Roderick Smith

Books, articles and links for Linux.

Do-It-Yourself Red Hat Installation

What's New. The original release of this web page was in late December, 1997, and covered installing Red Hat 5.0 from a Joliet CD burned from Win95 (or some ...

Linux on a Compaq 1200-XL106

Introduction. This web page documents my experiences installing and using Linux on a Compaq Presario 1200-XL106 notebook computer. ...

Applix Fonts

Changes. I've added instructions on using xfsft, the FreeType-based TrueType font server, to handle screen font display for Applix. ...

Linux Distributions Guide

I've written this page to present my opinions of several Linux distributions. Linux (referred to by some as GNU/Linux rather than Linux in order to spread ...

OS/2 Soundcard Summary

This is a summary of information I've learned about sound cards for use under OS/2. This document focuses upon wavetable cards in the $100-$200 range, ...

Linux WordPerfect Fonts & Printers

Recent Revisions. I originally released this document on March 22, 1998. I've since added details on controlling the combination of bold and italic ...

Linux: Networking for Your Office

Linux: Networking for Your Office. Web Supplement by Rod Smith, rodsmith@rodsbooks.com. Revision History:. 1/7/2000: Changes to DSL and Netatalk pages ...

The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook

About the Book. Buy the book. My third book, The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook, covers topics of interest to anybody wanting to run more than one OS on ...

FreeBSD: The Complete Reference

About the Book. FreeBSD: The Complete Reference · Buy the book. My tenth book, FreeBSD: The Complete Reference, is a guide to FreeBSD, including information ...