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Chapter 10. Software Selection

By default, the Fedora installation process loads a selection of software that is suitable for a desktop system.


	    Task selection screen.

Figure 10.1. Task Selection Screen

To include or remove software for common tasks, select the relevant items from the list:

Office and Productivity

This option provides the OpenOffice.org productivity suite, the Planner project management application, graphical tools such as the GIMP, and multimedia applications.

Software Development

This option provides the necessary tools to compile software on your Fedora system.

Web server

This option provides the Apache Web server.

Select Customize now to specify the software packages for your final system in more detail. This option causes the installation process to display an additional customization screen when you select Next .

[Note] Installing Support for Additional Languages

Select Customize now to install support for additional languages. Refer to Section 10.3, “Additional Language Support” for more information on configuring language support.

10.1. Core Network Services

All Fedora Core installation include the following network services:

  • centralized logging through syslog

  • email through SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)

  • network file sharing through NFS (Network File System)

  • remote access through SSH (Secure SHell)

  • resource advertising through mDNS (multicast DNS)

The default installation also provides:

  • network file transfer through HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol)

  • printing through CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System)

  • remote desktop access through VNC (Virtual Network Computing)

Some automated processes on your Fedora system use the email service to send reports and messages to the system administrator. By default, the email, logging, and printing services do not accept connections from other systems. Fedora installs the NFS sharing, HTTP, and VNC components without enabling those services.

You may configure your Fedora system after installation to offer email, file sharing, logging, printing and remote desktop access services. The SSH service is enabled by default. You may use NFS to access files on other systems without enabling the NFS sharing service.

 
 
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