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Linux Documentation Project: Updated HOWTOs

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 11, 1999

The LDP is the official project who oversees documentation for
Linux in general. They can be reached at http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/.

Document Name Classification Update Author Description Version
Assembly-HOWTO howto major François-René Rideau Information on programming in x86 assembly v0.4p, 6 June 1999
CDROM-HOWTO howto major Jeff Tranter Information on CDROM drive compatibility for Linux v1.14, 24 March 1999
ELF-HOWTO howto obsolete Daniel Barlow How to install and migrate to the ELF binary file format v1.29, 14 July 1996
Emacspeak-HOWTO howto minor Jim Van Zandt How to use ’emacspeak’ with Linux v.1.6, 10 April 1999
Hardware-HOWTO howto major Patrick Reijnen A list of hardware known to work with Linux v99.2, 20 March 1999
IPCHAINS-HOWTO howto major Paul Russell Install and configure the enhanced IP firewalling chains
software
v1.0.7, 12 March 1999
Kernel-HOWTO howto major Brian Ward Upgrading and compiling the Linux kernel v1.0, 5 June 1999
MIPS-HOWTO howto minor Ralf Baechle Describes the MIPS port of the Linux operating system, common
problems and their solutions, availability and more
v0.1, 31 March 1999
SMB-HOWTO howto major David Wood How to use the Session Message Block (SMB) protocol with
Linux
v1.1, 25 March 1999
Sound-HOWTO howto major Jeff Tranter Sound hardware and software for the Linux operating system v1.20, 24 March 1999
TclTk-HOWTO howto new Luca Rossetti This document describes the Linux approach to Tcl, a scripting
language
v0.2, 07 November 1998
Ultra-DMA mini minor Brion Vibber How to use Ultra-DMA drives and controllers v2.1, 27 May 1999

[ Note: The TclTk link is currently broken – hopefully it’ll
be up soon. -lt ed ]

Update: TclTk link is now active.

Web Webster

Web Webster

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