- 3-Button-Mouse
- How to get a 3 button serial mouse working properly under Linux.
- ADSL
- How to setup a Linux System to work with Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop (ADSL), a new high-speed digital access line
technology available from Telcos. ADSL is one of a family of
digital subscriber line (DSL) technologies available to residential and
business customers using existing copper loops,
providing speeds from 384kbps to 1.5Mbps. This document provides an introduction to ADSL, and information
on how to install, configuration and turn up service.
- ADSM-Backup
- This document describes how to install and use a client for the commercial ADSM backup system for Linux/i386.
- Advocacy
- This document provides suggestions for how the Linux community can effectively advocate the use of Linux.
- Alsa-sound
- Describes the installation of the ALSA sound drivers for Linux. These sound drivers can be used as a replacement for the regular sound drivers, as they are fully compatible.
- Apache+SSL+PHP+fp
- This document is about building a multipurpose webserver that will support dynamic web content via the PHP/FI scripting language, secure transmission of data based on Netscape's SSL,
secure execution of CGI's and
M$ Frontpage Server Extensions
- Automount
- This file describes the autofs automounter, how to configure it, and points out some problems to avoid.
- Backup-With-MSDOS
- This HOWTO describes how to use a Linux-compatible tape drive installed on an MS-DOS machine to back up the filesystem of a Linux
machine.
- Battery-Powered
- This document describes how to reduce a Linux system's power consumption by tweaking some of its configuration settings. This
will be helpful for everyone who runs Linux on a portable
computer system. There is also some general information about
how to take care of your battery. If you are using Linux on a
desktop system, you probably don't need to read all this.
- BogoMips
- This text gives some information about BogoMips, compiled from various sources such as news and e-mail. This text is retrievable from the various Linux archives in the file
HOWTO/mini/BogoMips.
Translations are available IMHO in French, Japanese, Italian, German, Polish, Portuguese, and
Hungarian from appropriate archives.
An explanatory article, titled 'the Quintessential Linux Benchmark,' was published in the Linux Journal, issue January 1996.
New mini-Howto entries for unlisted CPUs will be highly appreciated. They can
be send per e-mail to the author.
- Bridge+Firewall
-
- Bridge
- This document describes how to setup an ethernet bridge. What is an ethernet bridge? An ethernet bridge is a device that controls data packets within a subnet in an attempt
to cut down the amount of traffic. A bridge is usually placed between two separate
groups of computers that talk within themselves, but not so much with the computers in
the other group. A good example of this is to consider a cluster of Macintoshes and a
cluster of unix machines. Both of these groups of machines tend to be quite chatty
amongst themselves, and the traffic they produce on the network causes collisions for the
other machines who are trying to speak to one another. A bridge would be placed between
these groups of computers. The job of the bridge is then to examine the destination of the data packets one at a time and decide whether or not to pass the packets to the
other side of the ethernet segment. The result is a faster, quieter network with less
collisions.
- Cable-Modem
- This document attempts to answer basic questions on how to connect your Linux box to cable modem or cable Internet provider.
- Cipe+Masq
- How to setup a VPN using Cipe on a linux masquerading firewall.
- Clock
- How to set and keep your computer's clock on time.
- Coffee
- One of the most bothering remarks on software, I have ever heard, is weather this or that thing can make coffee. So, Linux DOES make coffee. And it tastes good, instead!
- Colour-ls
- Most Linux distributions have a 'ls' command for listing the contents of a directory that can visually enhance their output by
using different colours, but configuring this to taste may not be a
trivial task. This document explains the various aspects and
approaches of altering the setup by configuring existing software,
plus locations of alternative software usually not included with
Slackware or RedHat, which may be used on most versions of Unix.
The HTML version is also available from my own source at
http://www.mip.ou.dk/~ravn/colour-ls.
- Commercial-Port-Advocacy
- This document discusses methods that can be used to approach commercial software companies to convince them to port their
programs to Linux.
- DHCP
- This document attempts to answer basic questions on how to setup your Linux box to serve as a DHCP server or a DHCP client.
- DPT-Hardware-RAID
- How to set up hardware RAID under Linux.
- Divert-Sockets-mini HOWTO
- This document describes how to get, compile and use FreeBSD divert sockets under Linux 2.2.12.
- Domain
- This document outlines the things you will probably have to do when you want to set up a network of computers under your own domain. It
covers configuration of network parameters, network services, and
security settings.
- Ext2fs-Undeletion
- Picture this. You've spent the last three days with no sleep, no food, not even a shower. Your hacking compulsion has at last paid off: you've finished
that program that will bring you world-wide fame and recognition. All that you
still need to do is tar it up and put it on Metalab. Oh, and delete all those
Emacs backup files. So you say rm * ~. And too late, you notice
the extra space in that command. You've just deleted your magnum opus!
But help is at hand. This document presents a discussion of how to retrieve
deleted files from a Second Extended File System. Just maybe, you'll be able
to release that program after all...
- FDU
- How to fix ugly and unreadable X Window fonts.
- FTP
- How to use ftp clients and servers
- Fax-Server
- No warranties. Comments are always welcome. This document describes in details one of the simplest ways to setup
fax server on your Linux system. The fax is available to the users
on the local host and to network users.
- Firewall-Piercing
- Directions for using ppp over telnet to do network stuff transparently
through an Internet firewall.
- Firewall-and-ADSL-mini HOWTO
- Configuring a Linux system to act as a firewall and bridge with a DSL network connection
- Home-Network-mini HOWTO
- A simple tutorial on configuring Red Hat 6 and related variants to operate as an internet gateway to a small home or office network. Topics covered include
masquerading, DNS, DHCP, and basic security.
- IO-Port-Programming
- This HOWTO document describes programming hardware I/O ports and waiting for small periods of time in user-mode Linux programs running
on the Intel x86 architecture.
- IP-Masquerade
- This document describes how to enable IP masquerade feature on a Linux host, allowing connected computers that do not have registered Internet IP addresses to connect to the Internet through your Linux box.
- IP-Subnetworking
- This document describes why and how to subnetwork an IP network - that is using a single A, B or C Class network number to function correctly on
several interconnected networks.
- IPMasquerading+Napster
- This mini-HOWTO present a way to allow users behind an IPMasq'd system to use Napster.
- ISP-Connectivity
- This document describes how to setup PPP, connect up to your ISP, configure mail and news, get a permanent IP (if available),
get a domain name, and have a bonda fide system running
in a little over thirty minutes.
- Install-From-ZIP
- This document describes how to install Linux from a parallel port zip drive using the Slackware Linux distribution.
- LBX
- LBX (Low Bandwidth X) is an X server extension which performs compression on the X protocol. It is meant to be used in conjunction
with X applications and an X server which are separated by a slow
network connection, to improve display and response time.
- LILO
- LILO is the most used Linux Loader for the x86 flavour of Linux; I'll call it Lilo rather than LILO here because I don't
appreciate uppercase. This file describes some typical Lilo
installations. It's intended as a supplement to the Lilo User's
Guide. I think examples are informative even if your setup isn't much
like mine. I hope this saves you trouble. Since Lilo's own
documentation is very good, who's interested in the details is
referred to /usr/doc/lilo*
- Large-Disk
- All about disk geometry and the 1024 cylinder limit for disks.
- Linux+FreeBSD
-
This document describes how to use Linux and FreeBSD on the same system. It
introduces FreeBSD and discusses how the two operating systems can cooperate,
e.g. by sharing swap space. You should probably have some experience with
Linux or FreeBSD and hard drive partitioning (fdisk) before you read this
document. The tips herein are tested using FreeBSD 2.2.2, but they should be
valid for newer versions as well. Do not hesitate to mail me if you have
comments, questions or suggestions about this document. I would also like to
hear from people who have experience using Linux together with NetBSD or
OpenBSD.
- Linux+NT-Loader
-
- Loopback-Root-FS
- This HOWTO explains how to use the Linux loopback device to create a Linux native filesystem format installation that can be run from a DOS partition
without re-partitioning. Other uses of this same technique are also discussed.
- Mac-Terminal
- This mini HOWTO describes the 1,002nd use for a dead Macintosh (grin): how to configure the Mac for use as a Linux terminal. Configurations
using getty and the terminal program kermit are described, as well as
using kermit peer-to-peer networking between between Linux and a
Macintosh. This document may be reproduced freely, in whole or in
part, provided that any usage conforms to the general copyright notice
of the HOWTO series of the Linux Documentation Project. See the file
COPYRIGHT for details. Send all complaints, suggestions, errata, and
any miscellany to
kiesling@terracom.net, so I can keep this document as complete and
up to date as possible.
- Mail-Queue
- Queue Remote Mail + Deliver Local Mail The Configuration Changes Neccessary to Make Sendmail Deliver Local Mail
***Now*** While Stashing Remote Mail in The Queue Until "I Say So".
- Mail2News
- This document describes how to feed a mailing list to a news server.
- Multiboot-with-LILO
- This document describes how to use the to multiboot between Windows 95, Windows NT, and Linux.
- NCD-X-Terminal
- This document describes how to connect an NCD X terminal to a UNIX host
- NFS-Root
- This Mini-HOWTO tries explains how to setup a ``disc-less'' Linux workstation, which mounts it's root filesystems via NFS.
The newest version of this Mini-Howto can always be found in
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/NFS-Root or
on any sunsite mirror NEAR YOU.
- Netrom-Node
- This document describes how to setup the ax25-utilities package for Amateur Radio such that it makes Netrom Nodes for the Node program
and the BBS software from John-Paul Roubelat, F6FBB. The DOS G8BPQ
Switch makes a bbs node and many features, it was expected that the
Linux ax25-utils would have a similar capability. This was not the
case. Help came from John Ackerman, N8UR who put a message on the
Linux-Ham SIG that he had done the BBS node and the info was on his
web site! When the information was tried it didn't work properly but
much was learned about the technique. Help from Tomi Manninen, OH2BNS
did the trick. Nodes for the BBS and the Node and the DX Cluster were
made and work fine.
- Netstation
- This document tries to describe how to hook up a IBM Netstation to your local network using a Linux box as server.
- News-Leafsite
- This HOWTO will help you to configure a small leafsite for Usenet News using the free software package Leafnode. For any questions,
suggestions and comments, please write to Florian Kuehnert
(sutok@gmx.de). Please send any bugs you found in this document to me
as well. (C) 1998 by Florian Kuehnert.
- Offline-Mailing
- Use your linux mailing system offline, receive mail for multiple users with only one email address, and without being 24-24 online on the net.
If you are unable to pay a direct line to stay online for 24-24 and still
want your users to receive mail on your linux box; as well not pay for a
multi-drop box at your isp, you can use this system using only one email
address to divide to your users email addresses. It is as well 24-24
reachable since the server where your account resists will receive the
mail.
This howto is Copyright (c)1997-98 by Gunther Voet.
- PLIP
- This HOWTO will hopefully let you build and use a Parallel Line Interface Protocol.
- Partition-Rescue-mini HOWTO
- Whow ! my disk is empty ! My Linux is gone ! If you have or fear to have one day or an other such a problem, read this...
- Partition
- This Linux Mini-HOWTO teaches you how to plan and layout disk space for your Linux system. It talks about disk hardware, partitions, swap space sizing and positioning considerations. file systems, file system types and related topics. The intent is to teach some background knowledge, not procedures.
- Path
-
- Programming-Languages
- A brief comparison of major programming languages for Linux and major libraries for creating graphical user interfaces
(GUIs) under Linux
- Public-Web-Browser
- The basic idea here is to give web access to people who wander by, while limiting their ability to mess anything up.
- Qmail+MH
- I am just documenting my installation experiences to offer some help to other users who wish to use the above combination for their email.
v1.4 - I have finally got a new Linux box running so I decided to
update this mini-howto
- Quota
- Preamble: This document is copylefted by Albert M.C. Tam (bertie@scn.org). Permission to use, copy, distribute this document for non-commerical purposes
is hereby granted, provided that the author's / editor's name and this notice
appear in all copies and/or supporting documents; that this document is not
modified. This document is distributed in hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, either expressed or implied. While every effort has been
taken to ensure the accuracy of the information documented herein, the author /
editor / maintainer assumes NO RESPONSIBILITY for errors, or for damages results
for the use of the information documented herein.
This document describes how to enable file system quota on a Linux host,
assigning quota for users and groups, as well as the usage of miscellaneous
quota commands. It is intended for users running kernel 2.x (recently tested
on RedHat 4.1 running kernel 2.0.27). Users running older kernels may need
to upgrade to a newer kernel version in order to take advantage of quota. Feel free to send feedbacks or comments to bertie@scn.org if you find an
error, or if any information is missing. I appreciate it.
- RCS
- This document covers basic installation and usage of RCS, the GNU Revision Control System, under Linux. It also covers the installation
of the diff(1) and diff3(1) utilities, which are
necessary for RCS to operate. This document may be reproduced freely,
in whole or in part, provided that any usage of this document conforms
to the general copyright notice of the HOWTO series of the Linux
Documentation Project. See the file COPYRIGHT for details. Send all
complaints, suggestions, errata, and any miscellany to
kiesling@terracom.net, so
I can keep this document as complete and up to date as possible.
- RPM+Slackware
- This document describes how to get RPM installed and working properly under Slackware. The information contained herein,
however, is probably applicable to any Linux distribution.
- RedHat-CD
- This document describes how to make your own CDs from the Red Hat Linux distribution equivalent to the ones commercially available from Red Hat.
The structure of the distribution is described, as well as the procedure
needed to include updated RPMS into the distribution. Prerequisites are a
good network connection, and a CD-writer.
- Remote-Boot
- This document describes how to set up a very robust and secure server-based configuration for a cluster of PCs, allowing each client to choose
at boot-time which operating system to run. The key of this configuration
is a bootprom based program, which let the user choose at boot time one of several boot images. This configuration is applicable using
InCom TCP/IP Bootprom (add-on for most network cards) or any PXE-compliant Boot ROM (ready-to-use in most recent PC with built-in
network cards).
The most up-to-date version of this document, with hypertext links to
downloadable software and other related materials, can be found at the
address
http://cuiwww.unige.ch/info/pc/remote-boot/howto.html.
Linuxdoc-SGML,
DVI and
PostScript
versions are available in the same directory.
If you are interested in getting info on further developpments, send
an E-mail to
David.Clerc@cui.unige.ch.
- Remote-X-Apps
- This mini-HOWTO describes how to run remote X applications. That is, how to have an X program display on a different computer than the one it's
running on. Or conversely: how to make an X program run on a different
computer than the one you're sitting at. The focus of this mini-HOWTO
is on security. This mini-HOWTO also contains information on running
X applications locally, but with a different user-id.
- Saving-Space
- This mini-HOWTO gives you directions for squeezing your Linux installation into the least possible space. It's particularly aimed at notebook users.
- Secure-POP+SSH
- This document explains how to set up secure POP connections using ssh.
- Sendmail+UUCP
- This document is a brief description of how to set up sendmail's configuration file for the home user's
dial-up access.
- Sendmail-Address-Rewrite
- This document is a brief description of how to set up sendmail's configuration file for the home user's
dial-up access.
- Software-RAID
- RAID stands for ''Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks'', and is meant to be a way of creating a fast and reliable disk-drive
subsystem out of individual disks. RAID can guard against disk failure, and can also improve performance over that of a single disk drive.
This document is a tutorial/HOWTO/FAQ for users of
the Linux MD kernel extension, the associated tools, and their use.
The MD extension implements RAID-0 (striping), RAID-1 (mirroring),
RAID-4 and RAID-5 in software. That is, with MD, no special hardware
or disk controllers are required to get many of the benefits of RAID.
- Soundblaster-AWE
- This document describes how to install and configure a Sound Blaster 32 (SB AWE 32, SB AWE 64) card from Creative Labs in a Linux System using the AWE
Sound Driver Extension written by Takashi Iwai. It also covers some special
tools and players for the SB AWE series. Reference system is a Debian
GNU/Linux System, but every other Linux Distribution should also work.
- StarOffice
- Information on installing the StarOffice 3.1 Office Suite by StarDivision.
- Swap-Space
- This Linux Mini-HOWTO describes how to share your Linux swap partition with Windows.
- TT-Debian
- This document describes how to configure a Debian system to use TrueType fonts for display and printing. The most recent
version of this document can be obtained in HTML format at
http://www.dimensional.com/~bgiles/debian-tt.html
- Term-Firewall
- Directions for using ``term'' to do network stuff through a TCP firewall that you're not supposed to be able to.
- TkRat
- This is the TkRat mini-HOWTO. This document is geared toward anyone interested in using their Linux computer to send and receive Internet E-Mail.
- Token-Ring
- This howto is designed to help you install the kernel patch and also try to point out some things to look for. I suggest that you at least browse
through all of this document before attempting to install any part of the
Token Ring driver for Linux.
- Ultra-DMA
- This document is intended to explain how to use Ultra-DMA aka Ultra-ATA aka Ultra33 and Ultra66 hard drives and interfaces with Linux. The most
recent version of this mini-Howto can be obtained in HTML format at
http://pobox.com/~brion/linux/Ultra-DMA.html.
- Update
-
This document describes how to stay updated and abreast of the development
that takes place in the Linux world of development.
Although most of this text is Linux specific there is also a lot of general
information on searching efficiently for specific information that can be
useful for a wider audience.
- Upgrade
- Hints and tips on upgrading from one linux distribution to another.
- VAIO+Linux
- This document explains installation of Linux on Sony VAIO computers.
- VPN
-
- Vesafb
- This document describes how to use the vesafb device in Linux with a VESA 2.0 compliant graphic card on Intel platforms.
- Visual-Bell
- This document explains how to use termcap to configure a visual bell on one's system and describes how to disable audible bells on demand.
- WordPerfect
- This document discusses running WordPerfect on Linux, including a brief discussion on the WordPerfect 7.0 beta. This is an update
to the previous mini-howto that described notes on setting up WordPerfect 6.0 for SCO UNIX (ODT) on Linux. This document is not endorsed nor sponsored by Corel Corporation or SDC.
- X-Big-Cursor
- This document describes how to use enlarged mouse cursors with the X window system.
- XFree86-XInside
- How to convert an XFree86 modeline into an XInside/XiGraphics one
- Xterm-Title
- This document explains how to use escape sequences to dynamically change window and icon titles of an xterm. Examples are
given for several shells, and the appendix gives escape sequences
for some other terminal types.
- ZIP-Drive
- This Document provides a quick reference quide on setting up and using the Iomega ZIP drive with Linux.
- ZIP-Install
- This document is only useful for those with the printer port version of a ZIP drive who wish to have either a portable or backup Linux
system on a ZIP disk.
- call-back-mini HOWTO
- This document describes how to set up call-back by using the Linux system and modem. I would like to thank Anna for her patience.
Please send comments to Marco Budde (Budde@tu-harburg.de).
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