The Linux HOWTO Index
by Greg Hankins, gregh@sunsite.unc.edu
v2.10.11, 16 December 1996
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 NET2 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
. Many mirror sites
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
and mirrors
around the world.
French translations of the HOWTO documents can be found at
ftp://ftp.ibp.fr/pub/linux/french/docs/HOWTO.
Japanese translations can be found at the following locations:
· http://jf.gee.kyoto-u.ac.jp/JF/index.html (English)
· http://jf.gee.kyoto-u.ac.jp/JF/JF.html (Japanese)
· ftp://ftp.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp/Linux/JF/
· ftp://wcarchive.cdrom.com/pub/linux/jf/
Italian translations are available at:
· ftp://ftp.unipd.it/pub/Linux/pluto/docs/HOWTO
· http://www.psico.unipd.it/ildp/docs/HOWTO/INDEX.html
Spanish translations are available at:
· http://lml.ls.fi.upm.es/~jjamor/
· ftp://luna.gui.uva.es/pub/docs-esp/
· ftp://volcan.us.es
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:
· Linux AX25 HOWTO, by Terry Dawson
. How to configure AX25
networking for Linux. Updated 26 November 1996.
· Linux Access HOWTO, by Michael De La Rue .
How to use adaptive technology with Linux. Updated 1 August 1996.
· Linux BootPrompt HOWTO, by Paul Gortmaker
. List of boot time arguments and
overview of booting software. Updated 6 December 1996.
· Linux Bootdisk HOWTO, by Graham Chapman . How
to create a boot/root maintenance disk for Linux. Updated 18
August 1996.
· Linux Busmouse HOWTO, by Mike Battersby .
Information on bus mouse compatibility with Linux. Updated 2
August 1994.
· Linux CDROM HOWTO, by Jeff Tranter .
Information on CD-ROM drive compatibility for Linux. Updated 8
September 1996.
· Linux Commercial HOWTO, by Martin Michlmayr .
Listing of commercial software products for Linux. Updated 7
December 1996.
· Linux Consultants HOWTO, by Martin Michlmayr .
Listing of Linux consultants. Updated 7 December 1996.
· Linux Cyrillic HOWTO, by Alexander L. Belikoff
. How to configure Linux for use with
the Cyrillic characterset. Updated 17 September 1995.
· Linux DNS HOWTO, by Nicolai Langfeldt . How to
set up DNS. Updated 30 June 1996.
· Linux DOSEMU HOWTO, by Mike Deisher .
HOWTO about the Linux MS-DOS Emulator, DOSEMU. Updated 11 August
1995.
· Linux Danish HOWTO, by Thomas Petersen .
How to configure Linux for use with the Danish characterset.
Updated 2 June 1996.
· Linux Distribution HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond
. A list of Linux distributions. Updated
10 December 1996.
· Linux ELF HOWTO, by Daniel Barlow . How
to install and migrate to the ELF binary file format. Updated 14
July 1996.
· Linux Emacspeak HOWTO, by Jim Van Zandt . How
to use 'emacspeak' with Linux. Updated 16 Aug 1996.
· Linux Ethernet HOWTO, by Paul Gortmaker
. Information on Ethernet hardware
compatibility for Linux. Updated 4 October 1996.
· Linux Finnish HOWTO, by Pekka Taipale . How to
configure Linux for use with the Finnish characterset. Updated 14
February 1996.
· Linux Firewall HOWTO, by Mark Grennan, . How to
set up a firewall using Linux. Updated 8 November 1996.
· Linux Ftape HOWTO, by Kevin Johnson .
Information on ftape drive compatibility with Linux. Updated 20
September 1996 for ftape-2.08.
· Linux GCC HOWTO, by Daniel Barlow . How
to set up the GNU C compiler and development libraries. Updated 28
February 1996.
· Linux German HOWTO, by Winfried Trümper .
Information on using Linux with German-specific features. Updated
20 January 1996.
· Linux HAM HOWTO, by Terry Dawson
. HOWTO configure amateur radio
software for Linux. Updated 10 October 1996.
· Linux HOWTO Index, by Greg Hankins . Index
of HOWTO documents about Linux. Updated 15 December 1996.
· Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO, by Tawei Wan .
A list of hardware known to work with Linux. Updated 14 November
1995.
· Linux Hebrew HOWTO, by Yair G. Rajwan . How
to configure Linux for use with the Hebrew characterset. Updated
12 September 1995.
· Linux INFO-SHEET, by Michael K. Johnson .
Generic introduction to the Linux operating system. Updated 31
October 1996.
· Linux IPX HOWTO, by Terry Dawson
. How to install and configure
IPX networking. Updated 10 October 1996.
· Linux ISP Hookup HOWTO, by Egil Kvaleberg . Basic
introduction to hooking up to an ISP. Updated 9 December 1996.
· Linux Installation HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond
. How to obtain and install Linux. Updated
10 December 1996.
· Linux Italian HOWTO, by Marco ``Gaio'' Gaiarin .
How to configure Linux for use with the Italian characterset.
Updated 0.6 Beta, 2 Agosto 1996.
· Linux Java-CGI HOWTO, by David H. Silber . How to
set up Java-capable CGI bin. Updated 18 November 1996.
· Linux Kernel HOWTO, by Brian Ward .
Upgrading and compiling the Linux kernel. Updated 1 August 1996.
· Linux Keyboard HOWTO, by Andries Brouwer . Information
about the Linux keyboard, console and non-ASCII characters.
Updated 8 November 1995.
· Linux META-FAQ, by Michael K. Johnson . A
listing of Linux sources of information. Updated 16 July 1996.
· Linux MGR HOWTO, by Vincent Broman . Information
on the MGR graphics interface for Linux. Updated 30 May 1996.
· Linux Electronic Mail HOWTO, by Vince Skahan .
Information on Linux-based mail servers and clients. Updated 29
November 1995.
· Linux Module HOWTO, by Lauri Tischler . How to
load modules and a listing of parameters. Updated 20 October 1996.
· Linux NET-2 HOWTO, by Terry Dawson
. HOWTO configure TCP/IP
networking, SLIP, PLIP, and PPP under Linux. Updated 16 January
1996.
· Linux NIS HOWTO, by Erwin Embsen . Information on
using NIS/YP on Linux systems. Updated 24 January 1995.
· Linux News HOWTO, by Vince Skahan . Information
on USENET news server and client software for Linux. Updated 29
November 1995.
· Linux PCI HOWTO, by Michael Will . Information on PCI-architecture compatibility with
Linux. Updated July 1996.
· Linux PCMCIA HOWTO, by Dave Hinds .
How to install and use PCMCIA Card Services. Updated 29 September
1996 .
· Linux PPP HOWTO, by Robert Hart . Information
on using PPP networking with Linux. Updated 25 August 1996.
· Linux Polish HOWTO, by Sergiusz Pawlowicz .
Information on using Linux with Polish-specific features. Updated
24 June 1996.
· Linux Portuguese HOWTO, by Joao Carlos Rodrigues Pereira
. How to configure Linux for use with
the Portuguese characterset. Updated 14 September 1995.
· Linux Printing HOWTO, by Grant Taylor .
HOWTO on printing software for Linux. Updated 10 September 1996.
· Linux Printing Usage HOWTO, by Mark Komarinski .
How to use the printing system for a variety of file types and
options. Updated 10 September 1996.
· Linux SCSI HOWTO, by Drew Eckhardt .
Information on SCSI driver compatibility with Linux. Updated 30
August 1996.
· Linux SCSI Programming HOWTO, by Heiko Eissfeldt
. Information on programming the generic
Linux SCSI interface. Updated 7 May 1996.
· Linux SMB HOWTO, by David Wood . How to use
the Session Message Block (SMB) protocol with Linux. Updated 10
August 1996.
· Linux Serial HOWTO, by Greg Hankins .
Information on use of serial devices and communications software.
Updated 9 October 1995.
· Linux Shadow Password HOWTO, by Michael H. Jackson
. How to obtain, install, and configure shadow
passwords. Updated 3 April 1996.
· Linux Slovenian HOWTO, by Primoz Peterlin
. Information on using Linux
with Slovenian-specific features. Updated 30 October 1996.
· Linux Sound HOWTO, by Jeff Tranter . Sound
hardware and software for the Linux operating system. Updated 8
September 1996.
· Linux Sound Playing HOWTO, by Yoo C. Chung
. How to play various sound formats under
Linux. Updated 12 November 1996.
· Linux Spanish HOWTO, by Gonzalo Garcia Agullo . Information on using Linux with Spanish-specific
features. Updated 20 August 1996.
· Linux Term HOWTO, by Patrick Reijnen . HOWTO use
the 'term' communications package on Linux systems. Updated 15
July 1995.
· Linux Tips HOWTO, by Paul Anderson . HOWTO
on miscellaneous tips and tricks for Linux. Updated 12 October
1996.
· Linux UMSDOS HOWTO, by Jacques Gelinas .
How to install and use the UMSDOS filesystem. Updated 13 November
1995.
· Linux UPS HOWTO, by Harvey J. Stein .
Information on using a UPS power supply with Linux. Updated 16
April 1995.
· Linux UUCP HOWTO, by Vince Skahan . Information
on UUCP software for Linux. Updated 29 November 1995.
· Linux WWW HOWTO, by Peter Dreuw . How to set
up WWW clients and servers. Updated 6 October 1996.
· Linux XFree86 HOWTO, by Eric S. Raymond .
How to obtain, install, and configure XFree86 3.2 (X11R6). Updated
10 November 1996.
The following mini-HOWTOs are available (plain text only):
· Linux 3 Button Mouse mini-HOWTO, by Geoff Short
. How to configure your mouse to use 3
buttons. Updated 25 October 1996.
· Linux ADSM Backup mini-HOWTO, by Thomas Koenig
. How to install and use the
ADSM backup program. Updated 3 January 1996.
· Linux AI-Alife mini-HOWTO, by John A. Eikenberry .
Information about AI software for Linux. Updated 13 November 1996.
· Linux Advocacy mini-HOWTO, by Paul L. Rogers
. Suggestions on how to advocate the use of
Linux. Updated 13 November 1996.
· Linux Assembly mini-HOWTO, by Francois-Rene Rideau .
How to program x86 assembly language. Updated 15 June 1996.
· Linux Backup with MSDOS mini-HOWTO, by Christopher Neufeld
. How to backup Linux machines with
MSDOS. Updated 6 February 1996.
· Linux Boca mini-HOWTO, by David H Dennis
. How to install a Boca 16-port serial
card (Boca 2016). Updated 16 February 1995.
· Linux BogoMips mini-HOWTO, by Wim C.A. van Dorst
. Information about BogoMips. Updated 7
November 1996.
· Linux Bridge mini-HOWTO, by Chris Cole .
How to setup and ethernet bridge. Updated 23 August 1996.
· Linux Bridge+Firewall mini-HOWTO, by Peter Breuer .
How to setup and ethernet bridge and firewall. Updated 23 November
1996.
· Linux CD Writer mini-HOWTO, by Winfried Trümper .
How to write CDs. Updated 8 December 1996.
· Linux Colour ls mini-HOWTO, by Thorbjoern Ravn Andersen
. How to set up the colours with 'ls'. Updated 27
April 1996.
· Linux Consoles mini-HOWTO, by R. Mark Salathiel
. How to set up multiple virtual consoles.
Updated 25 December 1994.
· Linux Consoles-Many mini-HOWTO, by Winfried Trümper
. How to set up many virtual consoles. Updated
17 September 1996.
· Linux DHCP mini-HOWTO, by Dan Halbert . How to
get Linux to use DHCP information from Windows95. Updated 6
December 1996.
· Linux DOS2Linux mini-HOWTO, by Guido Gonzato
. A short guide on getting started with
Linux. Updated 26 April 1996.
· Linux Diald mini-HOWTO, by Harish Pillay . How
to use 'diald' to dial an ISP. Updated 3 June 1996.
· Linux Dip+SLiRP+CSLIP mini-HOWTO, by Zenon Fortuna
. How to use Dip+SLiRP+CSLIP together. Updated
15 October 1995.
· Linux Diskless mini-HOWTO, by Robert Nemkin .
How to set up a diskless Linux box. Updated 31 May 1996.
· Linux Dynamic IP Hacks mini-HOWTO, by Michael Driscoll
. Tips and tricks for people with dynamic
IP addresses. Updated 26 November 1996.
· Linux GTEK BBS-550 mini-HOWTO, by Wajihuddin Ahmed
. How to setup the GTEK BBS-550 multiport
board with Linux. Updated 20 November 1996.
· Linux GUI Development mini-HOWTO, by Philip Markwalder
. Information about GUI Development
Software and Books. Updated 6 June 1995.
· Linux Graphics Tools mini-HOWTO, by Michael J. Hammel
. Introduction to graphics tools available for
Linux. Updated 15 May 1996.
· Linux Gravis-UltraSound mini-HOWTO, by J-F Mammet
. How to install the Gravis UltraSound
PnP card. Updated 27 March 1996.
· Linux HTML Validation mini-HOWTO, by Keith M. Corbett
. How to validate HTML 2.0 documents with
nsgmls. Updated 29 October 1995.
· Linux HTTP+Netware mini-HOWTO, by Pramod Karnad
. How to setup a Linux HTTP server on a
Netware LAN. Updated 14 March 1996.
· Linux IO Port Programming mini-HOWTO, by Riku Saikkonen
. How to use I/O ports in C programs.
Updated 26 August 1996.
· Linux IP Alias mini-HOWTO, by Harish Pillay .
How to use IP aliasing. Updated 12 November 1996.
· Linux IP Masquerade mini-HOWTO, by Ambrose Au .
How to use IP masquerading. Updated 17 August 1996.
· Linux Java WorkShop mini-HOWTO, by Mike Gaertner . How to use Java WorkShop (JWS) for Solaris/intel
with Linux. Updated 8 September 1996.
· Linux Jaz Drive mini-HOWTO, by Bob Willmot .
How to use an Iomega Jaz drive with Linux. Updated 5 August 1996.
· Linux Kerneld mini-HOWTO, by Henrik Storner
. How to use 'kerneld' (dynamic module
loading). Updated 22 November 1996.
· Linux Key Setup mini-HOWTO, by Stephen Lee . How
to set up cursor control keys. Updated 16 September 1995.
· Linux Keystroke mini-HOWTO, by Zenon Fortuna .
How to assign special action to keys. Updated 4 April 1995.
· Linux LBX mini-HOWTO, by Paul D. Smith .
How to use Low-Bandwidth X (LBX). Updated 23 October 1995.
· Linux LF1000 mini-HOWTO, by Skip Rye .
How to use the Panasonic LF1000 optical disk drive. Updated 29
March 1996.
· Linux LILO mini-HOWTO, by Cameron Spitzer .
Examples of typical LILO installations. Updated 4 June 1995.
· Linux Linux+DOS+Win95 mini-HOWTO, by Alan L. Wendt
. How to use Linux and DOS and Windows95
together. Updated 10 September 1996.
· Linux Linux+OS2+DOS mini-HOWTO, by Hamish Moffatt
. How to use Linux and OS/2 and
DOS together. Updated 20 May 1996.
· Linux Linux+DOS+Win95+OS2 mini-HOWTO, by Mike Harlan
. How to use Linux and DOS and OS/2 and
Win95 together. Updated 6 March 1996.
· Linux Linux+Win95 mini-HOWTO, by Jonathan Katz . How
to use Linux and Windows95 together. Updated 25 June 1996.
· Linux Linux+WinNT mini-HOWTO, by Bill Wohler
. How to use Linux and WindowsNT
together. Updated 27 August 1996.
· Linux Large Disk mini-HOWTO, Andries Brouwer . How to
use disks with > 1024 cylinders. Updated 26 July 1996.
· Linux Locales mini-HOWTO, by Peeter Joot .
How to configure Linux to use locales. Updated 14 December 1996.
· Linux MIDI+SB mini-HOWTO, by Hideki Saito . How
to a MIDI keyboard with a Sound Blaster. Updated 13 October 1996.
· Linux Mail Queue mini-HOWTO, by Leif Erlingsson
. How to queue remote mail and
deliver local mail. Updated 19 September 1995.
· Linux Mail2News mini-HOWTO, by Robert Hart .
How to set up a mail to news gateway. Updated 4 November 1996.
· Linux Man Page mini-HOWTO, by Jens Schweikhardt
. How to write man pages. Updated April
1996.
· Linux Modeline mini-HOWTO, by Rick Niles
. How to use 'modeline'. Updated 11
February 1995.
· Linux Multiple Disks Layout mini-HOWTO, by Gjoen Stein
. How to layout partitions on multiple disks.
Updated 6 August 1996.
· Linux Multiple Ethernet mini-HOWTO, by Don Becker
. How to use multiple ethernet cards.
Updated 5 August 1995.
· Linux NFS-Root mini-HOWTO, by Andreas Kostyrka .
How to set up diskless Linux machines. Updated 6 December 1996.
· Linux NFS-Root-Client mini-HOWTO, by Ofer Maor .
How to set up diskless Linux machines using NFS. Updated 5
December 1996.
· Linux Netscape+Proxy mini-HOWTO, by Sarma Seetamraju
. How to set up a proxy server for Netscape.
Updated October 1996.
· Linux Online Support mini-HOWTO, by lilo .
Information about the Linux Internet Support Cooperative. Updated
7 May 1996.
· Linux PLIP mini-HOWTO, by Andrea Controzzi
. How to set up PLIP (Parallel Line
Interface Protocol). Updated 22 August 1996.
· Linux PPP-over-ISDN mini-HOWTO, by R Marc Phillips
. How to set up MLPPP over ISDN. Updated 13
April 1996.
· Linux Process Accounting mini-HOWTO, by Albert M.C. Tam
. How to set up process accounting. Updated 29
July 1996.
· Linux Proxy ARP mini-HOWTO, by Al Longyear .
A small treatise on the use of Proxy ARP. Updated 5 December 1994.
· Linux Pager mini-HOWTO, by Chris Snell . How
to set up an alphanumeric paging gateway. Updated 25 September
1996.
· Linux Partition mini-HOWTO, by Kristian Koehntopp
. How to choose disk partitions. Updated
10 September 1996.
· Linux Print2Win mini-HOWTO, by Harish Pillay .
How to use SAMBA to print to Windows. Updated 3 June 1996.
· Linux Quota mini-HOWTO, by Albert M.C. Tam . How
to set up disk quotas. Updated 27 July 1996.
· Linux Reading List, by James H. Haynes .
Interesting books pertaining to Linux subjects. Updated 24
February 1996.
· Linux Remote Boot mini-HOWTO, by Marc Vuilleumier
. How to set up a server-based boot
selector. Updated August 1996.
· Linux SLIP+proxyARP mini-HOWTO, by Dave Kennedy .
Using SLIP and Proxy ARP to connect LANs to the net. Updated 20
November 1996.
· Linux Sendmail+UUCP mini-HOWTO, by Jamal Hadi Salim
. How to use sendmail and UUCP together. Updated
25 October 1996.
· Linux Swap Space mini-HOWTO, by H. Peter Anvin .
How to share swap space between Linux and Windows. Updated 19 June
1995.
· Linux TIA mini-HOWTO, by Irish . How to use
'TIA' with Linux. Updated 16 December 1995.
· Linux Term Firewall mini-HOWTO, by Barak Pearlmutter
. How to use 'term' over a
firewall. Updated 22 May 1996.
· Linux Tiny News mini-HOWTO, by Kent Lewis .
How to use 'INN' to make a small news spool. Updated 25 May 1995.
· Linux Token Ring mini-HOWTO, by Mike Eckhoff
. How to use token ring
cards. Updated 5 July 1995.
· Linux Upgrade mini-HOWTO, by Greg Louis .
How to upgrade your Linux distribution. Updated 6 June 1996.
· Linux Virtual Web mini-HOWTO, by Dan Pancamo .
How to set up a virtual WWW site. Updated 24 November 1995.
· Linux Virtual wu-ftpd mini-HOWTO, by Winfried Trümper
. How to set up wu-ftpd with virtual domains.
Updated 22 October 1996.
· Linux Visual Bell mini-HOWTO, by Alessandro Rubini
. How to disable audible bells, and enable
visual bells. Updated August 1996.
· Linux Win95+Win+Linux mini-HOWTO, by Robert Goodwin
. How to get Windows95, Windows 3.x and
Linux to work. Updated 4 August 1996.
· Linux WordPerfect mini-HOWTO, by Wade Hampton .
How to set up SCO WordPerfect for Linux. Updated 17 May 1995.
· Linux X Big Cursor mini-HOWTO, by Joerg Schneider
. How to use enlarged cursors with XWindows.
Updated 12 September 1996.
· Linux X Notebook mini-HOWTO, by Darin Ernst .
How to set up X on notebooks with WD90C24 video chips. Updated 10
August 1995.
· Linux XFree86-XInside mini-HOWTO, by Marco Melgazzi
. How to convert XFree86 to XInside
modelines. Updated July 1996.
· Linux xterm Title mini-HOWTO, by Winfried Trümper
. How to put strings into the titlebar of an
xterm. Updated 22 October 1996.
· Linux Xterminal mini-HOWTO, by Scot W. Stevenson
. How to connect Xterminals to Linux boxen.
Updated July 1995.
· Linux ZIP Drive mini-HOWTO, by Grant Guenther .
How to use an Iomega ZIP drive with Linux. Updated 15 April 1996.
· Linux ZIP Install mini-HOWTO, by John Wiggins
. 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 gregh@sunsite.unc.edu.
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 sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/utils/text/, 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 gregh@sunsite.unc.edu via email.