LDP HOWTO-INDEX Guylhem Aznar Joshua Drake Greg Ferguson v9.0, 2005-12-29 This document contains an index to the Linux HOWTOs as well as other information about the HOWTO project. LDP HOWTO-INDEX Table of Contents Chapter 1. What Are Linux HOWTOs?...........................................................................................................1 Chapter 2. Where Can I Get Linux HOWTOs?..............................................................................................2 Chapter 3. HOWTO Translations.....................................................................................................................3 Chapter 4. Categorized List of HOWTOs........................................................................................................4 4.1. The Linux OS....................................................................................................................................4 4.1.1. Getting Started.........................................................................................................................4 4.1.2. Switching from Other Operating Systems...............................................................................4 4.1.3. Distributions............................................................................................................................5 4.1.4. Installation...............................................................................................................................5 4.1.5. Kernel......................................................................................................................................7 4.1.6. Boot Loaders and Booting the OS...........................................................................................8 4.1.7. Parallel Processing..................................................................................................................9 4.1.8. Partitions and Filesystems.......................................................................................................9 4.1.9. RAID.....................................................................................................................................10 4.1.10. Printing................................................................................................................................11 4.1.11. Shell.....................................................................................................................................11 4.1.12. Using Linux.........................................................................................................................12 4.2. System Administration and Configuration.....................................................................................12 4.2.1. Configuration / Installation...................................................................................................12 4.2.2. Benchmarking.......................................................................................................................14 4.2.3. Clustering..............................................................................................................................14 4.2.4. Backup...................................................................................................................................15 4.2.5. Recovery................................................................................................................................15 4.2.6. Security..................................................................................................................................15 4.3. Hardware.........................................................................................................................................17 4.3.1. General..................................................................................................................................17 4.3.2. Platforms...............................................................................................................................18 4.3.3. Video Cards...........................................................................................................................19 4.3.4. CPUs / Architectures.............................................................................................................20 4.3.5. CD-ROM / DVD-ROM Drives.............................................................................................20 4.3.6. Optical Disks.........................................................................................................................21 4.3.7. Keyboard and Console..........................................................................................................21 4.3.8. Digital Cameras.....................................................................................................................21 4.3.9. Graphic Tablets.....................................................................................................................21 4.3.10. Diskettes..............................................................................................................................21 4.3.11. Hard Disks...........................................................................................................................22 4.3.12. Jaz and ZIP Drives..............................................................................................................23 4.3.13. Mice.....................................................................................................................................23 4.3.14. Modems...............................................................................................................................23 4.3.15. Printers / Scanners...............................................................................................................24 4.3.16. Routers.................................................................................................................................24 4.3.17. SCSI.....................................................................................................................................24 4.3.18. Serial Ports..........................................................................................................................25 4.3.19. Sound Cards........................................................................................................................25 4.3.20. Tape Drives.........................................................................................................................25 i LDP HOWTO-INDEX Table of Contents Chapter 4. Categorized List of HOWTOs 4.3.21. Touchscreens.......................................................................................................................25 4.3.22. UPS......................................................................................................................................26 4.3.23. Wireless...............................................................................................................................26 4.3.24. Miscellaneous......................................................................................................................26 4.4. Networking.....................................................................................................................................27 4.4.1. General..................................................................................................................................27 4.4.2. Protocols................................................................................................................................30 4.4.3. Dial-up...................................................................................................................................32 4.4.4. DNS.......................................................................................................................................32 4.4.5. Virtual Private Networks.......................................................................................................32 4.4.6. Bridging.................................................................................................................................33 4.4.7. Routing..................................................................................................................................33 4.4.8. Security..................................................................................................................................34 4.4.9. Telephony / Satellite..............................................................................................................35 4.4.10. Miscellaneous......................................................................................................................35 4.5. Applications / GUI / Multimedia....................................................................................................35 4.5.1. Installing Applications..........................................................................................................36 4.5.2. User Applications..................................................................................................................36 4.5.3. Server Applications...............................................................................................................38 4.5.4. GUI / Window Managers......................................................................................................43 4.5.5.