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New User's Guide Table of Contents

   Purpose and Audience
   Matthew Daniels

   Introducing Fedora

   Introducing Linux

   Explaining open source

   Installing the operating system

   Using GNOME

   Using KDE

   Important differences from Windows

   Important differences from OS X
   Matthew Daniels

   Basics of finding and installing software

   What is a desktop environment, and which is for me?

   Customizing look and feel

   Setting your background

   Selecting a screensaver

   Office suites and editing documents
   Matthew Daniels

   Setting up an email client
   Matthew Daniels

   Setting up peripherals

   Managing the print server

   Browsing the web

   Using email

   Setting up instant messaging services

   Playing online games

   Transferring files online

Everything above here should (read: must) be completed for Fedora 12. Focus on that stuff before moving on to what's below.

   A word on freedom and codecs

   Syncing an iPod, Zune, or other media device

   Managing your photographs

   Photography tools

   Editing graphics with the GIMP

   Backing up your computer

   A word on viruses and worms

   A word on administration and the root account

   The inherent security of Unix

   Fedora's security model

   Alternatives for Windows applications

   Running a Windows application in Fedora

   Running Windows inside Fedora

   Running Windows and Fedora on the same machine

Everything above here should (read: must) be completed for Fedora 13. Focus on that stuff before moving on to what's below.

   Transferring user preferences

   Why bother to learn?

   Essential commands

   Understanding I/O pipes and redirection

   Survey of powerful commands

   Command line editors

   Bash and its alternatives

   Basic system administration

   Going beyond 'yum install'

   Introducing the RPM file

   Installing from source