Getting started with Fedora

By default Linux creates the root user account. It is the highest level account on the system and is used for administration. It gives the user full permission to modify files, and start and stop critical programs (called processes) on the system. It is a security feature in Linux that limits normal user privileges only to those required for normal tasks.

For security reasons, the root account is disabled by default on Fedora Workstation. Instead, the default user will be added to the group 'wheel'. Members of this group are able to acquire root permissions using the 'sudo' command. Whenever this user wants to make a system-wide change, such as stopping a fundamental program like the web server (httpd), the corresponding command is preceded by a sudo, e.g. sudo systemctl stop httpd. The sudo then asks for the password of the user, not of root.

Use the Terminal program to perform command line tasks. Benefits to using the command line include the ability to give multiple commands on one line, but it requires greater knowledge of Linux commands. Documentation published on this site, as well as various tutorials and guides on the internet and elsewhere, often makes use of these terminal commands.

GNOME, Fedora’s default window manager, is the underlying graphical user environment. It provides a visual front-end using a desktop analogy. When you log into Fedora, GNOME is started with a predefined set of icons and menus on the desktop.

Mozilla [application]*Firefox は標準のwebブラウザです。 Activities  Firefox でアクセスできます。Firefox はまた Microsoft Windows や Mac OS X でも利用することができます。

There is no longer a default email client bundled with Fedora, but you can install one by searching in Software.

Evolution を選ぶことができます。メールにアクセス、連絡先の作成、タスク管理、スケジュールのカレンダーなどに使えます。Microsoft Outlook と似た機能を Evolution は備えています。

他の選択肢としては Thunderbird があり、これはMozilla Foundation によって開発されたものです。 これは多くのおペレーティングシステムに対応した人気あるメールクライアントです。 It is used for handling email and newsgroups without the calendaring functions that Evolution provides.

The Pidgin application is popularly used for instant messaging. The instant messaging protocols that Pidgin supports include MSN, AIM, IRC, and Yahoo. You can install Pidgin using Software.

Fedora provides built-in support for sound cards and playing music CDs. Applications to import audio from CDs and manage music files are available. Extracting audio from CDs and storing it in compressed format on the hard drive is one way to manage a music collection.

To extract, or rip, the music from a CD, use the Sound Juicer program. You can install it by searching for "Sound Juicer" in Software. By default, Sound Juicer encodes music files to the free and open OGG Vorbis format. Once music files are generated, use Rhythmbox to manage and play tracks. In addition to playing audio file formats, Rhythmbox is also used for streaming media from Internet radio stations.

オフィス・スイートとして Fedora は標準で LibreOffice を含んでいます。これは、よく知られており、成熟したソフトウェアです。 LibreOffice が含むものとして、ワープロソフト (Write), 表計算プログラム (Calc), プレゼンソフト (Impress). 簡単な図形編集パッケージ (Draw) 、それに加えてリレーショナル・データベース (Base) があり、オプショナルでインストールして利用可能です。