Learning Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora
Bill McCarty
O'Reilly
I found this book to be very readable and a good way of getting up to speed on Linux.  The book: (i) guides you how to load Fedora onto your computer, (ii) describes how Linux works, and (iii) discusses Linux applications, networking and scripts.  The author also touches on the Red Hat Enterprise version of Linux throughout the text. The Linux installation section is well written with plenty of screen shots showing the various screens during installation.  The other sections are also very readable.  The book comes with a couple of CDs containing Fedora Core1.  A reader may wish to download a more recent version (Fedora 4 is available at the time this review was written).  This book is a good springboard in getting into the Linux world with Fedora; however I think that a person will want to supplement this book with a reference on Linux (such as Linux in a Nutshell) in order to get a more detailed coverage on topics.