Configuration HOWTO

By Guido Gonzato, `guido@ibogeo.df.unibo.it`

v1.2.6, 19 January 1999

This HOWTO aims at making the fine--tuning of your newly installed Linux box quicker and easier. Here you will find a set of configurations for the most common applications, so you can start to work with a well-usable system.

1. Introduction

1.1 Why This HOWTO
1.2 What We Will Be Configuring

2. General System Setup

2.1 Keyboard
2.2 Kernel Matters
2.3 Sendmail Lock
2.4 Hard Disk Performance
2.5 Parallel Port Zip Drive
2.6 Device Drivers
2.7 Login Messages
2.8 Hostname
2.9 Mouse
2.10 Mount Points
2.11 lilo(8) and LOADLIN.EXE
2.12 Mail Capabilities
2.13 Printer Configuration
2.14 SVGATextMode

3. Software Configuration

3.1 bash(1)
3.2 ls(1)
3.3 less(1)
3.4 emacs(1)
3.5 joe(1)
3.6 jed(1)
3.7 efax(1)
3.8 TeX and Friends
3.9 Avoid PPProblems!
3.10 POP Client
3.11 X Window System (XFree86)
3.12 Users' Configurations
3.13 Upgrading

4. Configuration Software

5. The End

5.1 Copyright
5.2 Feedback
5.3 Disclaimer