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Table of Contents


Index

3Com
Ethernet cards and Linux, 18, 19
ISDN modems and Linux, 21-22

A

A4 Tech AC scanners and Linux, 25
abuse command, 334
Accent multiport controllers and Linux, 19
Ada, 463
Adaptec, 12
ACB-40xx controllers and Linux, 13, 44
AHA-1505/1515 controllers and Linux, 12, 44
AHA-1510/152x controllers and Linux, 12, 44
AHA-154x controllers and Linux, 12, 44
AHA-174x controllers and Linux, 12, 44
AHA-274x controllers and Linux, 12, 44
AHA-284x controllers and Linux, 12, 44
AHA-2940.3940 controllers and Linux, 12, 44
and bootdisks, 44
adaptive technologies and Linux, 106-107
adduser command, 96-98, 348
Adlib sound boards and Linux, 22
Advance Logic chipsets and XFree86, 118
AdvanSys SCSI cards and Linux, 44
AIMS Labs RadioTrack FM radio card and Linux, 26
aliases, 245-246
Allied Telesis Ethernet cards and Linux, 17
Always
and bootdisks, 45
AL-500 controllers and Linux, 13
IN2000 controllers and Linux, 12
amateur-radio cards and Linux, 18, 107 see also individual card manufacturers
AMD
Ethernet cards and Linux, 17
processors and Linux, 7, 8
SCSI controllers and Linux, 13, 44
AMI Fast Disk controllers and Linux, 12
AMS laptops and Linux, 29
Analog Devices data-acquisition equipment and Linux, 26
Ansel Communications Ethernet cards and Linux, 17
APC SmartUPS and Linux, 25-26
Apple
Imagewriters and Linux, 24
Macintosh, 110, 111, 202, 297, 301
printers and Ghostscript, 286, 287
Apricot Ethernet cards and Linux, 17
ARCnet network cards and Linux, 18
Arena Web browser, 419
arithmetic command, 334
ARK Logic chipsets and XFree86, 118
ARM laptops and Linux, 29
Arnet multiport controllers and Linux, 19
ash shell, 76
AST
900N laptop and Linux, 35
laptops and Linux, 29
multiport controllers and Linux, 19
at command 362-363
ATI
chipsets and XFree86, 118, 119, 120
mouse and Linux, 23
AT-Lan-Tec/RealTec Ethernet cards and Linux, 17
ATM network adapters, 21
AT&T Ethernet cards and Linux, 17
Audio Excell sound boards and Linux, 22
Austin laptops and Linux, 29
awk language see gawk
Aztech CDA268 CD-ROM drives
and bootdisks, 44, 45, 47
and Linux, 16
sound boards and Linux, 22

B

backgammon command, 334
background commands, 241-242
bash shell, 76, 84, 204, 215, 237-248
aliases, 245-246
and background commands, 241-242
command history, 244-245
and dir command, 215
help, 247-248
minimal completion, 245
and multitasking, 241-242
pipes, 244
processes, 242
standard input and output, 242-244
and variables, 239-241
batch command, 363-364
bc command, 74, 332
bcd command, 334
Bell Technologies multiport controllers and Linux, 19
Bernoulli drives and Linux, 16, 26, 52
binutils utilities, 77
bison command, 74, 462-463
BIT laptops and Linux, 29
bitmap command, 318-319
BiTronics interface and Linux, 24
Boca multiport controllers and Linux, 19
bog command, 334
boot floppy, creating, 78-79
boot options, 355-356
bootdisks, 42-50, 356-357
booting Linux with, 60-62
creating, 42-48, 49, 50
Bourne Again Shell see bash
bowman window manager, 113
bus architectures, 7
BusLogic controllers
and bootdisks, 45
and Linux, 12, 13
byacc command, 74, 462

C

C programming language, 74 see also GNU C compiler
f2c utility, 74
Cabletron Ethernet cards and Linux, 18
caesar command, 335
cal command, 235
calculator command, 332
canfield command, 335
Canon
BubbleJet printers and Linux, 24
laptops and Linux, 29
printers and Ghostscript, 286, 287
Caravene laptops and Linux, 29
Cardinal DSP16 sound boards and Linux, 22
cat command, 221-223
cc command, 444-448 see also GNU C compiler
CDE/Motif see Motif
cd command, 203-206, 214
CD-ROM drives, 15-16 see also individual CD-ROM manufacturers
CED data-acquisition equipment and Linux, 26
Chicony laptops and Linux, 26
Chimera Web browser, 419
Chips & Technology (C&T)
chipsets and XFree86, 119
mouse and Linux, 23
chmod command, 210-211
chown command, 212-213, 348
Cirrus
chipsets and XFree86, 118, 119
PCMCIA controllers and Linux, 38
C.Itoh M8510 printer
and Ghostscript, 288
and Linux, 24
cjpeg command, 323
clisp command, 74
clocks, 324-325
CMD-640 controllers and Linux, 11
cnews command, 75
color_xterm shell program, 154
Combinet ISDN modems and Linux, 21
command history, 244-245
Common Desktop Environment (CDE), 110
Compaq, 5
chipsets and XFree86, 118
Concerto and Linux, 36
Contura Aero and Linux, 36
Deskpro XL and Linux, 27
laptops and Linux, 29-30
Compat laptops and Linux, 30
compress command, 298
Compressed Serial-Line Internet Protocol (CSLIP), 18, 405
Compudyne laptops and Linux, 30
Computone multiport controllers and Linux, 19
Comtrol multiport controllers and Linux, 19, 20
Conner, 21
CFP1060S drives and Linux, 12
Conrad TXC CD-ROM drives
and bootdisks, 44, 45, 47
and Linux, 16
controllers and Linux, 10 see also hard-drive controllers, SCSI
controllers
COREtape Light tape drives and Linux, 15
cp command, 225-227
Creative Labs cards
and bootdisks, 44, 46, 47
CD-ROMs, 15, 16
Sound Blaster sound boards and Linux, 22, 23
Sound Blaster 16 SCSI-2 controllers and Linux, 13
cribbage command, 335
cron command, 364-367
Crystal CS4232-based sound boards and Linux, 22
Cyclades multiport controllers and Linux, 19
CyCDROM drives and bootdisks, 44, 45, 47
Cyrillic, support for, 108
Cyrix processors and Linux, 7

D

Danish, support for, 108
data-acquisition equipment and Linux, 36 see also individual manufacturers
Databook PCMCIA controllers and Linux, 38
DBCC data-acquisition equipment and Linux, 26
dc command, 332
dd command, 375
DEC
Ethernet cards and Linux, 18
laptops and Linux, 30
printers and Ghostscript, 286, 287
printers and Linux, 24
deliver command, 75
Dell
laptops and Linux, 30
Latitude Xpi and Linux, 36
and mouse, 131
diald command, 407
Diehl ISDN modems and Linux, 21
DigiBoard
fax format and Ghostscript, 286
multiport controllers and Linux, 19, 20
Digicom modems and Linux, 20
dip command, 75, 405-406, 407
dir command, 215
directories, 202, 213-217
disk-doubling programs and Linux, 82
djpeg command, 323
D-Link Ethernet cards and Linux, 18
dll tools, 74
DOOM, 23, 335
dosemu emulator, 329-330
DPT
and bootdisks, 45
PM2001 controllers and Linux, 12
PM2012A controllers and Linux, 12-13
SmartCache controllers and Linux, 13
DTC
and bootdisks, 45
2278D controllers and Linux, 11
327x controllers and Linux, 13
328x controllers and Linux, 13
329x controllers and Linux, 13
DUAL laptops and Linux, 30

E

ECHO-PSS-based sound boards and Linux, 22
ed command, 274
editres command, 453-454
EDO RAM, 10
Efficient Networks ATM network adapters and Linux, 21
EISA bus, 7
electronic mail, 409-418
ELF files, 449-450
elm command, 75, 416-418
elvis text editor, 74, 76, 103, 248-254, 277 see also vi text editor and memory, 251-252
starting, 250
undoing, 253
emacs text editor, 74, 76, 77, 103, 106, 248, 258-271, 275, 277
and buffers, 266
and C, 259
choosing between versions, 77, 259
and commands, 260-261
creating files, 264-265
editing files, 264-265, 268-269
help, 266-267
and Lisp, 259, 263-264
and modes, 263-264
printing, 271
quitting, 271
searching and replacing, 270
spell checking, 270
and TeX, 259
undo command, 268
emacspeak program, 106
Emerald tape drives and Linux, 15
emulators, 328-331
Apple IIe, 329
Commodore 64/128/PET/VIC20, 329
C/PM, 328, 329
Macintosh, 328, 329
MC-68000, 329
MS-DOS, 328, 329
Windows, 328, 330-331
Z80, 329
Ensoniq SoundScape sound boards and Linux, 22
Epson
laptops and Linux, 22
printers and Ghostscript, 286, 287, 288
printers and Linux, 24
scanners and Linux, 25
EQL network connections, 18
error messages, 355
Escom laptops and Linux, 30
ESDI controllers, 11
Euro-ISDN modems and Linux, 21
ex command, 250

F

f2c utility, 74
factor command, 335
FAST video-capture boards and Linux, 25
fdformat command, 91, 92
fdisk command (Linux), 60, 62-64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 84, 94
FDISK command (MS-DOS), 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59
FGI/Holtek HT-6560B controllers and Linux, 11
files, 198-235
archiving, 297-318
command text files, 200
compressing, 297-218
copying, 225-226
creating, 222
data files, 200
directories, 201, 213
executable files, 200
finding, 231-233
hidden, 215
limits, 199
links, 201, 233-235
moving, 227-228
ordinary files, 200
permissions, 206-213
removing, 228-229
special device files, 201
sticky bit, 213
text files, 200
types, 200
viewing, 221-224
find command, 231-233
Finnish, support for, 108
FIPS program, 52-53
fish command, 335
flex command, 74, 462
flex++ command, 462
floppy drives, 14-15
floptical drives and Linux, 16, 26
FORMAT command, 54, 55, 59
fortune command, 336
Fortran programming language, 442, 463
f2c utility, 74
Frame Relay cards and Linux, 22
free command, 373-374
Free Software Foundation (FSF), 230, 258, 279, 280, 285
FreeBSD, 4
fsinfo command, 161
ftape support, 74
ftp command, 427-430
funzip command, 303
Future Domain
and bootdisks, 45, 46
TMC-16x0 controllers and Linux, 13
TMC-3260 controllers and Linux, 13
TMC-8xx controllers and Linux, 13
TMC-950 controllers and Linux, 13
fvwm window manager, 75, 112, 113, 114, 142, 143, 164-195
and colors, 166-167
configuring, 165
and fonts, 166-167
and Good Stuff, 168-169
and icons, 168
and Motif, 169-170
and virtual desktop, 168
fvwm-95 window manager, 75, 113, 331

G

games, 333-342
Gateway 2000
CD-ROM drives and Linux, 16
laptops and Linux, 30-31
gawk language, 477-483
gdb command, 74, 461
Genius scanners and Linux, 25
Genoa chipsets and XFree86, 119
German, support for, 108
German ISDN modems and Linux, 21
Ghostscript, 24, 74, 75, 254, 284-290
file formats, 289-290
ghostview command, 75, 285-286
GNU C compiler (GCC/C++), 74, 76, 442-449
GNU chess command, 75, 340
GNU xboard command, 75, 340
gnuplot command, 75
GoldStar TXC CD-ROM drives
and bootdisks, 44, 45, 47
and Linux, 16
gpm mouse server, 75
Gravis sound boards and Linux, 22
GRID laptops and Linux, 31
groff text processor, 74, 275-278
and man pages, 278
groups, 349-351
gunzip command, 298, 300-301
gzip (Linux), 298, 299-300, 303
GZIP.EXE command (MS-DOS), 85

H

ham radio and Linux, 108
hangman command, 336
HDLC board and Linux, 18
head command, 224
Hebrew, support for, 108
help, 247-248 see also online-manual pages
Hercules chipsets and XFree86, 130
Hewlett-Packard, 114
Colorado FC-10/FC-20 tape drives and Linux, 15
Colorado TC-15 tape drives and Linux, 15
Colorado Trakker tape drives and Linux, 15
Ethernet cards and Linux, 17, 18
LaserJet 4 printer and Linux, 24
Omnibook laptops and Linux, 36
printers and Ghostscript, 286, 287, 288
printers and Linux, 24
PCMCIA controllers and Linux, 38
scanners and Linux, 25
Highscreen laptops and Linux, 31
Hinds, David, 106
home directory, 203
hunt command, 336
Hyperdata laptops and Linux, 31
Hyundai
chipsets and XFree86, 120
PCMCIA controllers and Linux, 38

I

iBCS, xxiv
IBM, 114
chipsets and XFree86, 118
Ethernet cards and Linux, 18
Internal Tape Backup Unix tape drives and Linux, 15
laptops and Linux, 31
OS/2, 51, 53, 54, 55, 60, 65, 68, 69, 71, 72, 80, 81, 82, 301
PCMCIA controllers and Linux, 38
printers and Ghostscript, 287
printers and Linux, 24
PS/1, 7, 61
PS/2, 7, 131
PS/2 mouse and Linux, 23
ThinkPads and Linux, 36-37, 61, 123
Tropic-chipset Token-Ring cards and Linux, 18
ValuePoint, 7, 61
ICN ISDN modems and Linux, 21
ico command, 340
IDE controllers, 11, 44, 47
and bootdisks, 44, 47
IEEE-488 data-acquisition equipment and Linux, 26
IIT
chipsets and XFree86, 118, 120
processors and Linux, 7
Imagen
printers and Ghostscript, 287
printers and Linux, 24
imake command, 460-461
INSI laptops and Linux, 32
ImageNation video-capture boards and Linux, 25
init, 368-369
inn command, 75, 436
input command, 250
installation of Linux, 42-108
boot floppies, creating, 42-43, 49, 78
configuring, 78
disk sets, selecting, 73-78
DOS, booting from, 87-88
FIPS, using, 52-53
floppy disk, installing from, 82-83
hard disk, preparing, 51-52, 54-55
kernel, installing, 78
main partition, creating, 68-69
and OS/2 partitions, 69-70
root floppies, creating, 42-43, 48-49
and setup program, 70-71
source, selecting, 72-73
supported hardware, 44-46
swap space, setting up, 71
tape, installing from, 82-83
target, selecting, 71-72
Windows 95, booting from, 88-89
Intel, 7
Ethernet cards and Linux, 18
PCMCIA controllers and Linux, 38
Triton controllers and Linux, 11
Internet, 23, 59, 297, 298, 303, 401-438
I/O controllers and Linux, 17
Iomega
and bootdisks, 45
PC2/2B controllers and Linux, 38
Tape Controller II tape drives and Linux, 15
IPC laptops and Linux, 32
IRQ settings, 38
Irwin AX250L/Accutrak 250 tape drives and Linux, 15
ISA bus, 7
ISDN modems, 21 see also individual modem manufacturers
ISO-9660 filesystem and Linux, 16
ispell command, 74, 270

J

Java, 464
jed text editor, 74
Jetta laptops and Linux, 32
joe text editor, 74, 76, 273-274
jove text editor, 74, 76, 273
joysticks, 23
JPEG utilities, 322-323

K

Keithley data-acquisition equipment and Linux, 26
Kermit, 394
kernel
installing, 78, 87
modules, 99-101
recompiling, 90-92, 104-105
kill command, 371-372
Klingon language support, 279
Kotobuki CD-ROM drives
and bootdisks, 44, 46, 47
and Linux, 16

L

languages, support for others, 117 see also individual languages
laptops and Linux, 27-38, 122-123 see also individual models
LaTeX command, 279 see also TeX
ld command, 449-450
less command, 223-224
LessTif, 451-455
libc libraries, 77
libgr13 library, 75
libXpm library, 75
links, 233-235
symbolic, 234-235
Linux, 1-2, 3, 4-6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11-12,
13, 14-15, 16, 17-19, 20, 21, 22, 23,
24, 25, 26, 27-35, 36, 37, 38-39, 41,
42, 43, 44, 46, 48, 49-50, 51-52, 53,
54, 55, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64,
65, 66, 67, 68-69, 70, 71, 72, 73,
74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82,
83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92,
93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101,
102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 108, 109,
110, 111, 113, 114, 115, 117, 121,
122, 123, 129, 131, 132, 142, 148,
154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 164, 165,
192, 193, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201,
202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208,
213, 214, 215, 217, 219, 220, 221,
223, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 231-
232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238,
240, 241, 242, 245, 246, 247, 248,
249, 254, 255, 256, 258, 259, 261,
265, 266, 267, 268, 274, 275, 276,
279, 280, 284, 285, 286, 290, 292,
293, 295, 297, 298, 301, 303, 304,
305, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 333,
315, 316, 322, 324, 328, 329, 330,
331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 339,
340, 342, 345, 346, 349, 350, 351,
352, 353, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359,
360, 361, 362, 367, 368, 370, 372,
373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379,
383, 384, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395,
396, 397, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403,
404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410,
416, 418, 419, 422, 423, 427, 432,
436, 437, 438, 441, 442, 443, 444,
445, 448, 449, 451, 452, 456, 461,
462, 463, 464, 477, 480, 483, 484,
485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491,
492, 494, 495, 497, 498 see also
Slackware
and amateur-radio card, 18, 108
and ATM network adapters, 21
and bus architectures, 7
and CD-ROM drives, 15-16
and controllers, 10
and data-acquisition equipment, 26
and disk-doubling programs, 82
disk sets, 74-75
emulators, 328-331
and filesystems, 198-199
and floppy drives, 14-15
and Frame Relay cards, 22
games, 333-342
and graphics cards, 10, 118, 137
and ham radio, 108
and hard-drive controllers, 11-12
and hard-drive names, 62-63
installation, 41-108
and the Internet, 401-438
and I/O controllers, 17
and ISDN modems, 21
and joysticks, 23
languages, support for other, 108
and laptops, 27-38
minimum hardware requirements, 6
and modems, 20, 79
and mouse, 23, 130-131
and multiport controllers, 19-20
and network cards, 17-19
and networking, 394-400
and passwords, 236-237
and PCMCIA devices, 37-38, 106
and plug and play, 6
and printers, 24, 103-104
and processors, 7
programming, 439-484
and RAM, 7-10
and removable drives, 17
and scanners, 24-25
and serial ports, 79
shutting down, 101-102
and sound boards, 22-23, 104-105
and swap partitions, 64-65, 71
system administration, 346
and tape drives, 15
telecommunications, 384-394
and touchpads, 23
and uninterruptible power supplies, 25-26, 106
upgrading, 92-95
and video-capture boards, 25
and Windows 95, 87-89
and XFree86, 78, 109-193
Linux Loader (LILO), 61, 69, 78, 80-81, 95, 355-357, 359-362
linuxinc package, 77
Lion laptops and Linux, 32
Lisp, 263-264, 463
lizards command, 336
LMS/Philips CD-ROM drives
and bootdisks, 44, 45, 47
CM 205/225/202 CD-ROM drives and Linux, 16
CM 206 CD-ROM drives and Linux, 16
ln command, 235
Loadlin, 43, 78, 87-88, 89-90, 105
installing without floppies, 89-90
and sound cards, 105
and Windows 95, 87, 88
Logitech
mouse and Linux, 23, 130
scanners and Linux, 25
sound boards and Linux, 22
Longshire CD-ROM drives
and bootdisks, 44, 46, 47
and Linux, 16
lpc command, 103, 254
lpd daemon, 103
lpq command, 255
lpr command, 103, 255
lprm command 255
ls command, 214-217
colors, changing 217
Lynx, 419

M

MacPerson laptops and Linux, 32
Magnavox laptops and Linux, 32
mailx command, 75, 410-416
make command, 74, 456-460
man pages see online-manual pages
Maralu chip-card reader and Linux, 26
math tools, 331-332
Matsushita CD-ROM drives
and bootdisks, 44, 45, 47
and Linux, 16
mattrib command, 317-318
Mattel Powerglove and Linux, 26
MCA bus, 7
mcd command, 313
mcopy command, 313-314
mdel command, 314
mdir command, 313
MediaTriX sound boards and Linux, 22
Media Vision
Pro Audio Spectrum 16 controllers and Linux,, 13, 46
sound boards and Linux, 22
message of the day, 378-379
messages file, 351-355
MFM controllers, 11
and bootdisks, 44, 47
mformat command, 316-317
mh command, 416
Micropolis drives and Linux, 12
Microsoft
mouse and Linux, 23, 130
MS-DOS, 7, 10, 12, 20, 42, 43, 48, 51, 53, 54, 55, 57, 59, 60, 65, 68, 71, 72, 80, 81, 82, 87, 88, 89, 93, 99, 110, 199, 202, 217, 301, 302, 312-318
sound boards and Linux, 22
Windows, 7, 10, 51, 53, 110, 111, 202, 298, 301
Windows 95, 51, 87, 88, 301
Windows NT, 110, 301
Midnight Commander, 76, 217, 292-294
and the mouse, 293
starting, 293-294
Midwest Micro laptops and Linux, 32
mille command, 336
minicom command, 389-392
minimal completion, 245
Mitsubishi
printers and Ghostscript, 286
printers and Linux, 24
Mitsumi CD-ROM drives
and bootdisks, 44, 45, 47
printers and Linux, 16
mkdir command (Linux), 220-221
MKDIR command (MS-DOS), 84-85
mkswap command, 67, 71, 84, 275-276
mlabel command, 317
mmd command, 315
modems, 20, 79 see also individual modem manufacturers
monop command, 336
more command, 223
morse command, 336
Motif, 110, 112, 114, 451-455, 465
and fvwm, 169-170
Motif window manager, 114
Motorola PCMCIA controllers and Linux, 38
mount command, 378-379
Mountain Mach-2 tape drives and Linux, 15
mouse, 23, 79, 130-133 see also individual mouse manufacturers
configuring, 79
and gpm mouse server, 75
and XFree86, 130-133
Mouse Systems mouse and Linux, 23
Moxa multiport controllers and Linux, 20
MPU-401 sound boards and Linux, 22
mread command, 315-316
mrd command, 315
mren command, 314
mt command, 310-312
Mtools, 312-318
mtype command, 324
MultiMouse mouse and Linux, 23
multiport controllers, 19-20 see also individual controller
manufacturers
multitasking, 241-242
Mustek scanners and Linux, 23
mv command, 227-228
mwm window manager, 114
mwrite command, 316
MX chipsets and XFree86, 119

N

National Instruments data-acquisition equipment and Linux,, 26
NCSA Mosaic for X Window Web browser, 59, 419
NEC
laptops and Linux, 433
monitors and XFree86, 133, 135
printers and Ghostscript, 288
printers and Linux, 24
Versa and Linux, 37
Netscape Navigator Web browser, 419
Network File System (NFS), 47, 72
New Media Ethernet cards and Linux, 18
NCR
and bootdisks, 45
chipsets and XFree86, 119
5380 controllers and Linux, 13
53c400 controllers and Linux, 13
53c406a controllers and Linux, 13
53c7x0 controllers and Linux, 13
CDR-35D CD-ROM drives and Linux, 16
ncurses library, 74
nice command, 362
Nikon scanners and Linux, 25
nn command, 75
NoteBook laptops and Linux, 33
NoteStar laptops and Linux, 33
NTeX see TeX
number command, 337

O

Oak Technologies
chipsets and XFree86, 118, 119
sound boards and Linux, 22
Objective C, 74, 442, 463 see also GNU C compiler
OCE printers and Ghostscript, 288
oclock command, 115, 142, 324
od command, 224
Okano/Wearnes CDD-110 CD-ROM drives
and bootdisks, 44, 45, 47
and Linux, 16
Okidata
printers and Ghostscript, 288
printers and Linux, 24
Olivetti laptops and Linux, 33
olvwm window manager, 113, 154
olwm window manager, 112, 113, 154
online-manual (man) pages, 74, 101, 213, 229-231
Ontrack Disk Manager, 11-12
OpenWindows, 110
Open Look, 75, 112, 154, 273
OPTi sound boards and Linux, 22
Optical (MO) drives and Linux, 16, 26
Optics Storage Dolphin 8000AT CD-ROM drives
and bootdisks, 44, 46, 47
and Linux, 16
Orchid CDS-3110 CD-ROM drives
and bootdisks, 44, 45, 47
and Linux, 16
SoundWave32 sound boards and Linux, 22
OSF/Motif see Motif
Ottawa PI/PI2 cards and Linux, 18

P

pack command, 298
Panasonic CD-ROM drives
and bootdisks, 44, 46, 47
and Linux, 16
parallel-port SCSI controllers and Linux, 13
paranoia command, 337
Pascal, 463
passwd command, 237
passwd file, 346-348, 349
passwords, 236-237, 359
changing, 237
choosing, 236
PC-COMM multiport controllers and Linux, 19
PCI bus, 7
PCMCIA devices, 106
Card Services, 37-38, 106
modems, 20
pcomm command, 394
Perl, 74, 211, 473-376
and permissions, 211
PEX, 75, 497-504
Philips/LMS CD-ROM drives
and bootdisks, 44, 45, 47
CM 205/225/202 CD-ROM drives and Linux, 16
CM 206 CD-ROM drives and Linux, 16
PhotoCD (XA) format and Linux, 16
pine command, 75
pipes, 244
pkgtool command, 93-95
PKZip, 88, 298, 301
PLIP network connections, 18
plug and play, 6
pointer see mouse
Polish, support for, 108
pom command, 337
Portugese, support for, 108
PostScript, 24, 275, 284, 285 see also Ghostscript
powerd daemon, 107
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol), 18, 75, 79, 403, 404, 405, 407, 409
pppd command, 406-407
ppt command, 337
primes command, 337
printcap file, 103
printing and Linux, 24, 103-104, 254-255, 284-290 see also individual
printer manufacturers
Pro Movie Studio video-capture boards and Linux, 25
processes, 242
processors, 7 see also Intel, AMD, Cyrix, IIT
programming, 439-484 see also individual programming tools
Prostar laptops and Linux, 33
ps command, 370-371
psroff command, 275
PureData Ethernet cards and Linux, 18
pwd command, 205-206, 214

Q

QIC
QIC-20 drives and Linux, 15
QIC-40/80 drives and Linux, 15
QIC-117 drives and Linux, 15
QIC-3010/3020 drives and Linux, 15
Qlogic
and bootdisks, 46
ISP1020 controllers and Linux, 13
Qlogic/Control Concepts controllers and Linux, 13
Quanda video-capture boards and Linux, 25
Quarterdeck Desqview, 53
quota utilities, 74

R

rain command, 337
RAWRITE.EXE command, 43, 50, 85
rdjpegcom command, 323
RealTek chipsets and XFree86, 119
Real Audio, 23
red command, 274
Reveal
and bootdisks, 44, 45
FM Radio card and Linux, 26
Racal-Interlan Ethernet cards and Linux, 18
RAM, 7-10, 64-66, 84
installing when RAM is tight, 84-85
and swap partitions, 64-65
rcs (Revision Control System), 74
rdev command, 357-358
recovery packages, 358
removable drives, 17
Ricoh
GSI-8 controllers and Linux, 13
PCMCIA controllers and Linux, 38
printers and Ghostscript, 288
printers and Linux, 24
RLL controllers, 11
rlogin command, 430-431
rm command, 228-229, 377
robots command, 337
Rock Ridge Extensions and Linux, 16
roff command, 275
root user, 104-105
rootdisks, 42-50
choosing, 42, 48
creating, 49-50
rxvt shell program, 154
RZ1000 controllers and Linux, 11
rzsz command, 392-394

S

S3 chipsets and XFree86, 118
Sager laptops and Linux, 33
sail command, 338
Sangoma Frame Relay cards and Linux, 22
Sanyo H94A CD-ROM drives
and bootdisks, 44, 46,47
and Linux, 16
sasteroids command, 338
scanners, 24-25 see also individual scanner manufacturers
Schneider & Koch Ethernet cards and Linux, 18
SCO, 114
SCO UNIX, 4
SCSI controllers, 11, 12-14, 26, 75 see also individual controller
manufacturers
and bootdisks, 43-46, 47-48
Seagate controllers
ST-01 controllers and Linux, 13
ST-01/ST-02 controllers and bootdisks, 46
sc command, 74, 328
SDK laptops and Linux, 33
sdoom command, 335
sed command, 282-284
SEEQ Ethernet cards and Linux, 18
SEH laptops and Linux, 33
Sejin mouse and Linux, 23
sendmail command, 75, 81
serial ports and Linux, 79
seyon command, 75, 384-389
shared libraries, 451
Sharp laptops and Linux, 33
shells, 76, 237-248 see also individual shells
aliases, 245-246
and background commands, 241-242
command history, 244-245
help, 247-248
minimal completion, 245
and multitasking, 241-242
pipes, 244
processes, 242
standard input and output, 242-244
and variables, 239-241
shelltool shell program, 154
shutdown command, 101-102
Siemens Nixdorf laptops and Linux, 33
Sigma chipsets and XFree86, 120
SIIG multiport controllers and Linux, 19
Silicon Graphics, 114
Slackware, 26, 73, 78, 83, 92-94, 99,
103, 113, 117, 259, 274, 280, 292,
357
upgrading from previous versions, 92-94
SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol), 18, 79, 403, 404, 405
SLiRP, 403
Slurp, 437
SMC Ethernet cards and Linux, 18, 19
snail command, 338
SNI laptops and Linux, 33
Specialx multiport controllers and Linux, 20
Stallion multiport controllers and Linux, 19-20
Sony
CD-ROM drives and bootdisks, 44, 45, 47
CDU31A/CDU33A CD-ROM drives and Linux, 16
CDU-535/CDU-531 CD-ROM drives and Linux, 16
printers and Ghostscript, 278
SCSI multisession CD-ROM drives and Linux, 16
sound boards and Linux, 22-23, 104
spell command, 259, 270
standard input and output, 242-244
StarJet
printers and Ghostscript, 288
printers and Linux, 24
STB multiport controllers and Linux, 19
SVGAlib library, 74
Sun Microsystems, 114, 273
printers and Ghostscript, 288
printers and Linux, 24
SuperQuad CD-ROM drives and Linux, 16
superuser, logging in as, 351
SurfIt! Web browser, 419
swap partitions, setting up, 64-65, 71, 373, 375-377
swapoff command 377
swapon command, 376-377
sync command, 376
SyQuest drives and Linux, 16, 26, 52

T

Tadpole
laptops and Linux, 33
P1000 and Linux, 37
tail command, 224
tape drives, 15 see also individual drive manufacturers
tar command, 84, 303-311
and backups, 308-309
and floppies, 309
functions and options, 305-306
and tape backups, 309-310
unarchiving an archive, 306-307
Targa laptops and Linux, 33
Tcl (Tool Command Language), 75, 464-473 see also Tk, TclX
TclX, 75
TCP/IP, 74, 75, 79, 110, 394-400, 402
and X Window, 110-111
tcsh shell, 76
Teac CDD-55A CD-ROM drives
and bootdisks, 44, 46, 47
and Linux, 16
teachgammon command, 338
Tecmar tape drives and Linux, 15
Tektronix
printers and Ghostscript, 288
printers and Linux, 24
telecommunications and Linux, 384-394
telnet command, 431-432
term program, 74
tetris command, 338
TeX, 75. 279
Texas Instruments
laptops and Linux, 33-34
Travelmate 5100 and Linux, 37
Travelmate mouse and Linux, 23
textedit command, 273
texinfo command, 279-281
tin command, 75, 436
Tk, 75, 464, 465
tkdesk program, 296-297
tkWWW Web browser, 419
Toshiba
laptops and Linux, 34
mouse and Linux, 23
PCMCIA controllers and Linux, 38
T400CDT and Linux, 38
Total Peripherals laptops and Linux, 34
touchpads, 23
Trantor T128/T128F/T228 controllers
and bootdisks, 46
and Linux, 13
TravelPro laptops and Linux, 34
trek command, 338
Trident chipsets and XFree86, 119
trn command, 75, 436
troff command, 275
Tseng chipsets and XFree86, 118, 119, 120
Turtle Beach sound boards and Linux, 22
Twincom multiport controllers and Linux, 19
Twinhead laptops and Linux, 34
Tulip laptops and Linux, 34
twm window manager, 112, 113

U

ULSI processors and Linux, 7
UltraStor controllers and Linux, 13
UMSDOS, 46, 48, 49, 87, 88, 93
uname command, 414
uninterruptible power systems and Linux, 25-26, 106 see also individual manufacturers
UNIX, 4, 5, 17, 24, 38, 50, 101, 110,
113, 114, 147, 155, 198, 199, 204,
206, 214-215, 216, 217, 220, 221,
223, 231-232, 234, 248-249, 254,
258, 274, 275, 279, 286, 297, 298,
302, 303, 313, 318, 346, 349, 396
run-levels, 155-158
unzip command 298, 302-303
Usenet newsgroups, 432-437
Usenet Serial Board multiport controllers and Linux, 19
users, adding, 96-99
UUCP, 74, 422-427

V

Vadem PCMCIA controllers and Linux, 38
variables, 239-241
vi text editor, 76, 248-249, 250, 258, 259, 273, 275 see also elvis text editor
view command, 250
Video 7 chipsets and XFree86, 119
Video Blaster video-capture boards and Linux, 25
video-capture boards and Linux, 25 see also individual board
manufacturers
Videotext cards and Linux, 26
vim text editor, 76, 273
virtual terminals, 129, 235
VLB bus, 7
VLSI PCMCIA controllers and Linux, 38
Vobis laptops and Linux, 35
VT1500 video-capture boards and Linux, 25

W

wargames command, 339
Web browsers, 418-422
Weitek chipsets and XFree86, 118, 120
Western Digital, 11
chipsets and XFree86, 118, 119
Ethernet cards and Linux, 18, 44
WD7000 controllers and Linux, 13, 44
wildcards, 217-220
WinBook laptops and Linux, 35
window managers, 111-114 see also individual window managers
and titlebar, 111-112
WINE (Windows Emulator), 330
wish interpreter, 467
workbone command, 340
workman command, 75, 340
World Wide Web, 418-422
worm command, 339
WORM drives and Linux, 16, 26
worms command, 339
wrjpegcom command, 323
wump command, 339

X

X Consortium, 110
X Display Manager (XDM), 155-159
and run-levels, 155-159
X Window System, 6, 9, 11, 22, 37,
59, 76, 77, 79, 109-193, 198, 214,
259, 260, 271, 273, 285-286, 292,
294, 318, 324, 339, 451 see also
XFree86
games, 339-342
and programming, 451, 460-462
xabuse command, 334
xboard command, 75, 340
xclock command, 324
xdoom command, 335
xdos emulator, 329-330
xdpyinfo command, 325-326
xedit command, 271-273
Xerox
printers and Ghostscript, 288
printers and Linux, 24
xev command, 326
xeyes command, 341
xfig command, 319
xfilemanager command, 75
xfm command, 75, 146-147, 294-296
xfontsel command, 292
XForms, 455-456
xfranctint command, 75, 310
XFree86, 5, 6, 24, 37, 65, 75, 77, 78,
109-193, 217, 265, 497-507 see also
X Window System
and accounts, 146-147
and chipsets, 118
configuring, 117-193
dot clocks, probing for, 140-142
extensions, 497-504
font server, 160-164
and graphics cards, 118, 136-137
installing, 116-117
and keyboards, 127-128
and laptops, 122-123
modes, tuning, 144-145
and monitors, 133-136
and mouse, 130-133
and paths, 125-126
and RAM, 65
and run-levels, 155-158
and screen background, 162-163
screen section, 137-139
and server, 114-115
and ServerFlags section, 126-127
starting, 115-116, 142-144, 155-160
stopping, 144
updating, 117
and virtual screens, 139
and virtual terminals, 129, 235
and window managers, 111-114
and xf86config program, 139-140
and XF86Config file, 121
xfs command, 161
xinit file, 116, 142
xlander command, 341
xless command, 224
xlock command, 75, 326
xlogo command, 341
xlsfonts command, 160, 290-292
xmag command, 326-327
xmahjongg command, 341
xman command, 112-113, 213, 230, 327, 461-462 see also online-manual pages
xmh command, 416
xminicomm command, 389
xpaint command, 75, 320-321
xroach command, 341
xsetroot command, 142, 162-163
xspider command, 342
xspread command, 326
xtetris command, 328
xterm command, 115, 142, 147, 148-154, 198, 213
and colors, 151-152
command-line parameters, 153
copying and pasting between windows, 153-154
and fonts, 151-152
and resource files, 150-151
and scrollbars, 150
size of window, 149
xv program, 75, 77, 163-164, 321-322
xvier command, 342
XView, 75
xxgdb command, 74, 461
xzoom program, 106

Y

yacc command, 462

Z

Zenith
Ethernet cards and Linux, 18
laptops and Linux, 35
Zeos laptops and Linux, 35
zip command, 298, 301-303
Zip drives and Linux, 16
zipcloak command, 303
zipgrep command, 303
zipinfo command, 303
zipnote command, 303
zipsplit command, 303
zsh shell, 76
ZyXEL fax modems and Linux, 20


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