From booting up to shutting down, whether you are working or playing,
Red Hat Linux provides tools and applications to help you get the most out of your
computing environment. This chapter guides you through some basic tasks that
you will commonly perform day-to-day on your Red Hat Linux machine.
Setup Agent
The first time you start your Red Hat Linux machine, you will be presented
with the Setup Agent, which guides you
through the Red Hat Linux configuration. Using this tool, you can set your system
time and date, install software, register your machine with the Red Hat Network, and
more. Setup Agent lets you configure your
environment at the beginning, so that you can get started using your Red Hat Linux
system quickly.
Setup Agent allows you to set your
machine's date and time, or lets you synchronize your date and time with
an network time server — a machine that sends
date and time information to your machine through a network
connection. Set the day, month, and year using the calendar tool and set
your time in hours, minutes, and seconds using provided text boxes. Once
you have set your time and date, click Forward to
continue.
If you wish to register your system with the Red Hat Network and receive
automatic updates of your Red Hat Linux system, choose Yes, I would
like to register with Red Hat Network. This will start the Red Hat Update Agent
— a utility that guides you step-by-step through the registration
of your machine with the Red Hat Network. Selecting No, I do not want to
register my machine skips the registration. For more
information about Red Hat Network and registering your machine, refer to the Red Hat Network
documentation at http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/RHNetwork/.
If you want to install Red Hat Linux RPM packages that you did not install
during installation, software from third-party providers, or documentation
from the Official Red Hat Linux Documentation CD, you can do so at the
Install Additional Software screen. Insert the CD
containing the software or documentation you want to install, click the
Install... button, and follow the
instructions.
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| | If you are installing a package from the Red Hat Linux
installation CDs, you must insert CD 1, click the
Install... button, choose the package(s) or
component you want to install, and, if prompted,
change the CD.
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Now your system is configured. You are ready to log in and start
using Red Hat Linux.
