- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- Adjusting Keyboard Layout
- Adjusting Memory Estimates for Your Systems Uses
- AGP - 2
- Alpha
- AMD Chipsets
- Analog Versus Digital Displays
- Automatic Configuration with DHCP
- Avoiding Ground Loops
- Basic Design of XFree86
- Basic Linux Network Configuration
- Bits in the Sample
- Bits on the
- Bringing Up the Interface
- Burning a CDR or CDRW Disc in LinuxS
- Cable Modems
- Cabling Choices
- Cathode Ray Tubes
- Caution - 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
- CD Versus CDR Versus DVD
- CDR Making Your Own CDROMs
- CDROM The Granddaddy of Optical Media
- Central Processing Unit
- Changers
- Channels
- Chapter
- 1
- Lqe
- Okw - 2
- Hik
- Vow 3 - 2
- Checking Compatibility with Linux CDCreation Tools
- Checking for Cut Corners
- Checking for Linux Compatibility
- Checking for XFree86 Compatibility
- Checking Your Sample
- Choosing a Printer Interface
- Choosing a Recordable Drive
- Choosing an Appropriate Interface
- Choosing CD for Speed or Cost
- Choosing CDR or CDRW for Capability to Record
- Choosing DVD for Access to New Media
- Coaxial Cabling
- Common PCI Chipsets
- Compatibility with Prior Standards
- Configuring Linux for Multiple Ports
- Configuring XFree86
- Configuring XFree86 for Your Video Card
- Construction Materials
- Contacting Me
- Contacting the Manufacturer
- Cooling
- CPU Architectures
- Cpu Bios Support
- Creating Clean Recordings of Music
- Graphics Features
- Support
- Determining the Vendors Familiarity with Linux
- Digital Audio Extraction Capability
- DIMMs
- Direct Access Tools and Miscellaneous Utilities
- Directing Output to a Home Stereo
- Disk Heights
- Diskat Once Versus Trackat Once
- Do You Need Rewritable Functionality
- Drive Interfaces
- EIDE Versus SCSI Disks
- Eideatapi Interface
- Eideatapi Interfaces
- EISA
- Error Detection and Correction
- Estimating Space for Your Needs
- Ethernet Adapters
- Ethernet Printers
- Evaluating Disk Performance
- Evaluating Ease of Access
- Evaluating Optical Drive Performance
- Evaluating the Hardware - 2
- Evaluating the Software
- Expansion in the Face of Insufficient Space
- External MIDI Devices
- Extra Modem Features
- Fast Wide SCSI2 and SCSI3
- Figure 223
- Fire Wire
- Flatbed Scanners
- Floppy
- Floppy Disks
- Floppy Interfaces
- Fpm Dram
- Ghostscript converts Post Script data into a bitmap which is then sent to the printer Therefore features such as a large selection of builtin fonts are generally useless under Linux unless the printer supports Post Script
- GUI Network Configuration
- Hand Scanners
- Hard Disk Form Factors
- Hardware Data Compression
- Head Movement Times
- Headphones
- How Linux Hardware Handbook Is Organized
- Hub and Switch Features
- Hubs and Switches
- Identifying a Boards Chipset
- In This Chapter - 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
- Inch Disks for Desktops
- Info - 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
- Inkjet Printers
- Installing Linux
- InStore Checkout
- Intel Chipsets
- Interfacing the Modem to Your Computer
- Internet Newsgroup Support - 2
- Interrupts
- Inthis Chapter
- Introduction
- Iomega Zip Disks
- ISA and PCI Adapters
- ISA
- ISDN Modems
- Kernel Options for Accessing Drives
- Keyboard Mapping Theory
- Keyboard Technologies
- Keyboards with Extras
- Knowing Your Backup Frequency Requirements
- Knowing Your Capacity Requirements
- Knowing Your Speed Requirements
- Laser Printers
- Linux Audio Utilities and Applications
- Linux CPU Requirements
- Linux Kernel Configuration
- Linux Kernel Drivers
- Linux Mixer Utilities
- Linux PC Card Support
- Linux Specialty Vendors
- Liquid Crystal Displays
- Listening to Radio and Watching TV
- Locating a Linux Aware Vendor
- Locating an Appropriate Server
- M
- Magneto Optical Disks
- Matching the Case to the Motherboard
- MCA
- Mechanical and Opto Mechanical Devices
- Memory
- Mice and Mutant Mice
- Microphone Mounting Options
- Microphones
- MIDI Sound Production
- Minimum Space Needed
- Miscellaneous Additional Factors
- Miscellaneous Alternative Technologies
- Mixed Generation CPUs
- Modem Technologies
- Motherboard ROMs and ROM Variants
- Mouse Device Drivers and Files
- Mouse Technologies
- Multifunction Units
- Multiport Cards
- Necessary Kernel Drivers
- Network Scanning
- Network Topologies
- Non Ethernet NICs
- Non Linux Software
- Note
- Note A - 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
- Null Modem Cables
- Obtaining a Linux Distribution
- Obtaining a Refund for Windows
- Obtaining Information on DSL Service in Your Area
- Obtaining Information on Linux Friendly Cable Systems
- Obtaining Technical Support
- Other Architectures
- Other Languages
- Other Printer Technologies
- Other Tape Drive Types
- Overview
- Parallel Port Interfaces
- Parallel Ports
- Parallel Port Interface - 2 3
- Part IV 3
- Amg
- Lgm
- Loj
- Mzl
- Part V
- Kpj
- Kww
- Mip
- Uta
- PCCard Interface
- PCI
- Pentium Pro Through Pentium III
- Playing and Editing MIDI Files
- PLIP for Parallel Port Networking
- Popular Products in Linux
- Popular Tape Technologies
- Port Hardware Requirements
- Post Script
- Power Protection
- Power Supply
- Power Supply Quality
- PowerPC
- Proprietary and Unusual Interfaces
- Radio and TV Tuners
- Read AfterWrite Verification
- Recording Sound and Live Video
- Recording Stereo Input
- Removable Storage Media
- Removing Windows
- Required Amounts of Video RAM
- Requirements for Adequate Performance
- Requirements for Minimum Functionality
- Rubber Dome Keyboards
- Running a Linux Installation
- Sample Frequency
- SAms
- SCSI Adapter Boards and Chipsets
- SCSI IDs
- SCSI Interface
- SCSI Interfaces
- Scsi1
- Selecting a Microphone for Your Needs
- Selecting the Hub or Switch Thats Right for
- Serial Null Modem Cables
- Serial Port Devices
- Serial Port Printers
- Setting the DNS Server
- Setting the Route
- Sheet Fed Scanners
- Shrinking Windows
- Slimline Cases
- Sound Card Bitness and Sample Rates
- Sound Card Resource Allocations
- Sparc
- Speaker Designs
- Special Elements
- Specifying a Monitor and Screen
- Spin Speed
- Summary - 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
- SummaryS
- Supported Linux Ethernet Chipsets
- Supporting Applications and Utilities
- Swap Space Requirements
- Table 211 Continued
- Telephone Modems
- Telephone Wiring Kits
- Tell Us What You Think
- Termination
- Text Conventions
- The 1024Cylinder Limit
- The Commercial OSS Drivers
- The Floppy Interface
- The Future of SCSI
- The IBM Track Point
- The ink from inkjets tends to spread slightly on paper whereas toner stays put better Therefore an inkjet usually produces slightly blurrier text at a given resolution than does a laser printer of the same resolution Poor paper quality can worsen this eff
- The Meaninglessness of Sound Blaster Compatibility
- The Vendors Support Policy
- The x86 CPU Marketplace
- Tip - 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
- Tips for Disk Partitioning
- Token Ring
- Tower Designs
- Trackballs Upside Down Mice
- Types of Manufacturers
- Types of Removable Disk
- Types of Video Capture Hardware
- UltraSCSI and Ultra Wide SCSI
- Understanding Cable Modem Technology
- Understanding DSL Technology
- Understanding Tape Device Files
- USB Interface
- USB Interfaces - 2
- USB Ports
- USB Printers
- USB The Future of External Ports
- Using a Tape Drive in Linux
- Using Appropriate Device Files
- Using EIDE and SCSI in a Single System
- Using Ghostscript in a Linux Printer Queue
- Using GUI Backup Packages
- Using Modems for PPP Internet Connections
- Using Printers in Linux
- Using tar for Basic Backups
- Using Virtual Memory
- Using XCDRoast
- Varieties of SCSI
- VIACyrixIDT CPUs
- Video Chipsets
- Viewing Angles
- VLBus
- What Is MIDI
- What Is the Cache Memory
- When to Consider a Commercial Server
- Who Should Buy This Book
- Windows Only Printers
- X86
- Free86 Mouse Options