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<para>
Topics covered in this section include:
<simplelist type="vert" columns="1">
<member><xref linkend="osgs"> Getting Started</member>
<member><xref linkend="osswitch"> Switching from Other Operating Systems</member>
<member><xref linkend="osdist"> Distributions</member>
<member><xref linkend="osinstall"> Installation</member>
<member><xref linkend="oskernel"> Kernel</member>
<member><xref linkend="osboot"> Boot Loaders and Booting the OS</member>
<member><xref linkend="ospp"> Parallel Processing</member>
<member><xref linkend="ospartitions"> Partitions and Filesystems</member>
<member><xref linkend="osraid"> RAID</member>
<member><xref linkend="osprinting"> Printing</member>
<member><xref linkend="osshell"> Shell</member>
<member><xref linkend="osusing"> Using Linux</member>
</simplelist>
</para>
<sect2 id="osgs">
<title>Getting Started</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../INFO-SHEET.html">
INFO-SHEET</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Information Sheet</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: September 1998</CiteTitle>.
Provides basic information about the Linux operating system,
including an explanation of Linux, a list of features, some
requirements, and some resources. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Unix-and-Internet-Fundamentals-HOWTO/index.html">
Unix-and-Internet-Fundamentals-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Unix and Internet Fundamentals HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: August 2000</CiteTitle>.
Describes the working basics of PC-class computers, Unix-like
operating systems, and the Internet in non-technical language. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="osswitch">
<title>Switching from Other Operating Systems</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../DOSEMU-HOWTO.html">
DOSEMU-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The dosemu HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: March 1997</CiteTitle>.
DOSEMU stands for DOS Emulation, and is an application that enables the
Linux OS to run many DOS programs. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO.html">
DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>From DOS/Windows to Linux HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: August 1999</CiteTitle>.
Written for all the DOS and Windows users who have decided to switch
to Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../VMS-to-Linux-HOWTO.html">
VMS-to-Linux-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>From VMS to Linux HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: September 1999</CiteTitle>.
Aimed at all those who have been using VMS and now need or want to
switch to Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="osdist">
<title>Distributions</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Distribution-HOWTO.html">
Distribution-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Linux Distribution HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: June 2000</CiteTitle>.
Intended to help new users choose a Linux distribution, and to
help experienced users track the state of the Linux market. </Para>
<Para>
<EMPHASIS>Further information on Linux Distributions can
be found on the Linux Weekly News (LWN) site:
<ULINK URL="http://lwn.net/current/dists.php3">Distributions
section</ULink>. </EMPHASIS> </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<CiteTitle>Linux From Scratch HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: September 2000</CiteTitle>.
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. </Para>
<Para>Replaced by the <ULINK URL="../../guides.html#lfs">Linux From Scratch</ULink>
book. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="osinstall">
<title>Installation</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Pre-Installation-Checklist.html">
Pre-Installation-Checklist</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux pre-installation checklist</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: December 1999</CiteTitle>.
An aide-memoire which may make installation of Linux a
pleasant experience for you. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Installation-HOWTO/index.html">
Installation-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Linux Installation HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: August 2000</CiteTitle>.
How to obtain and install Linux software. It is the first document
which a new Linux user should read to get started. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Install-From-ZIP.html">
Install-From-ZIP</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux Install From PPA-Zip drive mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: April 1998</CiteTitle>.
How to install Linux from a parallel port zip drive using the
Slackware Linux distribution. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../KickStart-HOWTO.html">
KickStart-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>RedHat Linux KickStart HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: January 1999</CiteTitle>.
Briefly describes how to use the RedHat Linux KickStart system to
rapidly install large numbers of identical Linux boxes. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Linux+DOS+Win95+OS2.html">
Linux+DOS+Win95+OS2</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
The Linux-DOS-Win95-OS2 mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: November 1997</CiteTitle>.
Presents a procedure to make 4 operating systems co-exist on a single
hard disk. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Linux+FreeBSD.html">
Linux+FreeBSD</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
The Linux+FreeBSD mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: March 2000</CiteTitle>.
How to use Linux and FreeBSD on the same system. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Linux+Solaris.html">
Linux+Solaris</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux+Solaris mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: April 2000</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to use Solaris and Linux together on one machine.
It addresses common questions like multibooting and file-sharing. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Linux+Win95.html">
Linux+Win95</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Yes my Children, it CAN be DONE!</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: April 1996</CiteTitle>.
Installing both Linux and Windows 95 on your PC. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Linux+WinNT.html">
Linux+WinNT</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux+WindowsNT mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: August 2000</CiteTitle>.
Covers some ways on how to install both Linux and Windows NT
on the same computer and how to boot either of them from
within LILO menu. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/PLIP.html">
PLIP</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
LINUX PLIP mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: March 1998</CiteTitle>.
Will hopefully let you build and use a Parallel Line Interface Protocol. </Para></ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../RedHat-CD-HOWTO.html">
RedHat-CD-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Burning a RedHat CD HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: March 2000</CiteTitle>.
How to make your own CDs from the Red Hat Linux distribution
equivalent to the ones commercially available from Red Hat. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Saving-Space.html">
Saving-Space</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Saving Space mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: April 1999</CiteTitle>.
Directions for squeezing your Linux installation into
the least possible space. Particularly aimed at notebook users. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Small-Memory.html">
Small-Memory</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Small Memory Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: March 2000</CiteTitle>.
How to run Linux on a system with a small amount of memory. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Swap-Space.html">
Swap-Space</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux Swap Space Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: December 1999</CiteTitle>.
How to share your Linux swap partition with Windows. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Upgrade.html">
Upgrade</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Upgrading Your linux Distribution mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: June 1996</CiteTitle>.
Hints and tips on upgrading from one linux distribution to another. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="oskernel">
<title>Kernel</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/BogoMips.html">
BogoMips</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
BogoMips mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: October 2000</CiteTitle>.
Some information about BogoMips, compiled from various sources. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../BootPrompt-HOWTO.html">
BootPrompt-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Linux BootPrompt HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 1999</CiteTitle>.
A compilation of all the possible boot time arguments that can be
passed to the Linux kernel at boot time. Includes all kernel and
device parameters. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Kernel-HOWTO.html">
Kernel-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Linux Kernel HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: June 1999</CiteTitle>.
A detailed guide to kernel configuration, compilation, upgrades, and
troubleshooting for ix86-based systems. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Kerneld/index.html">
Kerneld</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
The Linux kerneld mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: May 2000</CiteTitle>.
Explains how you can use the kerneld function in the Linux kernels. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Modules/index.html">
Modules</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux Modules Installation mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: n/a</CiteTitle>
How to successfully set up Linux with modules configured and working. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Process-Monitor-HOWTO.html">
Process-Monitor-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Process Monitor HOWTO for Linux</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: July 2000</CiteTitle>.
How to monitor Linux/Unix processes and to re-start them
automatically if they die (without any manual intervention). </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Process-Accounting.html">
Process-Accounting</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
How To Enable Process Accounting on Linux</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: August 1997</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to enable system process accounting on a Linux
host, and the usage of various process accounting commands</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="osboot">
<title>Boot Loaders and Booting the OS</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Bootdisk-HOWTO/index.html">
Bootdisk-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Linux Bootdisk HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: September 2000</CiteTitle>.
How to design and build your own boot/root diskettes for Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../From-PowerUp-To-Bash-Prompt-HOWTO.html">
From-PowerUp-To-Bash-Prompt-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>From Power Up To Bash Prompt</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: September 2000</CiteTitle>.
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. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/LILO.html">
LILO</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Lilo mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: October 2000</CiteTitle>.
Lilo (LILO) is the most used Linux Loader for the x86 flavour of
Linux. This describes some typical Lilo installations. Intended
as a supplement to the Lilo User's Guide. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Linux+NT-Loader.html">
Linux+NT-Loader</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
NT OS Loader + Linux mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: September 1997</CiteTitle>.
Describes the use of the Windows NT boot loader to start Linux.
This procedures have been tested with Windows NT 4.0 WS and
Linux 2.0. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Loadlin+Win95.html">
Loadlin+Win95</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
The Loadlin+Win95 mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: March 1999</CiteTitle>.
How to use Loadlin with Windows 95 to boot to Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../MILO-HOWTO.html">
MILO-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Alpha Miniloader HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: December 1996</CiteTitle>.
Describes the Alpha Linux Miniloader (also known as MILO), a program
for Alpha-based systems that can be used to initialize the machine
and load Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Multiboot-with-LILO.html">
Multiboot-with-LILO</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Win95 + WinNT + Linux multiboot using LILO mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: March 1998</CiteTitle>.
How to use the to multiboot between Windows 95, Windows NT, and Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../SRM-HOWTO/index.html">
SRM-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>SRM Firmware HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: July 2000</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to boot Linux/Alpha using the SRM console, which is
the console firmware also used to boot Compaq Tru64 Unix (also known
as Digital Unix and OSF/1) and OpenVMS. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="ospp">
<title>Parallel Processing</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Parallel-Processing-HOWTO.html">
Parallel-Processing-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Parallel Processing HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: January 1998</CiteTitle>.
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. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../SMP-HOWTO.html">
SMP-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux SMP HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: October 2000</CiteTitle>.
Reviews main issues related to SMP configuration under Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="ospartitions">
<title>Partitions and Filesystems</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Filesystems-HOWTO.html">
Filesystems-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Filesystems HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: August 2000</CiteTitle>.
About filesystems and accessing filesystems. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Ext2fs-Undeletion.html">
Ext2fs-Undeletion</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux Ext2fs Undeletion mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: February 1999</CiteTitle>.
Presents a discussion of how to retrieve deleted files from
a Second Extended File System. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Loopback-Encrypted-Filesystem-HOWTO.html">
Loopback-Encrypted-Filesystem-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Loopback Encrypted Filesystem HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: November 1999</CiteTitle>.
Explains how to setup and then use a filesystem that, when mounted by
a user, dynamically and transparently encrypts its contents. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Loopback-Root-FS.html">
Loopback-Root-FS</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
The Loopback Root Filesystem HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: September 1999</CiteTitle>.
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. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../LVM-HOWTO.html">
LVM-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Logical Volume Manager HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2000</CiteTitle>.
A very hands-on HOWTO for Linux LVM. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/NFS-Root.html">
NFS-Root</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
NFS-Root mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: August 1997</CiteTitle>.
How to setup a ``disc-less'' Linux workstation, which mounts it's
root filesystems via NFS. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/NFS-Root-Client-mini-HOWTO/index.html">
NFS-Root-Client-mini-HOWTO</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
NFS-Root-Client Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: February 1999</CiteTitle>.
How to create client root directories on a server that is using
NFS Root mounted clients. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Partition/index.html">
Partition</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux Partition HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: September 2000</CiteTitle>.
Teaches you how to plan and layout disk space for your Linux system. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Partition-Rescue-mini-HOWTO.html">
Partition-Rescue-mini-HOWTO</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
The Linux Partition-Rescue mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: July 2000</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to rescue your Linux partition if M$-DOG has deleted
it for you. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/Swap-Space.html">
Swap-Space</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux Swap Space Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: December 1999</CiteTitle>.
How to share your Linux swap partition with Windows. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../UMSDOS-HOWTO.html">
UMSDOS-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>UMSDOS HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: November 1995</CiteTitle>.
Explains how to use Umsdos (a linux file system) in different
configurations, and its operation. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="osraid">
<title>RAID</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Boot+Root+Raid+LILO.html">
Boot+Root+Raid+LILO</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Boot + Root + Raid + Lilo : Software Raid mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: July 2000</CiteTitle>.
A cookbook for setting up root raid using the 0.90 raidtools
for bootable raid mounted on root using standard LILO. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/DPT-Hardware-RAID.html">
DPT-Hardware-RAID</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux DPT Hardware RAID HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: April 1999</CiteTitle>.
How to set up hardware RAID under Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Root-RAID-HOWTO.html">
Root-RAID-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Root RAID HOWTO cookbook</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: July 2000</CiteTitle>.
This document only applies to the OLD raidtools, versions 0.50
and under. The workarounds and solutions addressed in this HOWTO
have largely been made obsolete by the vast improvment in the 0.90
raidtools and accompanying kernel patch to the 2.0.37, 2.2x and
2.3x series kernels. You may find the detailed descriptions
useful, particularly if you plan to run root raid or use initrd.
</Para>
<Para>
<CiteTitle>original description:</CiteTitle>
A cookbook for creating a root mounted raid filesystem and companion
fallback rescue system using linux initrd. Step-by-step instructions
for both raid1 and raid5 md0 devices. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Software-RAID-HOWTO.html">
Software-RAID-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Software-RAID HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: January 2000 (latest version)</CiteTitle>.
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. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Software-RAID-0.4x-HOWTO.html">
Software-RAID-0.4x-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Software-RAID HOWTO (earlier implementation)</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: November 1998</CiteTitle>.
How to use Software RAID under Linux. RAID stands for "Redundant
Array of Inexpensive Disks". For users of the Linux MD kernel
extension, the associated tools, and their use. This HOWTO addresses
an earlier implementation. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="osprinting">
<title>Printing</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Printing-HOWTO/index.html">
Printing-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Linux Printing HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: September 2000</CiteTitle>.
A collection of information on how to generate, preview, print and
fax anything under Linux (and other Unices in general). </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Printing-Usage-HOWTO.html">
Printing-Usage-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Linux Printing Usage HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: February 1998</CiteTitle>.
How to use the print system under Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="osshell">
<title>Shell</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Adv-Bash-Scr-HOWTO/index.html">
Adv-Bash-Scr-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Advanced Bash-Scripting HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</PARA> <Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: June 2000</CiteTitle>.
A guide to shell scripting, using Bash. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Bash-Prompt-HOWTO.html">
Bash-Prompt-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Bash Prompt HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para>
<Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: December 1999</CiteTitle>.
Creating and controlling terminal and xterm prompts is discussed,
including incorporating standard escape sequences to give username,
current working directory, time, etc. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html">
Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>BASH Programming - Introduction HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: July 2000</CiteTitle>.
This article intends to help you to start programming
basic-to-intermediate shell scripts. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="osusing">
<title>Using Linux</title>
<para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../RPM-HOWTO/index.html">
RPM-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>RPM HOWTO - RPM at Idle</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: November 1999</CiteTitle>.
RPM is the RPM Package Manager. It is an open packaging
system available for anyone to use. It allows users to take source
code for new software and package it into source and binary form such
that binaries can be easily installed and tracked and source can be
rebuilt easily. It also maintains a database of all packages and their
files that can be used for verifying packages and querying for
information about files and/or packages. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../mini/RPM+Slackware.html">
RPM+Slackware</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
RPM+Slackware Mini-Howto</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: April 1998</CiteTitle>.
How to get RPM installed and working properly under Slackware. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Software-Building-HOWTO.html">
Software-Building-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Building and Installing Software Packages for Linux</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: July 1999</CiteTitle>.
A comprehensive guide to building and installing "generic" UNIX
software distributions under Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Tips-HOWTO.html">
Tips-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Linux Tips HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: June 1998</CiteTitle>.
Contains those hard to find hints and tweekings that make Linux a bit
nicer. </Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</para>
</sect2>