat Linux Fedora for Intel 80x86 and
Pentium processors (basically any PC that can run any flavor of Windows).
What Is Red Hat Linux?
Trying to describe Red Hat Linux is a bit like that story of six blind men trying
to describe an elephant. You know the one - one blind man touches the elephant's
side and says the elephant is like a wall, another checks out the tusk
and concludes that an elephant is like a spear, and so on. Along those lines,
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