The Linux HOWTO Index

The Linux HOWTO Index
by Greg Hankins, [email protected]
v2.10.20, 17 April 1997

This document contains an index to the Linux HOWTOs and mini-HOWTOs,
as well as other information about the HOWTO project.

1. What Are Linux HOWTOs?

Linux HOWTOs are documents which describe in detail a certain aspect
of configuring or using Linux. For example, there is the Installation
HOWTO, which gives instructions on installing Linux, and the Mail
HOWTO, which describes how to set up and configure mail under Linux.
Other examples include the NET-3 HOWTO and the Printing HOWTO.

HOWTOs are comprehensive docs - much like an FAQ but generally not in
question-and-answer format. However, many HOWTOs contain an FAQ
section at the end.

There are several HOWTO formats available: plain text, PostScript,
DVI, and HTML.

In addition to the HOWTOs, there are a multitude of mini-HOWTOs.
These are short, specific HOWTOs, such as the Colour-ls mini-HOWTO.
They are only available in plain text format.

2. Where Do I Get Linux HOWTOs?

HOWTOs can be retrieved via anonymous FTP from the following sites:

� ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO

� ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/docs/HOWTO

as well as many mirror sites.

You can also browse HOWTOs in HTML format
<http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/>. Many mirror sites
<http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/hmirrors.html> mirror the HTML files.

sunsite.unc.edu is heavily used, so please use a mirror site if
possible.

HOWTOs are also posted monthly to the Usenet newsgroup
comp.os.linux.answers.

2.1. HOWTO Translations

HOWTO translations are available on sunsite.unc.edu
<ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/translations> and mirrors
around the world. So far there are:

� French (fr)

� German (de)

� Italian (it)

� Japanese (jp)

� Polish (pl)

� Spanish (es)

� Swedish (sv)

� Turkish (tr)

If you know of any other translation projects, please let me know and
I will add them to this list. If you are interested in getting your
translations archived on sunsite.unc.edu, please read the directory
structure specification at
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/translations/Directory-
Structure and get in touch with me.

3. HOWTO Index

The following Linux HOWTOs are currently available:

� AX25 HOWTO, by Terry Dawson <[email protected]>.
How to configure AX25 networking for Linux. Updated 2 March 1997.

� Access HOWTO, by Michael De La Rue <[email protected]>. How to
use adaptive technology with Linux. Updated 28 March 1997.

� Assembly HOWTO, by Fran�ois-Ren� Rideau <[email protected]>.
Information on programming in x86 assembly. Updated 30 March 1997.

� BootPrompt HOWTO, by Paul Gortmaker <[email protected]>.
List of boot time arguments and overview of booting software.
Updated 6 December 1996.

� Bootdisk HOWTO, by Graham Chapman <[email protected]>. How to
create a boot/root maintenance disk for Linux. Updated 4 April
1997.

� Busmouse HOWTO, by Mike Battersby <[email protected]>. Information
on bus mouse compatibility with Linux. Updated 2 August 1994.

� CDROM HOWTO, by Jeff Tranter <[email protected]>. Information
on CDROM drive compatibility for Linux. Updated 5 January 1997.

� Chinese HOWTO, by Hong Zhang <[email protected]>. How to
configure Linux for use with the Chinese characterset. Updated 2
April 1997.

� Commercial HOWTO, by Martin Michlmayr <[email protected]>. Listing of
commercial software products for Linux. Updated 14 April 1997.

� Consultants HOWTO, by Martin Michlmayr <[email protected]>. Listing
of Linux consultants. Updated 11 April 1997.

� Cyrillic HOWTO, by Alexander L. Belikoff
<[email protected]>. How to configure Linux for use with
the Cyrillic characterset. Updated 27 March 1997.

� DNS HOWTO, by Nicolai Langfeldt <[email protected]>. How to set up
DNS. Updated 8 March 1997.

� DOS to Linux HOWTO, by Guido Gonzato <[email protected]>.
How to move from DOS to Linux. Updated 11 December 1996.

� DOSEMU HOWTO, by Uwe Bonnes <[email protected]
darmstadt.de>. HOWTO about the Linux MS-DOS Emulator, DOSEMU.
Updated dosemu-0.64.4 (in progress), 15 March 1997.

� Danish HOWTO, by Niels Kristian Bech Jensen <[email protected]>. How
to configure Linux for use with the Danish characterset. Updated 6
March 1997.

� Distribution HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond <[email protected]>. A
list of Linux distributions. Updated 14 March 1997.

� ELF HOWTO, by Daniel Barlow <[email protected]>. How to
install and migrate to the ELF binary file format. Updated 14 July
1996.

� Emacspeak HOWTO, by Jim Van Zandt <[email protected]>. How to
use 'emacspeak' with Linux. Updated 2 February 1997.

� Ethernet HOWTO, by Paul Gortmaker <[email protected]>.
Information on Ethernet hardware compatibility for Linux. Updated
2 February 1997.

� Finnish HOWTO, by Pekka Taipale <[email protected]>. How to configure
Linux for use with the Finnish characterset. Updated 14 February
1996.

� Firewall HOWTO, by Mark Grennan, <[email protected]>. How to set
up a firewall using Linux. Updated 8 November 1996.

� Ftape HOWTO, by Kevin Johnson <[email protected]>. Information on
ftape drive compatibility with Linux. Updated 15 March 1997.

� GCC HOWTO, by Daniel Barlow <[email protected]>. How to set
up the GNU C compiler and development libraries. Updated 28
February 1996.

� German HOWTO, by Winfried Tr�mper <[email protected]>. Information
on using Linux with German-specific features. Updated 19 March
1997.

� HAM HOWTO, by Terry Dawson <[email protected]>.
HOWTO configure amateur radio software for Linux. Updated 1 April
1997.

� HOWTO Index, by Greg Hankins <[email protected]>. Index of
HOWTO documents about Linux. Updated 17 April 1997.

� Hardware Compatibility HOWTO, by Tawei Wan <[email protected]>. A
list of hardware known to work with Linux. Updated 14 November
1995.

� Hebrew HOWTO, by Yair G. Rajwan <[email protected]>. How to
configure Linux for use with the Hebrew characterset. Updated 12
September 1995.

� INFO-SHEET, by Michael K. Johnson <[email protected]>. Generic
introduction to the Linux operating system. Updated 13 January
1997.

� IPX HOWTO, by Terry Dawson <[email protected]>. How
to install and configure IPX networking. Updated 29 March 1997.

� ISP Hookup HOWTO, by Egil Kvaleberg <[email protected]>. Basic
introduction to hooking up to an ISP. Updated 9 December 1996.

� Installation HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond <[email protected]>.
How to obtain and install Linux. Updated 3 March 1997.

� Italian HOWTO, by Marco ``Gaio'' Gaiarin <[email protected]>. How
to configure Linux for use with the Italian characterset. Updated
17 February 1997.

� Java-CGI HOWTO, by David H. Silber <[email protected]>. How to set up
Java-capable CGI bin. Updated 18 November 1996.

� Kernel HOWTO, by Brian Ward <[email protected]>. Upgrading
and compiling the Linux kernel. Updated 1 August 1996.

� Keyboard and Console HOWTO, by Andries Brouwer <[email protected]>.
Information about the Linux keyboard, console and non-ASCII
characters. Updated 16 March 1997.

� META-FAQ, by Michael K. Johnson <[email protected]>. A listing
of Linux sources of information. Updated 20 December 1996.

� MGR HOWTO, by Vincent Broman <[email protected]>. Information on the
MGR graphics interface for Linux. Updated 30 May 1996.

� Electronic Mail HOWTO, by Vince Skahan <[email protected]>.
Information on Linux-based mail servers and clients. Updated 29
November 1995.

� Module HOWTO, by Lauri Tischler <[email protected]>. How to load
modules and a listing of parameters. Updated 20 October 1996.

� NET-3 HOWTO, by Terry Dawson <[email protected]>.
Howto configure TCP/IP networking under Linux. Updated 29 March
1997.

� NFS HOWTO, by Nicolai Langfeldt <[email protected]>. How to set up
NFS clients and servers. Updated 9 March 1997.

� NIS HOWTO, by Erwin Embsen <[email protected]>. Information on using
NIS/YP on Linux systems. Updated 14 November 1996.

� News HOWTO, by Vince Skahan <[email protected]>. Information on
USENET news server and client software for Linux. Updated 29
November 1995.

� PCI HOWTO, by Michael Will <[email protected]>.
Information on PCI-architecture compatibility with Linux. Updated
30 March 1997.

� PCMCIA HOWTO, by Dave Hinds <[email protected]>. How to
install and use PCMCIA Card Services. Updated 15 April 1997.

� PPP HOWTO, by Robert Hart <[email protected]>. Information on
using PPP networking with Linux. Updated 31 March 1997.

� Polish HOWTO, by Sergiusz Pawlowicz <[email protected]>.
Information on using Linux with Polish-specific features. Updated
5 January 1997.

� Portuguese HOWTO, by Joao Carlos Rodrigues Pereira
<[email protected]>. How to configure Linux for use with
the Portuguese characterset. Updated 14 September 1995.

� Printing HOWTO, by Grant Taylor <[email protected]>. HOWTO
on printing software for Linux. Updated 10 September 1996.

� Printing Usage HOWTO, by Mark Komarinski <[email protected]>. How
to use the printing system for a variety of file types and options.
Updated 24 March 1997.

� SCSI HOWTO, by Drew Eckhardt <[email protected]>. Information on
SCSI driver compatibility with Linux. Updated 30 August 1996.
� SCSI Programming HOWTO, by Heiko Eissfeldt
<[email protected]>. Information on programming the generic
Linux SCSI interface. Updated 7 May 1996.

� SMB HOWTO, by David Wood <[email protected]>. How to use the
Session Message Block (SMB) protocol with Linux. Updated 10 August
1996.

� Serial HOWTO, by Greg Hankins <[email protected]>. How on
use serial devices (modems, terminals) with Linux. Updated 31
March 1997.

� Shadow Password HOWTO, by Michael H. Jackson <[email protected]>.
How to obtain, install, and configure shadow passwords. Updated 3
April 1996.

� Slovenian HOWTO, by Primoz Peterlin <[email protected]
lj.si>. Information on using Linux with Slovenian-specific
features. Updated 30 October 1996.

� Sound HOWTO, by Jeff Tranter <[email protected]>. Sound
hardware and software for the Linux operating system. Updated 5
January 1997.

� Sound Playing HOWTO, by Yoo C. Chung <[email protected]>.
How to play various sound formats under Linux. Updated 26 March
1997.

� Spanish HOWTO, by Gonzalo Garcia Agullo <Gonzalo.Garcia-
[email protected]>. Information on using Linux with Spanish-specific
features. Updated 20 August 1996.

� teTeX HOWTO, by Robert Kiesling <[email protected]>.
How to install the teTeX package (TeX and LaTeX) under Linux.
Updated 31 March 1997.

� Tips HOWTO, by Paul Anderson <[email protected]>. HOWTO on
miscellaneous tips and tricks for Linux. Updated 7 January 1997.

� UMSDOS HOWTO, by Jacques Gelinas <[email protected]>. How to
install and use the UMSDOS filesystem. Updated 13 November 1995.

� UPS HOWTO, by Harvey J. Stein <[email protected]>. Information
on using a UPS power supply with Linux. Updated 31 March 1997.

� UUCP HOWTO, by Vince Skahan <[email protected]>. Information on
UUCP software for Linux. Updated 29 November 1995.

� VAR HOWTO, by Martin Michlmayr <[email protected]>. Listing of Linux
value added resellers. Updated 11 April 1997.

� VMS to Linux HOWTO, by Guido Gonzato <[email protected]>.
How to move from VMS to Linux. Updated 18 March 1997.

� WWW HOWTO, by Peter Dreuw <[email protected]>. How to set up WWW
clients and servers. Updated 6 October 1996.

� XFree86 HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond <[email protected]>. How to
obtain, install, and configure XFree86 3.2 (X11R6). Updated 26
March 1997.

The following mini-HOWTOs are available (plain text only):

� 3 Button Mouse mini-HOWTO, by Geoff Short
<[email protected]>. How to configure your mouse to use 3
buttons. Updated 25 October 1996.

� ADSM Backup mini-HOWTO, by Thomas Koenig <[email protected]
karlsruhe.de>. How to install and use the ADSM backup program.
Updated 15 January 1997.

� AI-Alife mini-HOWTO, by John A. Eikenberry <[email protected]>.
Information about AI software for Linux. Updated 24 January 1997.

� Advocacy mini-HOWTO, by Paul L. Rogers <[email protected]>.
Suggestions on how to advocate the use of Linux. Updated 6
February 1997.

� Backup with MSDOS mini-HOWTO, by Christopher Neufeld
<[email protected]>. How to backup Linux machines with
MSDOS. Updated 6 February 1996.

� Boca mini-HOWTO, by David H Dennis <[email protected]>.
How to install a Boca 16-port serial card (Boca 2016). Updated 16
February 1995.

� BogoMips mini-HOWTO, by Wim C.A. van Dorst
<[email protected]>. Information about BogoMips. Updated 18
December 1996.

� Bridge mini-HOWTO, by Chris Cole <[email protected]>. How
to setup and ethernet bridge. Updated 23 August 1996.

� Bridge+Firewall mini-HOWTO, by Peter Breuer <[email protected]>. How
to setup and ethernet bridge and firewall. Updated 23 December
1996.

� CD Writing mini-HOWTO, by Winfried Tr�mper <[email protected]>. How
to write CDs. Updated 18 March 1997.

� Clock mini-HOWTO, by Ron Bean <[email protected]>. How to set and
keep your clock on time. Updated December 1996.

� Colour ls mini-HOWTO, by Thorbjoern Ravn Andersen <[email protected]>.
How to set up the colours with 'ls'. Updated 27 April 1996.

� DHCPd mini-HOWTO, by Paul Makeev <[email protected]>. How to get
Linux to serve DHCP information. Updated 5 March 1997.

� Diald mini-HOWTO, by Harish Pillay <[email protected]>. How to use
'diald' to dial an ISP. Updated 3 June 1996.

� Dip+SLiRP+CSLIP mini-HOWTO, by Zenon Fortuna <[email protected]>.
How to use Dip+SLiRP+CSLIP together. Updated 15 October 1995.

� Diskless mini-HOWTO, by Robert Nemkin <[email protected]>. How to
set up a diskless Linux box. Updated 31 May 1996.

� Dynamic IP Hacks mini-HOWTO, by Michael Driscoll
<[email protected]>. Tips and tricks for people with dynamic
IP addresses. Updated 14 April 1997.

� Ext2fs Undeletion mini-HOWTO, by Aaron Crane <[email protected]>.
How to retrieve deleted files from an ext2 filesystem. Updated 18
January 1997.

� GTEK BBS-550 mini-HOWTO, by Wajihuddin Ahmed
<[email protected]>. How to setup the GTEK BBS-550 multiport
board with Linux. Updated 20 November 1996.
� GUI Development mini-HOWTO, by Philip Markwalder
<[email protected]>. Information about GUI Development
Software and Books. Updated 6 June 1995.

� Graphics Tools mini-HOWTO, by Michael J. Hammel <[email protected]>.
Introduction to graphics tools available for Linux. Updated 15 May
1996.

� Gravis-UltraSound mini-HOWTO, by J-F Mammet <[email protected]
mlv.fr>. How to install the Gravis UltraSound PnP card. Updated
27 March 1996.

� HTML Validation mini-HOWTO, by Keith M. Corbett
<[email protected]>. How to validate HTML 2.0 documents with
nsgmls. Updated 29 October 1995.

� HTTP+Netware mini-HOWTO, by Pramod Karnad
<[email protected]>. How to setup a Linux HTTP server on a
Netware LAN. Updated 14 March 1996.

� IO Port Programming mini-HOWTO, by Riku Saikkonen
<[email protected]>. How to use I/O ports in C programs.
Updated 30 March 1997.

� IP Alias mini-HOWTO, by Harish Pillay <[email protected]>. How to
use IP aliasing. Updated 13 January 1997.

� IP Masquerade mini-HOWTO, by Ambrose Au <[email protected]>. How
to use IP masquerading. Updated 1 January 1997.

� IP Subnetworking mini-HOWTO, by Robert Hart
<[email protected]>. Why and how to subnetwork an IP network.
Updated 31 March 1997.

� Jaz Drive mini-HOWTO, by Bob Willmot <[email protected]>. How to
use an Iomega Jaz drive with Linux. Updated 25 January 1997.

� Kerneld mini-HOWTO, by Henrik Storner <[email protected]>.
How to use 'kerneld' (dynamic module loading). Updated 6 April
1997.

� Key Setup mini-HOWTO, by Stephen Lee <[email protected]>. How to
set up cursor control keys. Updated 16 September 1995.

� LBX mini-HOWTO, by Paul D. Smith <[email protected]>. How to
use Low-Bandwidth X (LBX). Updated 23 October 1995.

� LF1000 mini-HOWTO, by Skip Rye <root@brspc_0064.msd.ray.com>. How
to use the Panasonic LF1000 optical disk drive. Updated 29 March
1996.

� LILO mini-HOWTO, by Cameron Spitzer <[email protected]>.
Examples of typical LILO installations. Updated 4 June 1995.

� Linux+DOS+Win95 mini-HOWTO, by Alan L. Wendt
<[email protected]>. How to use Linux and DOS and Windows95
together. Updated 10 September 1996.

� Linux+OS2+DOS mini-HOWTO, by Hamish Moffatt
<[email protected]>. How to use Linux and OS/2 and
DOS together. Updated 20 May 1996.

� Linux+DOS+Win95+OS2 mini-HOWTO, by Mike Harlan
<[email protected]>. How to use Linux and DOS and OS/2 and
Win95 together. Updated 6 March 1996.

� Linux+Win95 mini-HOWTO, by Jonathan Katz <[email protected]>. How to
use Linux and Windows95 together. Updated 25 June 1996.

� Linux+WinNT mini-HOWTO, by Bill Wohler
<[email protected]>. How to use Linux and WindowsNT
together. Updated 19 February 1997.

� Linux+WinNT++ mini-HOWTO, by Kurt Swendson. How to use Linux and
WindowsNT together, with NT preinstalled. Updated 21 December
1996.

� Large Disk mini-HOWTO, Andries Brouwer <[email protected]>. How to use
disks with > 1024 cylinders. Updated 26 July 1996.

� Locales mini-HOWTO, by Peeter Joot <[email protected]>. How to
configure Linux to use locales. Updated 14 December 1996.

� MIDI+SB mini-HOWTO, by Hideki Saito <[email protected]>. How to a
MIDI keyboard with a Sound Blaster. Updated 13 October 1996.

� Mail Queue mini-HOWTO, by Leif Erlingsson
<Leif.Erlingsson@[email protected]>. How to queue remote mail and
deliver local mail. Updated 22 March 1997.

� Mail2News mini-HOWTO, by Robert Hart <[email protected]>. How to
set up a mail to news gateway. Updated 4 November 1996.

� Man Page mini-HOWTO, by Jens Schweikhardt <[email protected]>.
How to write man pages. Updated March 1997.

� Modeline mini-HOWTO, by Rick Niles <[email protected]>.
How to use 'modeline'. Updated 11 February 1995.

� Multiple Disks Layout mini-HOWTO, by Gjoen Stein <[email protected]>.
How to layout partitions on multiple disks. Updated 23 March 1997.

� Multiple Ethernet mini-HOWTO, by Don Becker
<[email protected]>. How to use multiple ethernet cards.
Updated 5 August 1995.

� NFS-Root mini-HOWTO, by Andreas Kostyrka <[email protected]>. How
to set up diskless Linux machines. Updated 3 February 1997.

� NFS-Root-Client mini-HOWTO, by Ofer Maor <[email protected]>. How
to set up diskless Linux machines using NFS. Updated 5 December
1996.

� Netscape+Proxy mini-HOWTO, by Sarma Seetamraju <[email protected]>.
How to set up a proxy server for Netscape. Updated October 1996.

� Online Support mini-HOWTO, by lilo <[email protected]>.
Information about the Linux Internet Support Cooperative. Updated
7 May 1996.

� PLIP mini-HOWTO, by Andrea Controzzi <[email protected]>.
How to set up PLIP (Parallel Line Interface Protocol). Updated 22
August 1996.

� PPP-over-ISDN mini-HOWTO, by R Marc Phillips <[email protected]>.
How to set up MLPPP over ISDN. Updated 13 April 1996.

� PPP-over-minicom mini-HOWTO, by Winfried Tr�mper
<[email protected]>. How to use minicom to start PPP. Updated 9
December 1996.

� Process Accounting mini-HOWTO, by Albert M.C. Tam <[email protected]>.
How to set up process accounting. Updated 29 July 1996.

� Proxy ARP mini-HOWTO, by Al Longyear <[email protected]>. A
small treatise on the use of Proxy ARP. Updated 5 December 1994.

� Pager mini-HOWTO, by Chris Snell <[email protected]>. How to set
up an alphanumeric paging gateway. Updated 25 September 1996.

� Partition mini-HOWTO, by Kristian Koehntopp <[email protected]>.
How to choose disk partitions. Updated 24 January 1997.

� Print2Win mini-HOWTO, by Harish Pillay <[email protected]>. How to
use SAMBA to print to Windows. Updated 3 June 1996.

� Public Web Browser mini-HOWTO, by Donald B. Marti Jr.
<[email protected]>. How to set up a guest account to use a WWW
browser. Updated 2 February 1997.

� Qmail+MH mini-HOWTO, by Christopher Richardson
<[email protected]>. How to install qmail and MH. Updated 22
March 1997.

� Quota mini-HOWTO, by Albert M.C. Tam <[email protected]>. How to set
up disk quotas. Updated 27 July 1996.

� Reading List, by James H. Haynes <[email protected]>.
Interesting books pertaining to Linux subjects. Updated 24
February 1996.

� Remote Boot mini-HOWTO, by Marc Vuilleumier
<[email protected]>. How to set up a server-based boot
selector. Updated August 1996.

� SLIP+proxyARP mini-HOWTO, by Dave Kennedy <[email protected]>. How
to use SLIP and Proxy ARP to connect LANs to the net. Updated 20
November 1996.

� Sendmail+UUCP mini-HOWTO, by Jamal Hadi Salim <[email protected]>.
How to use sendmail and UUCP together. Updated 15 March 1997.

� Serial Port Programming mini-HOWTO, by Antonino Iannella
<[email protected]>. How to use serial ports in C programs.
Updated 9 March 1997.

� Soundblaster-16 mini-HOWTO, by Eric Z. Ayers
<[email protected]>. How to install the Soundblaster 16 PnP
card. Updated 14 January 1997.

� Swap Space mini-HOWTO, by H. Peter Anvin <[email protected]>. How
to share swap space between Linux and Windows. Updated 19 June
1995.

� TIA mini-HOWTO, by Irish <[email protected]>. How to use 'TIA' with
Linux. Updated 16 December 1995.

� Term Firewall mini-HOWTO, by Barak Pearlmutter
<[email protected]>. How to use 'term' over a
firewall. Updated 22 May 1996.

� Tiny News mini-HOWTO, by Kent Lewis <[email protected]>. How
to use 'INN' to make a small news spool. Updated 25 May 1995.

� Token Ring mini-HOWTO, by Mike Eckhoff
<[email protected]>. How to use token ring
cards. Updated 5 July 1995.
� Upgrade mini-HOWTO, by Greg Louis <[email protected]>. How to
upgrade your Linux distribution. Updated 6 June 1996.

� Virtual Web mini-HOWTO, by Dan Pancamo <[email protected]>. How
to set up a virtual WWW site. Updated 24 November 1995.

� Virtual wu-ftpd mini-HOWTO, by Winfried Tr�mper <[email protected]>.
How to set up wu-ftpd with virtual domains. Updated 27 January
1997.

� Visual Bell mini-HOWTO, by Alessandro Rubini
<[email protected]>. How to disable audible bells, and enable
visual bells. Updated August 1996.

� Win95+Win+Linux mini-HOWTO, by Robert Goodwin
<[email protected]>. How to get Windows95, Windows 3.x and
Linux to work. Updated 4 August 1996.

� WordPerfect mini-HOWTO, by Wade Hampton <[email protected]>. How to
set up SCO WordPerfect for Linux. Updated 17 May 1995.

� X Big Cursor mini-HOWTO, by Joerg Schneider <[email protected]>.
How to use enlarged cursors with XWindows. Updated 12 September
1996.

� X Notebook mini-HOWTO, by Darin Ernst <[email protected]>. How to
set up X on notebooks with WD90C24 video chips. Updated 10 August
1995.

� XFree86-XInside mini-HOWTO, by Marco Melgazzi
<[email protected]>. How to convert XFree86 to XInside
modelines. Updated July 1996.

� xterm Title mini-HOWTO, by Winfried Tr�mper <[email protected]>.
How to put strings into the titlebar of an xterm. Updated 22
October 1996.

� Xterminal mini-HOWTO, by Scot W. Stevenson <[email protected]>.
How to connect Xterminals to Linux boxen. Updated July 1995.

� ZIP Drive mini-HOWTO, by Grant Guenther <[email protected]>. How to
use an Iomega ZIP drive with Linux. Updated 15 April 1996.

� ZIP Install mini-HOWTO, by John Wiggins <[email protected]>.
How to install Linux onto a ZIP drive. Updated 5 December 1996.

4. Writing and Submitting a HOWTO

If you are interested in writing a HOWTO or mini-HOWTO, please get in
touch with me FIRST!!! at [email protected].

Here are a few guidelines that you should follow when writing a HOWTO
or mini-HOWTO:

� Try to use meaningful structure and organization, and write
clearly. Remember that many of the people reading HOWTOs do not
speak English as their first language.

� If you are writing a HOWTO, you must use the SGML-Tools package,
available from http://web.inter.nl.net/users/C.deGroot/sgmltools,
to format the HOWTO. This package allows us to produce LaTeX (for
DVI and PostScript), plain text, and HTML from a single source
document, and was designed specifically for the HOWTOs. This also
gives all of the HOWTOs a uniform look.

� If you are writing a mini-HOWTO, you can use any form you wish.
mini-HOWTOs are meant to be short, free-form HOWTOs on very
specific subjects. In general, these should be quick to write and
maintain, so it's not worth bothering with the Linuxdoc-SGML
package. This does not mean that the mini-HOWTOs are any less
important! Only plain text versions of mini-HOWTOs are
distributed.

� Make sure that all of the information is correct. I can't stress
this enough. When in doubt, speculate, but make it clear that
you're only guessing.

� Make sure that you are covering the most recent version of the
available software. Also, be sure to include full instructions on
where software can be downloaded from (FTP site name, full
pathname), and the current version number and release date of the
software.

� Include an FAQ section at the end, if appropriate. Many HOWTO
documents need an ``FAQ'' or ``Common Problems'' section to cover
information which can't be covered in the regular text.

� Use other HOWTOs or mini-HOWTOs as a model! The SGML source to the
HOWTOs is available on Linux FTP sites.

� Make sure that your name, email address, date, and a version number
is near the beginning of the document. You could also include WWW
addresses and a snail mail address if you want.

� Lastly, be prepared to receive questions and comments about your
writing. There are several hundreds of accesses to the HOWTO
collection every day from around the world!

After you have written the HOWTO, mail it to me. If you used SGML-
Tools, simply mail me the SGML source; I take care of formatting the
documents. I'll also take care of archiving the HOWTOs on
sunsite.unc.edu and posting them to the various newsgroups.

It is important that you go through me when submitting a HOWTO, as I
maintain the archives and need to keep track of what HOWTOs are being
written and who is doing what.

Then, all you have to do is send me periodic updates whenever
appropriate.

5. Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, Linux HOWTO documents are copyrighted by
their respective authors. Linux HOWTO documents may be reproduced and
distributed in whole or in part, in any medium physical or electronic,
as long as this copyright notice is retained on all copies. Commercial
redistribution is allowed and encouraged; however, the author would
like to be notified of any such distributions.

All translations, derivative works, or aggregate works incorporating
any Linux HOWTO documents must be covered under this copyright notice.
That is, you may not produce a derivative work from a HOWTO and impose
additional restrictions on its distribution. Exceptions to these rules
may be granted under certain conditions; please contact the Linux
HOWTO coordinator at the address given below.

In short, we wish to promote dissemination of this information through
as many channels as possible. However, we do wish to retain copyright
on the HOWTO documents, and would like to be notified of any plans to
redistribute the HOWTOs.

If you have questions, please contact Greg Hankins, the Linux HOWTO
coordinator, at [email protected] via email.