- 3Dfx HOWTO
- This document describes 3Dfx graphics accelerator chip support for Linux. It lists some supported hardware,
describes how to configure the drivers, and answers
frequently asked questions.
- AI-Alife HOWTO
- This howto mainly contains information about, and links to, various AI related software libraries, applications, etc. that work on the Linux platform. All of it is (at least) free for personal use. The new master page for this document is
http://zhar.net/gnu-linux/howto/
- AX25 HOWTO
- The Linux Operating System is perhaps the only operating system in the world that can boast native and standard support for the AX.25 packet radio protocol
utilised by Amateur Radio Operators worldwide. This document aims to describe
how to install and configure this support.
- Access HOWTO
- The Linux Access HOWTO covers the use of adaptive technology with Linux, In particular, using adaptive technology to make Linux
accessible to those who could not use it otherwise. It also covers
areas where Linux can be used within more general adaptive technology
solutions.
- Alpha HOWTO
- This document is a brief overview of existing Alpha CPUs, chipsets and systems. It has something of a hardware bias, reflecting my own area
of expertese. Although I am an employee of Digital Equipment
Corporation, this is not an official statement by Digital and any
opinions expressed are mine and not Digital's.
- Assembly HOWTO
- This is the Linux Assembly HOWTO. This document describes how to program in assembly language
using FREE programming tools,
focusing on development for or from the Linux Operating System
on IA-32 (i386) platform.
Included material may or may not be applicable
to other hardware and/or software platforms.
Contributions about them will be gladly accepted.
Keywords:
assembly, assembler, asm, inline asm, macroprocessor, preprocessor,
32-bit, IA32, i386, x86, gas, as86, nasm, OS, kernel, system, libc,
system call, interrupt, small, fast, embedded, hardware, port
- Bash-Prompt HOWTO
- Creating and controlling terminal and xterm prompts is discussed, including incorporating standard escape sequences to give username, current working directory, time, etc. Further suggestions are made
on how to modify xterm title bars, use external functions to provide
prompt information, and how to use ANSI colours.
- Belgian HOWTO
- This document describes how to tweak Linux for Belgian users and lists Linux user groups, businesses and other resources in Belgium.
- Benchmarking HOWTO
- The Linux Benchmarking HOWTO discusses some issues associated with the benchmarking of Linux systems and presents a basic benchmarking toolkit, as well as an associated form, which enable one to produce significant benchmarking information in a couple of hours. Perhaps it will also help diminish the amount of useless articles in comp.os.linux.hardware...
- Beowulf HOWTO
- This document introduces the Beowulf Supercomputer architecture and provides background information on parallel programming, including
links to other more specific documents, and web pages.
- BootPrompt HOWTO
- This is the BootPrompt-Howto, which is a compilation of all the possible boot time arguments that can be passed to the Linux
kernel at boot time. This includes all kernel and device parameters.
A discussion of how the kernel sorts boot time arguments, along
with an overview of some of the popular software used to boot Linux
kernels is also included.
- Bootdisk HOWTO
- This document describes how to design and build your own boot/root diskettes for Linux. These disks can be used as rescue disks or to test new system
components. If you haven't read the Linux FAQ and related documents, such as
the Linux Installation HOWTO and the Linux Install Guide, you should not be
trying to build boot diskettes. If you just want a rescue disk to have for
emergencies, see Appendix
Pre-made bootdisks.
- Busmouse HOWTO
- This document describes how to install, configure and use a busmouse under Linux. It lists the supported busmice and attempts to answer the most frequently asked questions with regards to busmice. It also contains some pointers for serial mice as well.
- C++Programming HOWTO
- This document discusses methods to avoid memory problems in C++ and also will help you to program properly in C++ language. The information in this document applies to all the operating sytems that is - Linux, MS DOS, Windows 95/NT, OS/2, IBM OSes, all flavors of Unix like Solaris, HPUX, AIX, SCO, Sinix, BSD, SCO, etc.. and to all other operating systems which support "C++" compiler (it means almost all the operating systems on this planet!).
- C-C++Beautifier HOWTO
- This document will help you to format (beautify) the C/C++ programs so that it is more readable and confirms to your site C/C++ coding standards.
The information in this document applies to all the operating sytems that is - Linux, MS DOS, Windows 95/NT, OS/2, IBM OSes, all flavors of Unix like Solaris, HPUX, AIX, SCO, Sinix, BSD, SCO, etc.. and to all other operating systems which support "C" compiler (it means almost all the
operating systems on this planet!).
- CD-Writing HOWTO
- This document explains how to write CD-ROMs under Linux.
- CDROM HOWTO
- This document describes how to install, configure, and use CD-ROM drives under Linux. It lists the supported hardware and answers a
number of frequently asked questions. The intent is to bring new users
up to speed quickly and reduce the amount of traffic in the Usenet
news groups and mailing lists.
- CVS HOWTO
- This document is a "practical guide" to very quickly setup CVS/RCS source code control system. This document also has custom shell scripts which are wrappers on top of CVS. These scripts provide a easy user interface for CVS. The information in this document applies to Linux and as well as to all other flavors of Unix liks Solaris, HPUX, AIX, SCO, Sinix, BSD, SCO, etc..
- CVS-RCS HOWTO
- This document is a "practical guide" to very quickly setup CVS/RCS source code control system. This document also has custom shell scripts which are wrappers on top of CVS. These scripts provide a easy user interface for CVS. The information in this document applies to Linux and as well as to all other flavors of Unix liks Solaris, HPUX, AIX, SCO, Sinix, BSD, SCO, etc..
- Chinese HOWTO
- This document demonstrates how to implement Chinese available on Linux system, including those common problems encountered on Linux/UNIX system while using Chinese, the ways to obtain, and shows how to install and setup a variety of different Chinese softwares. Finally, we would like to take a bit little glance at the work for making a complete Chinese environment with Linux system.
- Chroot-BIND HOWTO
- This document describes installing the BIND 8 nameserver to run in a chroot jail and as a non-root user, to provide added security and minimise the
potential effects of a security compromise.
- Commercial HOWTO
- This document contains a listing of commercial software and applications which are offered for Linux. It is maintained by Mr. Poet
<poet@linuxports.com>.
- Config HOWTO
- This HOWTO aims at making the fine--tuning of your newly installed Linux box quicker and easier. Here you will find a set of configurations for the most
common applications and services.
- Consultants HOWTO
- This document contains a listing of companies providing commercial Linux related support. If you want to find a Linux consultant or consulting
firm in your area, this listing will probably be of help for you.
It is maintained by Poet
poet@linuxports.com.
- Cyrillic HOWTO
- This document describes how to set up your Linux box to typeset, view and print the documents in the Russian language.
- DNS HOWTO
- HOWTO become a totally small time DNS admin.
- DOS-Win-to-Linux HOWTO
- This HOWTO is dedicated to all the (soon to be former?) DOS and Windows users who have decided to switch to Linux, the free UNIX clone. The purpose
of this document is to help the reader translate his or her knowledge of DOS
and Windows into the Linux environment, as well as providing hints on
exchanging files and resources between the two OSes.
- DOSEMU HOWTO
- This is the `Frequently Asked Questions' (FAQ) / HOWTO document for dosemu. The most up-to-date version of the dosemu-HOWTO may be found
at
http://www.dosemu.org.
- Danish HOWTO
-
This document describes how to configure Linux and various Linux
applications for Danish locale standards such as keyboard, font, paper-size etc. It is hoped that Linux users from other places in
Western Europe will find this document useful too.
- Diskless HOWTO
- This document describes how to set up a diskless Linux box. As technology is advancing rapidly, network-cards are becoming cheaper and much faster - 100 MBits ethernet is standard now and in about 1 to 2 years 1000 MBits i.e. 1GigBits ethernet cards will become a industry standard. With high-speed network cards, remote access will become as fast as the local disk access which will make diskless nodes a viable alternative to workstations in local LAN. Also diskless nodes eliminates the cost of software upgrades and system administration costs like backup, recovery which will be centralized on the server side. Diskless nodes also enable "sharing/optimization" of centralised server CPU,
memory, hard-disk, tape and cdrom resources. Diskless nodes provides mobility for the users i.e., users
can log on from any one of diskless nodes and are not tied to one workstation.
Diskless Linux box completely eliminates the need for local floppy disk, cdrom drive, tape drive and hard-disk. Diskless nodes JUST has a network card,
8MB RAM, a low-end cpu and a very simple mother-board which does not have any interface sockets/slots for harddisks, modem, cdrom, floppy etc..
With Diskless linux nodes you can run programs on remote Linux 64 CPU SMP box or even on Linux super-computer!
Diskless nodes lowers the "Total Cost of Ownership" of the computer system.
This document is copyrighted by Robert Nemkin and other authors as listed above. Copyright policy is GPL. Thanks to Bela Kis
bkis@cartan.math.klte.hu
for translating this initial document v0.0.3 (which was a mini-howto) to English.
- Diskless-root-NFS HOWTO
- Howto setup a server and configure clients for diskless operation from a network.
- Distribution HOWTO
- This document is intended to help new users choose a Linux distribution, and to help experienced users track the state of the Linux market. It
does not aim to be a complete list of Linux distributions for all
platforms, but instead focuses on leading English-language Intel
distributions available on CD-ROM and accessible to Linux novices.
- Ecology HOWTO
- The Ecology-HOWTO discusses ways Linux computers can be used as a mean to protect our environment, by using its features to save power or paper. Since it does not require big hardware, Linux may be used with old computers to make their life cycle longer. Games may be used in environmental education and software is available to simulate ecological processes.
- Emacs-Beginner HOWTO
- This document introduces Linux users to the Emacs editor. It assumes minimal familiarity with vi or a similar editor. The latest
version of this document is usually available from
http://www.wcnet.org/jzawodn/emacs/
- Emacspeak HOWTO
- This document describes how a blind user can use Linux with a speech synthesizer to replace the video display. It
describes how to get Linux running on your own PC, and how to set it
up for speech output. It suggests how to learn about Unix.
- Enterprise-Java-for-Linux HOWTO
- How to set up an Enterprise Java environment on Linux including a Java Development Kit, a Web server, supporting Java servlets, accessing a database
via JDBC, and supporting Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs).
- Esperanto HOWTO
-
- Ethernet HOWTO
- This is the Ethernet-Howto, which is a compilation of information about which ethernet devices can be used for Linux, and how to
set them up. Note that this Howto is focused
on the hardware and low level driver aspect of the ethernet cards,
and does not cover the software end of things like ifconfig
and route. See the Network Howto for that stuff.
- Filesystems HOWTO
- This small HOWTO is about filesystems and accessing filesystems. It is not Linux- or Unix-related document as you probably expect. You can find there
also a lot of interesting information about non-Unix (file)systems, but Unix
is my primary interest :-)
- Finnish HOWTO
- This document describes how to finlandize Linux - Finnish keyboard mapping, time zone, 8-bit clean settings for applications, etc.
Except for this abstract, the text is in Finnish because that is the
benefit of the intended audience. This document may be reproduced at
the usual Linux HOWTO terms. If you use it commercially, you're
welcome to do so but I'd like to be notified. If you have questions,
contact me at my e-mail address.
- Firewall HOWTO
- This document is designed to describe the basics of firewall systems and give you some detail on setting up both a filtering and proxy firewall on a Linux based system. An HTML version of this document is available at http://www.grennan.com/Firewall-HOWTO.html
- Font HOWTO
-
- Framebuffer HOWTO
- This document describes how to use the framebuffer devices in Linux with a variety of platforms. This also includes how to set up multi-headed displays.
- Francophones HOWTO
- Copyright © 1997, 1998, 1999, Guylhem Aznar ; librement distribuable selon les termes du LDP.
Toutes les marques citées appartiennent à leurs propriétaires
respectifs.
- French HOWTO
- Copyright (©) Juillet 1997, Guylhem Aznar. Librement distribuable & modifiable selon les termes de la GPL.
- From-PowerUp-To-Bash-Prompt HOWTO
- This is a brief description of what happens in a Linux system, from the time that you turn on the power, to the time that you log in and get a bash prompt.
It is organised by package to make it easier for people who want to build a
system from source code. Understanding this will be helpful when you need to
solve problems or configure your system.
- Ftape HOWTO
- This HOWTO discusses essential do's and dont's for the ftape floppy tape driver under Linux. It focusses on the newest version
which is ftape-4.02 at the time of this writing. This HOWTO is to
be intended as first step help and source of information.
The ftape driver interfaces to QIC-40, QIC-80, QIC-3010 and
QIC-3020 compatible drives, and to the Iomega Ditto 2GB and Ditto Max
drives. The QIC-3010 and QIC-3020 standards are also known as
`Travan' (TR-2 and TR-3). These drives connect via the floppy disk
controller (FDC) which may be either an internal FDC or inside of
certain parallel port floppy tape drives. Please refer to the section
Supported drives for further
information.
ftape does not cover SCSI or QIC-02 tape drives. DAT tape
drives usually (always?) connect to a SCSI controller.
This is but one of the Linux HOWTO documents. You can get an index of
the HOWTOs from
the Linux HOWTO index, while the real HOWTO's can be fetched (using
ftp) from sunsite.unc.edu:pub/Linux/doc/HOWTO (this is
the ``official'' place) or via the World Wide Web from
the Linux Documentation Project home page.
- GCC HOWTO
- This document covers how to set up the GNU C compiler and development libraries under Linux, and gives an overview of compiling, linking,
running and debugging programs under it. Most of the material in it
has been taken from Mitch D'Souza's GCC-FAQ, which it replaces, or the
ELF-HOWTO, which it will eventually largely replace.
This is the first publically released version (despite the version
number; that's an artifact of RCS). Feedback is welcomed.
- German HOWTO
- Dieses Dokument enthält Tips und Informationen für deutschsprachige Linux-Benutzer. Note to English readers: this document explains the
German-specific aspects of Linux.]
- Glibc2 HOWTO
-
The glibc 2 HOWTO covers installing and using the GNU C Library version 2
(libc 6) on Linux systems.
- HAM HOWTO
- It is hoped that this document will assist Amateur Radio operators in finding and trying the various amateur radio software that has been written for or
ported to Linux. It is also hoped that as a consequence of this information
being available that more amateur radio operators will choose Linux as the
platform of choice for their experimentation, and that software developers
will choose Linux as the platform for their software development, further
expanding the role of operating systems like Linux in the Amateur Radio field.
- HOWTO HOWTO
- List the tools, procedures, and hints to get HOWTO authors up to speed and writing.
- HOWTO-INDEX
- This document contains an index to the Linux HOWTOs as well as other information about the HOWTO project.
- Hardware HOWTO
- This document lists most of the hardware supported by Linux and helps you locate any necessary drivers.
- Hebrew HOWTO
- This `Frequently Asked Questions' (FAQ) / HOWTO document describes how to configure your Linux machine to use Hebrew characters on X-Windows and Virtual Consoles. The most up-to-date version of the Hebrew-HOWTO may be obtained from my Web page or from
<tt>ftp://hobbes.jct.ac.il</tt>.
- Hellenic HOWTO
- Auto to keimevo periexei plnrofories gia tnv ru8misn tou Linux gia upostnri3n twv idiaiterotntwv twv Ellnvwv kai tns ellnvikns glwssas. This document is part of Hellenic (el) LDP project: http://www.hellug.gr/gr/howto/howto/pub/html/
- INFO-SHEET
- This document provides basic information about the Linux operating system, including an explanation of Linux, a list of features, some
requirements, and some resources.
- IP-Masquerade HOWTO
- This document describes how to enable the Linux IP Masquerade feature on a given Linux host. IP Masq is a form of Network Address Translation or NAT that allows internally connected computers that do not have one or more registered Internet IP addresses to have the ability to communicate to the Internet via your Linux box's single Internet IP address.
- IP-Masquerade
- This document describes how to enable the Linux IP Masquerade feature on a given Linux host. IP Masq is a form of Network Address Translation or NAT that allows internally connected computers that do not have one or more registered Internet IP addresses to have the ability to communicate to the Internet via your Linux box's single Internet IP address.
- IPCHAINS HOWTO
- This document aims to describe how to obtain, install and configure the enhanced IP firewalling chains software for Linux, and
some ideas on how you might use them.
- IPX HOWTO
- This document aims to describe how to obtain, install and configure various tools available for the the Linux operating system that use the Linux kernel
IPX protocol support.
- IR HOWTO
- An introduction to Linux and infrared devices and how to use the software provided by the Linux/IrDA project. This package uses IrDA(TM) compliant standards. IrDA(TM) is an industrial standard for infrared wireless communication, and most laptops made after January 1996 are equipped with an IrDA(TM) compliant infrared transceiver. Infrared ports let you communicate with printers, modems, fax machines, LANs, and other laptops. Speed ranges from 2400bps to 4Mbps. The Linux/IrDA stack supports IrLAP, IrLMP, IrIAS, IrIAP, IrLPT, IrCOMM, IrOBEX, and IrLAN. Several of the protocols are implemented as both clients and servers. There is also support for multiple IrLAP connections, via several IrDA(TM) devices at once. The Linux/IrDA project started at the end of 1997 and its status is still experimental, so please don't expect every feature working straight. AFAIK Linux/IrDA is the _only_ open source IrDA implementation currently available. Remote Control (RC) via infrared is not the aim of the project, though partly treated in this HOWTO.
- ISP-Hookup HOWTO
- This document describes how to use Linux to connect to an Internet Service Provider via a dial-up modem
TCP/IP
connection.
As well as the basic dial-up procedure and
IP
establishment, email and news handling is covered.
- IngresII HOWTO
- This document helps install the Ingres II Relational Database Management System on Linux.
- Installation HOWTO
- This document describes how to obtain and install Linux software. It is the first document which a new Linux user should read to get
started.
- Intranet-Server HOWTO
- This document describes how to setup an Intranet using Linux as the server which binds Unix, Netware, NT and Windows together. Hence by just establishing the connection to the Linux box you are provided transparent access to all the various platforms. Detailed explanations are provided for setting up HTTP using the NCSA server and connect to it using TCP/IP clients from Novell, Microsoft under Windows3.1, WFWG,Win95 and WinNT and MacTCP on the Apple PowerMac.
- Italian HOWTO
- Questo HOWTO descrive in alcuni semplici passi come configurare il proprio sistema Linux per supportare pienamente la tastiera e la localizzazione
italiana.
Inoltre si vuole in questo testo dare tutta una serie di informazioni sul
mondo Linux in Italia.
- Java-CGI HOWTO
- This HOWTO document explains how to set up your server to allow CGI programs written in Java and how to use Java to write CGI programs.
Although HOWTO documents are targetted towards use with the Linux operating
system, this particular one is not dependant on the particular version of
unix used.
- Jaz-Drive HOWTO
- This HOWTO covers the configuration and use of the 1Gb and 2Gb Iomega Jaz drives under Linux.
- Kernel HOWTO
- This is a detailed guide to kernel configuration, compilation, upgrades, and troubleshooting for ix86-based systems.
- Keyboard-and-Console HOWTO
- This note contains some information about the Linux keyboard and console, and the use of non-ASCII characters.
It describes Linux 2.0.
- KickStart HOWTO
- This HOWTO briefly describes how to use the RedHat Linux KickStart system to rapidly install large numbers of
identical Linux boxes. For advanced users, we describe how to modify
the KickStart installation procedure to do your own thing, and give a
quick guide to building RPM packages of your own.
- Kiosk HOWTO
- This document provides a guide for setting up a WWW-based kiosk using Linux, X11R6, FVWM2, Netscape Navigator 4.X, and a customized
trackball. It outlines the methods that were used to create a public
kiosk for the Hands On Biodiversity Gallery at the Royal
Ontario Museum, Toronto.
- Kodak-Digitalcam HOWTO
- Getting a Kodak digital camera working under GNU/Linux.
- LDAP HOWTO
- Information about installing, configuring, running and maintaining a LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) Server on a Linux machine is presented on this document. There are also details about how to create LDAP databases, how to update and delete information on the database, how to implement roaming access and how to use Netscape Address Book. This document is mostly based on the University of Michigan LDAP information pages.
- LFS HOWTO
- This document describes the process of creating your own Linux system from scratch from an already installed Linux distribution, using nothing but the
source code of software that we need
- Laptop HOWTO
- Laptops are different from desktops/towers. They use certain hardware such as PCMCIA cards, infrared ports, batteries, docking stations. Often their hardware is more limited (e.g. disk space, CPU speed), though the performance gap is becoming smaller. In many instances, laptops can become a desktop replacement. Hardware support for Linux (and other operating systems) on laptops is sometimes more limited (e.g. graphic chips, internal modems). Laptops often use specialized hardware, hence finding a driver can be more difficult.
Laptops are often used in changing environments, so there is a need for multiple configurations and additional security strategies.
Though there are laptop related HOWTOs available already, this HOWTO contains a concise survey of laptop related documents. Also, laptop related Linux features, such as installation methods for laptops (via PCMCIA, without CD drive, etc.), laptop hardware features and configurations for different (network) environments are described. Besides there are some notes on PDAs, Handheld PCs and other mobile computer devices (digital cameras, cellular phones, calculators).
And though some caveats Linux is a better choice for laptops, than most other operating systems. Because it supports numerous installation methods, works in many heterogenoues environments and needs smaller resources.
- Large-Disk HOWTO
- All about disk geometry and the 1024 cylinder limit for disks.
- Linux-From-Scratch HOWTO
- This document describes the process of creating your own Linux system from scratch, using nothing but the sources of needed software.
- LinuxDoc+Emacs+Ispell HOWTO
- This document is aimed at writers and translators of Linux HOWTOs or any other paper for the Linux Documentation Project. It gives them hints at
using tools including Emacs and Ispell.
- Loopback-Encrypted-Filesystem HOWTO
- This document explains how to setup and then use a filesystem that, when mounted by a user, dynamically and transparently
encrypts its contents. The filesystem is stored in a regular
file, which can be hidden or named non-conspicuously such that it
would most likely be overlooked. This allows for a high level of
secure storage of data.
- META-FAQ
- This is the Meta-FAQ for Linux. It is mainly a list of valuable sources of information. Check these sources out if you want to learn
more about Linux, or have problems and need help.
- MGR HOWTO
-
- MILO HOWTO
- This document describes the Miniloader, a program for Alpha based systems that can be used to initialize the machine and load Linux. The Alpha Linux Miniloader (to give it it's full name) is also known as MILO.
- MIPS HOWTO
- This FAQ describes the MIPS port of the Linux operating system, common problems and their solutions, availability and more. It also tries to
be a little helpful to other people who might read this FAQ in an attempt to
find information that actually should be covered elsewhere.
- MP3 HOWTO
- This document describes the hardware, software and procedures needed to encode, play and stream MP3 sound files under Linux.
- Mail-Administrator HOWTO
- This document describes the setup, care and feeding of Electronic Mail (e-mail) under Linux.
It is primarily intended for administrators, rather than users. (See
the Mail-User's-HOWTO for information on user issues and user agents.)
You need to read this if you plan to communicate locally or to remote
sites via electronic mail.
You probably do *not* need to read this document if don't
exchange electronic mail with other users on your system or with other
sites.
- Mail HOWTO
- This document describes the setup, care and feeding of Electronic Mail (e-mail) under Linux.
You need to read this if you plan to communicate locally or to remote sites
via electronic mail.
You probably do *not* need to read this document if don't exchange
electronic mail with other users on your system or with other sites.
- Mail-User HOWTO
- This document is an introduction to the world of electronic mail (email) under Linux. It focuses on user-level
issues and typical configurations for Linux home and small-business
machines connected to the net via an ISP.
You need to read this if you plan to communicate locally or to remote
sites via electronic mail. You probably do not need to read
this document if don't exchange electronic mail with other users on
your system or with other sites.
For information on configuring and administering mail, see the
Mail Administrator HOWTO.
- Majordomo-MajorCool HOWTO
- This document is intended to guide a user through an installation of the Majordomo Mailing List Software and MajorCool. MajorCool is a utility for managing Majordomo lists via a CGI script; many people who are unfamiliar with Majordomo's text-based nature prefer the more user friendly web-based interface of MajorCool.
- Modem HOWTO
- Help with selecting, connecting, configuring, trouble-shooting, and understanding modems for a PC. See Serial-HOWTO for multiport serial
boards.
- Multi-Disk HOWTO
-
This document describes how best to use multiple disks and partitions
for a Linux system. Although some of this text is Linux specific the
general approach outlined here can be applied to many other multi tasking
operating systems.
- MultiOS HOWTO
- This HOWTO covers the procedures for using removable hard disks to install and manage multiple alternative operating systems while leaving
a single fixed disk to permanently house and protect the primary operating
system. It is very scalable and offers a good degree of protection to
and a stable disk environment for the primary operating system.
- Multicast HOWTO
- This HOWTO tries to cover most aspects related to multicast over TCP/IP networks. So, a lot of information within it is not Linux-specific (just in case you don't use GNU/Linux... yet). Multicast is currently an active area of research and, at the time of writing, many of the "standards" are merely drafts. Keep it in mind while reading the lines that follow.
- Mutt-GnuPG-PGP HOWTO
- This document briefly explains how to configure Mutt-i, PGP and GnuPG in its diferents versions (2.6.x, 5.x and GnuPG), noting the
common problems that can occur while sending signed or encrypted mail to
be read by mail clients not PGP/MIME compliants as defined in RFC2015 and
in other operating systems. It also includes an example of procmail
configuration to send the public keys automatically to received e-mails
asking for it, as a key servers does.
- NC HOWTO
- This document tries to describe how to hook up a IBM Netstation to your local network using a Linux box as server.
- NCD HOWTO
- This document tries to describe how to hook up a NCD ThinSTAR to your local network using a Linux box as
server.
- NET-3 HOWTO
- The Linux Operating System boasts kernel based networking support written almost entirely from scratch. The performance of the tcp/ip implementation
in recent kernels makes it a worthy alternative to even the best of its peers.
This document aims to describe how to install and configure the Linux
networking software and associated tools.
- NET3-4 HOWTO
-
- NFS HOWTO
- HOWTO set up NFS clients and servers.
- NIS HOWTO
-
This document describes how to configure Linux as NIS(YP) or NIS+ client
and how to install as NIS server.
- Net HOWTO
- A www.linuxports.com document for the
Linux Documentation Project
- Networking-Overview HOWTO
- The purpose of this document is to give an overview of the networking capabilities of the Linux Operating System and to provide pointers for further information and implementation details.
- Online-Troubleshooting HOWTO
- This document will direct Linux users to resources available on the Internet that provide access to a vast amount of Linux-related information useful in troubleshooting
problems.
- Optical-Disk HOWTO
- This document describes the installation and configuration of optical disk drives for Linux. Please, if any one has experiences with optical storage under Linux, send it and I will update it in SGML and forward it to the Linux community. Please let me know if it's OK to include your E-mail address!
- Oracle HOWTO
- A guide to installing and configuring the Oracle Database Server on a Linux system
- PCI HOWTO
- Information on what works with Linux and PCI-boards and what does not. Please get the latest version of this document at The Linux Documentation Project
- PCMCIA HOWTO
- This document describes how to install and use PCMCIA Card Services for Linux, and answers some frequently asked questions.
The latest version of this document can always be found at
ftp://sourceforge.org/pcmcia/doc.
An HTML version is at
http://pcmcia.sourceforge.org.
- PLIP-Install HOWTO
- This paper describes how to install a Gnu|Linux distribution on a computer without Ethernet card, nor cdrom, but
just a local floppy drive and a remote nfs server
attached by a Null-Modem parallel cable. The nfs server has
a cdrom drive mounted and exported.
- PPP HOWTO
- This document shows how to connect your Linux PC to a PPP server, how to use PPP to link two LANs together and provides one method of setting up
your Linux computer as a PPP server.The document also provides help in
debugging non-functional PPP connections.
- PalmOS HOWTO
- This HOWTO document explains how to use your Palm OS device with a Linux system.
Although HOWTO documents are targeted towards use with the Linux
operating system, this one is not dependent on the version of unix used.
- Parallel-Processing HOWTO
- Parallel Processing refers to the concept of speeding-up the execution of a program by dividing the program into multiple fragments
that can execute simultaneously, each on its own processor. A program
being executed across N processors might execute N
times faster than it would using a single processor. This document
discusses the four basic approaches to parallel processing that are
available to Linux users: SMP Linux systems, clusters of networked
Linux systems, parallel execution using multimedia instructions (i.e.,
MMX), and attached (parallel) processors hosted by a Linux system.
- Plug-and-Play HOWTO
- Help with understanding and dealing with the complex Plug-and-Play issue. How to get your Linux system to support Plug-and-Play.
- Polish HOWTO
- Jak to zrobic w Linuxie? Pomoc zlozona z niektorych Linux-HOWTO oraz empirii, dostosowana do polskich warunkow i potrzeb. Wersja ta jest
pozbawiona polskich liter ze wzgledu na standard LDP. Oryginal mozna
znalezc w
http://serek.arch.pwr.wroc.pl/linux/Polish-HOWTO/.
- Portuguese HOWTO
- Este documento pretende ser um guia de referência de configuração do Linux e seus programas, teclados e fontes de caracteres, permitindo
sua utilização mais confortável por pessoas que falem a Língua Portuguesa.
- PostgreSQL HOWTO
- This document is a "practical guide" to very quickly setup a SQL Database engine and
front end tools on a Unix system. It also discusses the International standard
language ANSI/ISO SQL and reviews the merits/advantages of the SQL database engine developed by the world-wide internet in an "open development" environment.
It is about HOW-TO setup a next generation Object Relational SQL Database "PostgreSQL" on Unix system which can be used as a Application Database
Server or as a Web Database Server. PostgreSQL attempts to implement
current and future International ISO/ANSI SQL standards. This document also gives information on the database interface programs
like Front End GUIs, RAD tools (Rapid Application Development), ODBC,
JDBC drivers, "C", "C++", Java, Perl programming interfaces and Web
Database Tools.
Information given here applies to all Unix/Windows NT platforms and to all other SQL databases. It will be very useful for people who are new to Databases, SQL language and PostgreSQL.
This document also has SQL tutorial, SQL syntax which would be very helpful
for beginners. Experienced people will find this document as a useful reference guide. For students, the information given here will enable them
to get the source code for PostgreSQL relational database system, from which they can learn as to how a RDBMS SQL database engine is created.
- Printing HOWTO
- This is the Linux Printing HOWTO, a collection of information on how to generate, preview, print and fax anything under Linux (and other
Unices in general).
- Printing-Usage HOWTO
-
- Process-Monitor HOWTO
- This document describes how to monitor Linux/Unix processes and to re-start them automatically if they die without any manual intervention. This document also has URLs for "Unix Processes" FAQs.
- Psion HOWTO
- This document describes how to use Psion palmtops with Linux, but does not cover running Linux on a Psion palmtop. See the Linux 7k project for that.
- Quake HOWTO
- This document explains how to install, run and troubleshoot Quake, QuakeWorld and Quake II on an Intel Linux system.
- RPM HOWTO
-
- Reading-List HOWTO
- This document lists the book I think are most valuable to a person trying to learn Unix (especially Linux) top to bottom.
- RedHat-CD HOWTO
- 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.
- Root-RAID HOWTO
- This document provides a cookbook for creating a root mounted raid filesystem and companion fallback rescue system using linux initrd. There
are complete step-by-step instruction for both raid1 and raid5 md0 devices. Each step is accompanied by an explanation of it's purpose.
Included with this revision is a generic linuxrc initrd file which may
be configured with a single three line
/etc/raidboot.conf file for
raid1 and raid5 configurations.
- SCSI-Programming HOWTO
- This document deals with programming the Linux generic SCSI interface.
- SMB HOWTO
- This is the SMB HOWTO. This document describes how to use the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol, also called the Session Message Block, NetBIOS or LanManager protocol, with Linux using Samba.
- SMP HOWTO
- This HOWTO reviews main issues (and I hope solutions) related to SMP configuration under Linux.
- SRM HOWTO
- This document describes how to boot Linux/Alpha using the SRM firmware, which is the firmware normally used to boot DEC Unix (also known as
OSF/1 and Tru64Unix) and OpenVMS.
Sometimes, it is preferable to use MILO instead of aboot since MILO is
perfectly adapted to the needs of Linux. However, MILO is not always
available for a particular system, MILO does not presently have the
ability to boot over the network (without patches) and little development work
is now being done on MILO (for more information on MILO refer to the MILO Howto, available
from
http://www.alphalinux.org/faq/milo.html). In any case, using the SRM
console may be the right solution.
- Secure-Programming HOWTO
- This paper provides a set of design and implementation guidelines for writing secure programs for Linux systems.
Such programs include application programs used as viewers of remote data,
CGI scripts, network servers, and setuid/setgid programs.
- Secure-Programs HOWTO
- This paper provides a set of design and implementation guidelines for writing secure programs for Linux systems.
Such programs include application programs used as viewers of remote data,
CGI scripts, network servers, and setuid/setgid programs.
- Securing-Domain HOWTO
- 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.
- Security HOWTO
- This document is a general overview of security issues that face the administrator of Linux systems. It covers general security philosophy
and a number of specific examples of how to better secure your Linux
system from intruders. Also included are pointers to security-related
material and programs. Improvements, constructive criticism, additions and corrections are
gratefully accepted. Please mail your feedback to both authors,
with "Security HOWTO" in the subject.
- Serbian HOWTO
- Cilj ovog dokumenta je da opise kako da podesite Linux i razne aplikacije za Linux prema standardima srpskog jezika. Tu spadaju: raspored slova na
tastaturi, fontovi, velicina papira i drugo. Nadamo se da ce ovaj dokument
koristiti i drugi korisnici Linuksa kojima je blizak srpski jezik.
- Serial HOWTO
- This document describes serial port features other than those which should be covered by Modem-HOWTO, PPP-HOWTO,
Serial-Programming-HOWTO, or Text-Terminal-HOWTO. It lists info on
multiport serial cards. It contains technical info about the serial
port itself in more detail than found in the above HOWTOs and should
be best for troubleshooting when the problem is the serial port
itself. If you are dealing with a Modem, PPP (used for Internet
access on a phone line), or a Text-Terminal, those HOWTOs should be
consulted first.
- Serial-Programming HOWTO
- This document describes how to program communications with devices over a serial port on a Linux box.
- Shadow-Password HOWTO
- This document aims to describe how to obtain, install, and configure the Linux password Shadow Suite. It also discusses obtaining, and re]installing other software and network daemons that require access to user
passwords. This other software is not actually part of the Shadow Suite, but
these programs will need to be recompiled to support the Shadow
Suite. This document also contains a programming example for adding
shadow support to a program. Answers to some of the more frequently asked
questions are included near the end of this document.
- Slovenian HOWTO
- Zbirka receptov za poslovenjenje sistema Linux. (Note to English readers: this document addresses Linux localization
issues specific to Slovenian users.)
- Software-Building HOWTO
- This is a comprehensive guide to building and installing "generic" UNIX software distributions under Linux. Additionally, there is some coverage
of "rpm" and "deb" pre-packaged binaries.
- Software-RAID-0.4x HOWTO
- 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.
- Software-RAID HOWTO
- This HOWTO describes how to use Software RAID under Linux. It addresses a specific version of the Software RAID layer, namely the
0.90 RAID layer made by Ingo Molnar and others. This is the RAID layer
that will be standard in Linux-2.4, and it is the version that is also
used by Linux-2.2 kernels shipped from some vendors. The 0.90 RAID
support is available as patches to Linux-2.0 and Linux-2.2, and is by
many considered far more stable that the older RAID support already in
those kernels.
- Software-Release-Practice HOWTO
- This HOWTO describes good release practices for Linux open-source projects. By following these practices, you will make it as easy as possible for
users to build your code and use it, and for other developers to understand
your code and cooperate with you to improve it.
This document is a must-read for novice developers. Experienced developers should review it when they are about to release a new project. It will be
revised periodically to reflect the evolution of good-practice standards.
- Sound HOWTO
- This document describes sound support for Linux. It lists the supported sound hardware, describes how to configure the kernel
drivers, and answers frequently asked questions. The intent is to
bring new users up to speed more quickly and reduce the amount of
traffic in the Usenet news groups and mailing lists.
- Sound-Playing HOWTO
- This document lists applications for Linux that play various sound formats.
- Spanish HOWTO
- This is the very first issue of the Spanish Linux HOWTO. The target audience of this document is the growing family of Linux users in Spain and Latin
America, so this How-To is of course in Spanish. Some non-Spanish speakers
have asked for information on Linux in the Spanish environment, for
developing software with Spanish support or just to get in touch with the
Linux community in Spain. You're welcome in any case...
- TclTk HOWTO
- This document describes the Linux approach to Tcl, a scripting langua ge.
It is an easy to learn interpreted language that uses a typeless approach to
achieve a higher level of programming and a rapid application development.
The Tk toolkit is a programming environment for creating graphical user interf
aces
(GUI) under X Window System. Their capabilities include the possibility to
extend and embed in other application, rapid development and ease of use. Toge
ther,
Tcl and Tk provide many benefits both to application developer and user. Tk-ba
sed
interfaces tend to be much more customizable and dynamic than those built with
one of the C or C++ based toolkits. Tk implements the Motif look and feel.
A great number of interesting X applications are implemented entirely in Tk,
with no new application-specific commands at all.
- TeTeX HOWTO
- This document covers the basic installation and usage of the teTeX TeX and LaTeX implementation under the major U.S. Linux distributions, and
auxiliary packages like Ghostscript. Contents of the teTeX HOWTO: The
Linux-teTeX Local Guide are Copyright (C) 1997, 1998 by Robert A. Kiesling.
The exact terms of copying are given in the introduction and the
appendices. Registered trademarks are the property of their
respective owners. Please send all complaints, suggestions, errata,
and any miscellany to
kiesling@ix.netcom.com, so I can keep this document as
complete and up to date as possible.
- Text-Terminal HOWTO
- This document explains what text terminals are, how they work, how to install and configure them, and provides some info on how to repair
them. It may be of some use even if you don't have a terminal manual.
While it's written for real terminals on a Linux system, some of it is
also applicable to terminal emulation and may be helpful for non-Linux
systems.
- Thai HOWTO
- This document describes how to use Thai language with Linux. This will cover setting Thai fonts, Thai keyboard and some Thai applications.
- Thinclient HOWTO
- 1.How to turn inexpensive legacy computers into fast terminals using the power of your main computer, you will need : A fast computer to act as Server, A
client computer (old and unwanted). Linux compatible network cards. A
connection between computers.
2.How to centralise system administaration by useing NFS, ie placing the
entire file system of a faster client on the server.
- Tips HOWTO
- This HOWTO contains those hard to find hints and tweekings that make Linux a bit nicer.
- Turkish HOWTO
- Bu belge, Linux iþletim sistemi altýndaki Türkçe sorunlarýna çözüm getirmek amacýyla, mevcut Türkçe desteðinin nasýl kullanýlabileceðini anlatýyor.
- UMSDOS HOWTO
- Umsdos is a linux file system. It provide an alternative to the EXT2 file-system. Its main goal is to achieve
easier coexistence with Ms-DOS data by sharing the same
partition.
This document explain first how to use Umsdos in different
configuration, and later explain its operation and try to
provide some information letting you decide if it is
a good choice for you (see UMSDOS-WHY-TO at the end).
- UPS HOWTO
- This document will help you connect an uninterruptable power supply to a Linux box... if you're lucky...
Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 by Harvey J. Stein. You may use
this document as you see fit, as long as it remains intact. In
particular, this notice (along with the contributions below) must
remain untouched.
- UUCP HOWTO
-
This document describes the setup, care & feeding of UUCP under Linux.
You need to read this if you plan to connect to remote sites via UUCP via a
modem, via a direct-connection, or via Internet.
You probably do *not* need to read this document if don't talk UUCP or if you
don't know what it means.
- Unicode HOWTO
- This document describes how to change your Linux system so it uses UTF-8 as text encoding. -
This is work in progress. Any tips, patches, pointers, URLs are very welcome.
- Unix-and-Internet-Fundamentals HOWTO
- This document describes the working basics of PC-class computers, Unix-like operating systems, and the Internet in non-technical language.
- User-Group HOWTO
- The Linux User Group HOWTO is a guide to founding, maintaining, and growing a Linux User Group.
- VAR HOWTO
- This document contains a listing of service companies which do not manufacture hardware or create packaged software, but add value to
existing products. It is maintained by Mr. Poet
poet@linuxports.com.
- VME HOWTO
- This document came about to show the embedded system community how to run Linux on their VMEbus Pentium and other PCI local bus based VMEbus processor designs.
- VMS-to-Linux HOWTO
- This HOWTO is aimed at all those who have been using VMS and now need or want to switch to Linux, the free UNIX clone. The transition is made
(hopefully) painless with a step--to--step comparison between commands and
available tools.
- VPN HOWTO
- This HOWTO describes how to set up a Virtual Private Network with Linux.
- VPN-Masquerade HOWTO
- This document describes how to configure a Linux firewall to masquerade IPsec- and PPTP-based Virtual Private Network traffic, allowing you to
establish a VPN connection without losing the security and flexibility of
your Linux firewall's internet connection and allowing you to make
available a VPN server that does not have a registered internet IP address.
Information on configuring the VPN client and server is also given.
- Vim HOWTO
- This document is a guide to very quickly setup Vim color editor on Linux or Unix systems. The information here will improve the prodcutivity of programmer since Vim editor supports syntax color highlighting and bold fonts which improves the
"readability" of program code. Programmer's productivity improves 2 to 3 times with color editor like Vim.
The information in this document applies to all operating sytems where Vim works that is - Windows 95/NT and all flavors of Unix like Linux, Solaris, HPUX, AIX, SCO, Sinix, BSD, SCO, etc..
- Virtual-Services HOWTO
- This document came about to satisfy the ever increasing need to know how to virtualize a service.
- WWW HOWTO
- This document contains information about setting up WWW services under Linux (both server and client). It tries not to be a in detail manual but an overview and a good pointer to further information.
- WWW-mSQL HOWTO
- This Mini HOWTO, highly inspired by Michael Schilli's article Gebunkert: Datenbankbedienung mit Perl und CGI, published
in the german computer magazine iX 8/1997, describes how to build
a SQL client/server database using WWW and HTML for the user interface.
- Wacom-Tablet HOWTO
- Installation of (not only) Wacom graphic tablets under linux and / or xfree86
- Wearable HOWTO
- Nomadism is one of the major trends of our society, now most of the people can work with a laptop computer, but few did the next step: to live,
or if you prefer to wear one computer that is a wearable.
- XFree86 HOWTO
- This document describes how to obtain, install, and configure version 3.3 of the XFree86 version of the X Window System (X11R6) for Linux systems. It is a step-by-step guide to configuring
XFree86 on your system.
- XFree86-Touch-Screen HOWTO
- This document describes how to set up a touch screen input device under XFree86. As the author had only the opportunity to work with devices from EloTouch(R) and MicroTouch(R) this HOWTO is rather specific for these
devices.
- XFree86-Video-Timings HOWTO
- How to compose a mode line for your card/monitor combination under XFree86. The XFree86 distribution now includes good
facilities for configuring most standard combinations; this document
is mainly useful if you are tuning a custom mode line for a
high-performance monitor or very unusual hardware. It may also help
you in using kvideogen to generate mode lines, or xvidtune to tweak a
standard mode that is not quite right for your monitor.
- XWindow-User HOWTO
- This document contains information on configuring the X Window environment for the Linux user, as well as for the beginning system
administrator attempting to sort through the many configuration options
and details of X Window. A basic knowledge of software configuration
and
installation is assumed, as is the presence of X on the users
system.
Please send comments to Marco Budde (Budde@tu-harburg.de).
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