Linux Documentation

See also:

• Linux Overview
• Various Linux Distros (distributions)
• Running off a Flash Drive
• Building Routers with Linux
• Linux and SAMBA
• Replacing a Windows NT4 Server
• Configuring Debian 3.1 (Sarge)

General Documentation

• 2008-May-20: A Slashdot book review of Linux Networking Cookbook by Carla Schroder, ISBN: 0596102488. [6190]
• A Howto manual for Debian Linux. [4297]
• Securing and Hardening Red Hat Linux Production Systems, a Linux Security HOWTO. [4296]
• The firewall configuration scripts from arnos. [4295]
• The FireHOL site, this has a good guide to using FireHOL to configure your Linux iptables firewall. [4294]
• A brief guide to setting up a Linux server, with some emphasis on security configuration (written by a linode user). [4293]
• The Netfilter FAQ. This has a list of other iptables related documentation as well [4292]
• A set of tutorial pages on setting up Debian from AboutDebian.com [4291]
• Kurt Seifried Information Security, this site has a number of guides and articles about Linux security topics, including the Linux Administrators's Security Guide, and Firewalling with IPTables. [4290]
• The Ubuntu Server Guide [4289]
• Slashdot discusses testing a Linux box to see if it has been cracked [4288]
• Hardening Linux, discusses essential steps to securing your Linux-based server [4287]
• Slashdot book review of: Embedded Linux Primer, by Christopher Hallinan, ISBN: 0131679848. [4286]
• Slashdot book review of: Linux Programmer's Toolbox, by John Fusco, ISBN: 0132198576. This talks about programming in the Linux environment. [4285]
• Slashdot book review of: Linux Appliance Design, by Bob Smith, John Hardin, Graham Phillips and Bill Pierce, ISBN 1593271409. This book focuses on building a Linux based system that is dedicated to performing a single task from booting to shutdown. [4284]
• Slashdot book review of: Ubuntu Linux for non-geeks, by Rickford Grant, ISBN: 1593271182. [4283]
• Slashdot discusses: IBM's How to build your own Linux distribution [4282]
• How to enable HTTPS for Apache [4281]
• Building an encrypted file (the details are here) server this is based on OpenBSD [4280]
• The Linux Cookbook, by Carla Schroder, ISBN: 0596006403. [4279]
• How to mount a Windows share from some Windows workstation or server onto your linux files system so you can work with it from the shell. [4278]
• The Official SAMBA-3 Howto and Reference Guide, edited by John H. Terpestra and Jelmer Vernooij, ISBN: 0-13-145355-6, is a pretty good compendium of information on Samba, it is also available online. [4277]
• Knoppix Hacks, edited by Kyle Rankin, ISBN: 0-596-00787-6, weighing in at just 314 pages this makes a change from the usual enormous computer book. While not a comprehensive guide to Linux, it has a lot of useful information and often gives you the initial bit of information that you need to start experimenting and searching more effectively. [4276]
• A Slashdot review of: Linux Application Development, by Michael K. Johnson and Erik W. Troan, ISBN: 0321219147 [4275]
• The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everysay Use, by Michael Stutz, is discussed on Slashdot [4274]
• A Slashdot book review of: Moving to the Linux Business Desktop, by Marcel Gagne, ISBN: 0131421921, discusses the various issues that face someone trying to use Linux to replace a Windows desktop for business desktop use. [4273]
• Another Linux Q&A Wiki, this is focused on new users [4272]
• The Linux Documentation Project has a good set of current and older Linux guides [4271]
• LinuxQuestions.org is assembling a Wiki based document set for Linux [4270]

The Mysterious World of Time Zones

• How to set your Linux system's clock
• How to change the time zone, the sort of problems that await you.
• The Debian administration manual has a chapter on this
• Timezone issues between NT and Linux. Similar issues with rsync
  

Fonts

• A good article on how to make fonts look better
• installing Microsoft TrueType fonts on Linux

Video Capture

• This article lists some of the tools needed for capturing video and then non-linear editing it on Linux
• Looking at Linux based PVR assembly
• The Mini-ITX Linux PVR project.

dns2go on Linux

• this software can be found at deerfield.com, the linux link is a bit difficult to spot on their downloads page
• a useful mini-howto is located here
  

Apache 2

• starting and stopping under Debian can be done from the command line with:

• removing the encryption from the server SSL key file can be done with: