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Boot Loader
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Fedora Core uses the
GRUB
boot loader. Refer to
https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ for more
information.
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Disk Partitioning
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Fedora Core uses parted
to partition disks. Refer
to https://www.gnu.org/software/parted/ for more
information.
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Storage Management
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Logical Volume Management (LVM) provides administrators with a
range of facilities to manage storage. By default, the Fedora
installation process formats drives as LVM volumes. Refer to
https://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ for more
information.
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Audio Support
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The Linux kernel used by Fedora Core incorporates
ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture). For more information
about ALSA, refer to the project Web site:
https://www.alsa-project.org/.
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Graphics System
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Both the installation system and Fedora Core use the
Xorg
suite to provide graphical
capabilities. Components of Xorg
manage the
display, keyboard and mouse for the desktop environments that
users interact with. Refer to https://www.x.org/
for more information.
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Remote Displays
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Fedora Core and anaconda
include
VNC (Virtual Network Computing) software to enable remote
access to graphical displays. For more information about VNC,
refer to the documentation on the RealVNC Web site:
https://www.realvnc.com/documentation/.
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Command-line Interface
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By default, Fedora Core uses the GNU bash
shell to
provide a command-line interface. The GNU Core Utilities
complete the command-line environment. Refer to
https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/bash.html for
more information on bash
. To learn more
about the GNU Core Utilities, refer to
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/.
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Remote System Access
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Fedora Core incorporates the
OpenSSH suite to provide remote access to the system. The SSH
service enables a number of functions, which include access to
the command-line from other systems, remote command execution,
and network file transfers. During the installation process
anaconda
may use the scp
feature of OpenSSH to transfer crash reports to remote
systems. Refer to the OpenSSH Web site for more information:
https://www.openssh.com/.
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Access Control
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SELinux provides Mandatory Access Control (MAC) capabilities
that supplement the standard Linux security features. Refer to
the SELinux FAQ for more information:
https://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq/.
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Firewall
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The Linux kernel used by Fedora Core incorporates the
netfilter
framework to provide
firewall features. The Netfilter project website provides
documentation for both netfilter
, and the
iptables
administration facilities:
https://netfilter.org/documentation/index.html.
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Software Installation
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Fedora Core uses
yum
to manage the RPM packages that make up
the system. Refer to
https://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/ for more
information.
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Virtualization
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Xen provides the capability to simultaneously run multiple
operating systems on the same computer. Fedora Core also includes
tools to install and manage the secondary systems on a Fedora
host. You may select Xen support during the installation
process, or at any time thereafter. Refer to
https://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/Xen for
more information.