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Part 0:   About this guide
Purpose and Audience Matthew Daniels

Part I:   Fedora and Linux
Introducing Fedora

Introducing Linux

Explaining open source

Part II:  Starting up Fedora
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?

Part III: Your Graphical Desktop
Customizing look and feel

Setting your background

Selecting a screensaver

Part IV: Being Productive
Office suites and editing documents Matthew Daniels

Setting up an email client Matthew Daniels

Setting up peripherals

Managing the print server

Part V:   The World Wide Web
Browsing the web

Using email

Setting up instant messaging services

Playing online games

Transferring files online

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

Part VI:  Multimedia
A word on freedom and codecs

Syncing an iPod, Zune, or other media device

Part VII:  Photos and Graphics
Managing your photographs

Photography tools

Editing graphics with the GIMP

Part VIII:  Staying Secure
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

Part IX:  Migrating from Windows
Alternatives for Windows applications

Running a Windows application in Fedora

Running Windows inside Fedora

Running Windows and Fedora on the same machine

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

Part X: Migrating from other *nix-based systems
Transferring user preferences

Part XI:   The Command Line Interface
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

Part XII:    Advanced software management
Going beyond 'yum install'

Introducing the RPM file

Installing from source