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3Dfx HOWTO, by Bernd Kreimeier <bk@gamers.org>. How to use 3Dfx graphics accelerator chip support. Updated 6 February 1998.
AX25 HOWTO, by Terry Dawson <terry@perf.no.itg.telecom.com.au>. How to configure AX25 networking for Linux. Updated 17 October 1997.
Access HOWTO, by Michael De La Rue <access-howto@ed.ac.uk>. How to use adaptive technology with Linux. Updated 28 March 1997.
Alpha HOWTO, by David Mosberger <davidm@azstarnet.com>. Overview of Alpha systems and processors. Updated 6 June 1997.
Assembly HOWTO, by François-René Rideau <fare@tunes.org>. Information on programming in x86 assembly. Updated 6 June 1999.
Bash Prompt HOWTO, by Giles Orr <giles@interlog.com>. Creating and controlling terminal and xterm prompts. Updated 07 January 1999.
Benchmarking HOWTO, by André D. Balsa <andrewbalsa@usa.net>. How to do basic benchmarking. Updated 15 August 1997.
Beowulf HOWTO, by Jacek Radajewski <jacek@usq.edu.au> Douglas Eadline plogic.com>. Introduces the Beowulf Supercomputer architecture and provides background information on parallel programming.. Updated 22 November 1998.
BootPrompt HOWTO, by Paul Gortmaker <gpg109@rsphy1.anu.edu.au>. List of boot time arguments and overview of booting software. Updated May 15, 1999.
Bootdisk HOWTO, by Tom Fawcett <fawcett@croftj.net>. How to create a boot/root maintenance disk for Linux. Updated May 15, 1999.
Busmouse HOWTO, by Chris Bagwell <cbagwell@sprynet.com>. Information on bus mouse compatibility with Linux. Updated 15 June 1998.
CD Writing HOWTO, by Winfried Trümper <winni@xpilot.org>. How to write CDs. Updated 11 April 1999.
CDROM HOWTO, by Jeff Tranter <jeff_tranter@pobox.com>. Information on CDROM drive compatibility for Linux. Updated 24 March 1999.
Chinese HOWTO, by Chih-Wei Huang <cwhuang@phys.ntu.edu.tw>. How to configure Linux for use with the Chinese characterset. Updated 2 June 1998.
Commercial HOWTO, by Mr. Poet <poet@linuxports.com>. Listing of commercial software products for Linux. Updated 7 March 1999.
Config HOWTO, by Guido Gonzato <guido@ibogfs.cineca.it>. How to fine-tune and customize your Linux system. Updated 19 January 1999.
Consultants HOWTO, by Mr. Poet <poet@linuxports.com>. Listing of Linux consultants. Updated 19 May 1999.
Cyrillic HOWTO, by Alexander L. Belikoff <abel@bfr.co.il>. How to configure Linux for use with the Cyrillic characterset. Updated 23 January 1998.
DNS HOWTO, by Nicolai Langfeldt <janl@math.uio.no>. How to set up DNS. Updated 11 February 1999.
DOS/Win to Linux HOWTO, by Guido Gonzato <guido@ibogfs.cineca.it>. How to move from DOS/Windows to Linux. Updated 22 February 1999.
DOSEMU HOWTO, by Uwe Bonnes <bon@elektron.ikp.physik.th-darmstadt.de> David Hodges
Danish HOWTO, by Niels Kristian Bech Jensen <nkbj@image.dk>. How to configure Linux for use with the Danish characterset. Updated 20 February 1999.
Diskless HOWTO, by Robert Nemkin <buci@math.klte.hu>. How to set up a diskless Linux box. Updated 13 May 1999.
Distribution HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>. A list of Linux distributions. Updated 8 May 1999.
Emacspeak HOWTO, by Jim Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>. How to use 'emacspeak' with Linux. Updated 10 April 1999.
Esparanto HOWTO, by Wolfram Diestel <diestel@rzaix340.rz.uni-leipzig.de>. How to use Esperanto in general and ISO-8859-3 in special with Linux. Updated June 1998.
Ethernet HOWTO, by Paul Gortmaker <gpg109@rsphy1.anu.edu.au>. Information on Ethernet hardware compatibility for Linux. Updated 5 May 1999.
Finnish HOWTO, by Pekka Taipale <pjt@iki.fi>. How to configure Linux for use with the Finnish characterset. Updated 14 February 1996.
Firewall HOWTO, by Mark Grennan <markg@netplus.net>. How to set up a firewall using Linux. Updated 8 November 1996.
French HOWTO, by Guylhem Aznar <guylhem@danmark.linux.eu.org>. How to configure Linux for use with the French characterset.
Ftape HOWTO, by Kevin Johnson <kjj@pobox.com>. Information on ftape drive compatibility with Linux. Updated August 1998.
GCC HOWTO, by Daniel Barlow <daniel.barlow@linux.org>. How to set up the GNU C compiler and development libraries. Updated 28 February 1996.
German HOWTO, by Winfried Trümper <winni@xpilot.org>. Information on using Linux with German-specific features. Updated 19 March 1997.
Glibc2 HOWTO, by Eric Green <ejg3@cornell.edu>. How to install and migrate to the glibc2 library. Updated 8 February 1998.
HAM HOWTO, by Terry Dawson <terry@perf.no.itg.telecom.com.au>. HOWTO configure amateur radio software for Linux. Updated 1 April 1997.
HOWTO Index, by Tim Bynum <linux-howto@metalab.unc.edu>. Index of HOWTO documents about Linux. Updated 19 June 1999.
Hardware Compatibility HOWTO, by Patrick Reijnen <antispam.patrickr@antispam.bart.nl>. A list of hardware known to work with Linux. Updated 20 March 1999.
Hebrew HOWTO, by Yair G. Rajwan <yair@hobbes.jct.ac.il>. How to configure Linux for use with the Hebrew characterset. Updated 12 September 1995.
INFO-SHEET, by Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm@redhat.com>. Generic introduction to the Linux operating system. Updated 1 September 1998.
IPCHAINS HOWTO, by Paul Russell <Paul.Russell@rustcorp.com.au>. Install and configure the enhanced IP firewalling chains software. Updated 12 March 1999.
IPX HOWTO, by Terry Dawson <terry@perf.no.itg.telecom.com.au>. How to install and configure IPX networking. Updated 06 May 1998.
IR HOWTO, by Werner Heuser <r2d2c3po@zedat.fu-berlin.de>. An introduction to the software provided by the Linux/IR project. Updated 9 February 1999.
ISP Hookup HOWTO, by Egil Kvaleberg <egil@kvaleberg.no>. Basic introduction to hooking up to an ISP. Updated 5 March 1998.
Installation HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>. How to obtain and install Linux. Updated 20 November 1998.
Intranet Server HOWTO, by Pramod Karnad <karnad@indiamail.com>. How to setup a Linux Intranet server. Updated 7 August 1997.
Italian HOWTO, by Marco ``Gaio'' Gaiarin <gaio@dei.unipd.it>. How to configure Linux for use with the Italian characterset. Updated 3 November 1998.
Java-CGI HOWTO, by David H. Silber <dhs@orbits.com>. How to set up Java-capable CGI bin. Updated 1 December 1998.
Kernel HOWTO, by Brian Ward <ward@blah.math.tu-graz.ac.at>. Upgrading and compiling the Linux kernel. Updated 5 June 1999.
Keyboard and Console HOWTO, by Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl>. Information about the Linux keyboard, console and non-ASCII characters. Updated 25 February 1998.
KickStart HOWTO, by Martin Hamilton <martinh@gnu.org>. Briefly describes how to use the RedHat Linux KickStart system to rapidly install large numbers of identical Linux boxes. Updated 11 January 1999.
LinuxDoc+Emacs+Ispell HOWTO, by Philippe Martin <feloy@wanadoo.fr>. Assist writers and translators of Linux HOWTOs or any other paper for the Linux Documentation Project. Updated 27 February 1998.
META-FAQ, by Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm@redhat.com>. A listing of Linux sources of information. Updated 25 October 1997.
MGR HOWTO, by Vincent Broman <broman@nosc.mil>. Information on the MGR graphics interface for Linux. Updated 30 May 1996.
MILO HOWTO, by David A. Rusling <david.rusling@reo.mts.dec.com>. How to use the Alpha Linux Miniloader (MILO). Updated 6 December 1996.
MIPS HOWTO, by Ralf Baechle <ralf@gnu.org>. Describes the MIPS port of the Linux operating system, common problems and their solutions, availability and more. Updated 31 March 1999.
Mail HOWTO, by Guylhem Aznar <guylhem@danmark.linux.eu.org>. Information on electronic mail servers and clients. Updated January 1999.
Modem HOWTO, by David S. Lawyer <bf347@lafn.org>. Help with selecting, connecting, configuring, trouble-shooting, and understanding modems for a PC. Updated May 1999.
Multi-Disk HOWTO, by Stein Gjoen <sgjoen@nyx.net>. How to setup multiple hard disk drives. Updated 27 May 1999.
Multicast HOWTO, by Juan-Mariano de Goyeneche <jmseyas@dit.upm.es>. This HOWTO tries to cover most aspects related to multicast over TCP/IP networks. Updated 20 March 1998.
NET-3 HOWTO, by Terry Dawson <terry@perf.no.itg.telecom.com.au>. Howto configure TCP/IP networking under Linux. Updated August 1998.
NFS HOWTO, by Nicolai Langfeldt <janl@math.uio.no>. How to set up NFS clients and servers. Updated 3 November 1997.
NIS HOWTO, by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>. Information on using NIS/YP on Linux systems. Updated 9 March 1999.
Networking Overview HOWTO, by Daniel López Ridruejo <ridruejo@esi.us.es>. The purpose of this document is to give an overview of the networking capabilities of the Linux Operating System providing pointers for further information and implementation details. Updated 10 July 1998.
Optical Disk HOWTO, by Skip Rye <Skip_Rye@faneuil.com>. How to use optical disk drives with Linux. Updated 11 December 1998.
Oracle HOWTO, by Paul Haigh <paul@nailed.demon.co.uk>. How to setup Oracle as a database server. Updated 4 August 1998.
PCI HOWTO, by Michael Will <Michael.Will@student.uni-tuebingen.de>. Information on PCI-architecture compatibility with Linux. Updated 30 March 1997.
PCMCIA HOWTO, by Dave Hinds <dhinds@allegro.stanford.edu>. How to install and use PCMCIA Card Services. Updated 15 May 1999.
PPP HOWTO, by Robert Hart <hartr@interweft.com.au>. Information on using PPP networking with Linux. Updated 31 March 1997.
PalmOS HOWTO, by David H. Silber <pilot@orbits.com>. How to use your Palm OS device with a Linux system. Updated 20 September 1998.
Parallel Processing HOWTO, by Hank Dietz <pplinux@ecn.purdue.edu>. Discussion of parallel processing approaches for Linux. Updated 5 January 1998.
Plug and Play HOWTO, by David Lawyer <bf347@lafn.org>. How to get your Linux system to support Plug-and-Play. Updated June 1999.
Polish HOWTO, by Sergiusz Pawlowicz <ser@arch.pwr.wroc.pl>. Information on using Linux with Polish-specific features. Updated 8 February 1999.
Portuguese-HOWTO, by Carlos Augusto Moreira dos Santos <casantos@cpmet.ufpel.tche.br>. Este documento pretende ser um guia de referência de configuraçao do Linux e seus programas.... Updated 24 May 1999.
PostgreSQL HOWTO, by Al Dev (Alavoor Vasudevan) <aldev@hotmail.com>. How to setup PostgreSQL as a database server. Updated 8 January 1999.
Printing HOWTO, by Grant Taylor <gtaylor+pht@picante.com>. HOWTO on printing software for Linux. Updated 9 March 1999.
Printing Usage HOWTO, by Mark Komarinski <markk@auratek.com>. How to use the printing system for a variety of file types and options. Updated 6 February 1998.
Quake HOWTO, by Bob Zimbinski <bobz@mr.net> Thomas Mike Hallock
RPM HOWTO, by Donnie Barnes <djb@redhat.com>. How to use the Red Hat Package Manager (.rpm). Updated 8 April 1997.
Reading List HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>. Interesting books pertaining to Linux subjects. Updated 20 April 1999.
Root RAID HOWTO, by Michael A. Robinton <michael@bzs.org>. How to create a root-mounted RAID filesystem. Updated 25 March 1998.
SCSI Programming HOWTO, by Heiko Eissfeldt <heiko@colossus.escape.de>. Information on programming the generic Linux SCSI interface. Updated 7 May 1996.
SMB HOWTO, by David Wood <dwood@plugged.net.au>. How to use the Session Message Block (SMB) protocol with Linux. Updated 25 March 1999.
SRM HOWTO, by David Mosberger <davidm@azstarnet.com>. How to boot Linux/Alpha using the SRM firmware. Updated 17 August 1996.
Security HOWTO, by Kevin Fenzi <kevin@scrye.com>. General overview of security issues. Updated 25 April 1999.
Serial HOWTO, by David Lawyer <bf347@lafn.org>. How on use serial devices (modems, terminals) with Linux. Updated May 1999.
Serial Programming HOWTO, by Peter H. Baumann <Peter.Baumann@dlr.de>. How to use serial ports in programs. Updated 22 January 1998.
Shadow Password HOWTO, by Michael H. Jackson <mhjack@tscnet.com>. How to obtain, install, and configure shadow passwords. Updated 3 April 1996.
Slovenian HOWTO, by Primoz Peterlin <primoz.peterlin@biofiz.mf.uni-lj.si>. Information on using Linux with Slovenian-specific features. Updated 15 February 1999.
Software Building-HOWTO, by Mendel Leo Cooper <thegrendel@theriver.com>. How to build software packages. Updated 16 May 1999.
Software Release Practice HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>. Describes good release practices for Linux open-source projects. Updated 18 June 1999.
Sound HOWTO, by Jeff Tranter <jeff_tranter@pobox.com>. Sound hardware and software for the Linux operating system. Updated 24 March 1999.
Sound Playing HOWTO, by Yoo C. Chung <wacko@laplace.snu.ac.kr>. How to play various sound formats under Linux. Updated 11 August 1998.
Spanish HOWTO, by Gonzalo Garcia Agullo <Gonzalo.Garcia-Agullo@jrc.es>. Information on using Linux with Spanish-specific features. Updated 20 August 1996.
TclTk HOWTO, by Luca Rossetti <lukaros@tin.it>. This document describes the Linux approach to Tcl, a scripting language. Updated 07 November 1998.
teTeX HOWTO, by Robert Kiesling <kiesling@terracom.net>. How to install the teTeX package (TeX and LaTeX) under Linux. Updated 9 November 1998.
Text-Terminal HOWTO, by David S. Lawyer <bf347@lafn.org>. This document explains what text terminals are, how they work, how to install and configure them. Updated June 1999.
Thai HOWTO, by Poonlap Veeratanabutr <poon-v@fedu.uec.ac.jp>. How to configure Linux for use with the Thai characterset. Updated 4 August 1998.
Tips HOWTO, by Paul Anderson <paul@geeky1.ebtech.net>. HOWTO on miscellaneous tips and tricks for Linux. Updated June 1998.
UMSDOS HOWTO, by Jacques Gelinas <jacques@solucorp.qc.ca>. How to install and use the UMSDOS filesystem. Updated 13 November 1995.
UPS HOWTO, by Harvey J. Stein <abel@netvision.net.il>. Information on using a UPS power supply with Linux. Updated 18 November 1997.
UUCP HOWTO, by Guylhem Aznar <guylhem@danmark.linux.eu.org>. Information on UUCP software for Linux. Updated 6 February 1998.
Unix and Internet Fundamentals HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>. Describes the working basics of PC-class computers, Unix-like operating systems, and the Internet in non-technical language. Updated 3 December 1998.
User Group HOWTO, by Kendall Grant Clark <kclark@ntlug.org>. Tips on founding, maintaining, and growing a Linux User Group. Updated 24 April 1998.
VAR HOWTO, by Mr. Poet <poet@linuxports.com>. Listing of Linux value added resellers. Updated 7 March 1999.
VME HOWTO, by John Huggins and Michael Wyrick <vmelinux@va.net>. How to run Linux on your VMEbus Pentium and other PCI local bus based VMEbus processor designs. Updated 30 July 1998.
VMS to Linux HOWTO, by Guido Gonzato <guido@ibogfs.cineca.it>. How to move from VMS to Linux. Updated 20 April 1998.
Virtual Services HOWTO, by Brian Ackerman <brian@nycrc.net>. How to set up virtual hosting services. Updated 15 August 1998.
WWW HOWTO, by Wayne Leister <n3mtr@qis.net>. How to set up WWW clients and servers. Updated 19 November 1997.
WWW mSQL HOWTO, by Oliver Corff <corff@zedat.fu-berlin.de>. How to set up a web server database with mSQL. Updated 17 September 1997.
XFree86 HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>. How to obtain, install, and configure XFree86 3.2 (X11R6). Updated 12 May 1999.
XFree86 Video Timings HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>. How to compose a mode line for XFree86. Updated 13 June 1999.
X Window User HOWTO, by Ray Brigleb <ray@croftj.net>. Information on configuring the X Window environment for the Linux user. Updated 22 January 1999.

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