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Chapter 1 ✦ Introduction to Linux Troubleshooting
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Whether you hope to build your own embedded or other specialty Linux system some day, the
skills you learn in Linux Troubleshooting Bible will help you not only get your systems working,
but understand the range of features that lie beneath the surface of Linux. Even if it’s just in
the area of fun projects, such as those included with Linux Toys (
www.linuxtoys.net),
learning to troubleshoot Fedora can be a useful skill. Figure 1-4 illustrates the Linux Toys
Television Recorder/Player.
Figure 1-4: Linux Toys and other hobbyist applications will run on Fedora Core.
Going with Fedora (Without Going It Alone)
What some seem to forget as they worry about how well Red Hat, Inc., will support Fedora is
that Linux was originally created and supported by a community of open-source developers,
administrators, and integrators. Right now, the community of people and companies out there
that are ready and able to support the software that comes in Fedora is as strong as ever.
While calling Red Hat, Inc., for every problem with Fedora may not be an option, the trick is to
know what the Fedora Project itself is offering (with the support of Red Hat, Inc.) and how to look
elsewhere for the help you need. The first thing to do, however, is to get your hands on Fedora.
Choosing a Fedora Version
By the time this book is released, Fedora Core 1 would have been available for several months
and Fedora Core 2 would just be hitting the market. Although versions 1 and 2 are similar in
many ways, we based most of this book on Fedora Core 1 for the following reasons:
✦ Fedora Core 1 had gone through nearly a full Red Hat testing cycle before becoming
Fedora Core 1. There were not major feature additions over Red Hat Linux 9, while there
were many bug fixes that were included.