Linux Hardware Handbook shows you how to make purchasing and installation decisions concerning hardware for Linux computers. Don't wade through scattered documentation to determine what products work and what products don't--this book provides general guidance and information on what will help you and what to avoid. This book helps you gain a greater understanding of the issues surrounding Linux and make more informed purchase decisions. Get the knowledge you need to decide whether to even attempt installing Linux on a given computer. Topics covered include core systems, storage disks, input/output devices, notebooks, and audio/video cards.
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Linux Hardware Handbook shows you how to make purchasing and installation decisions concerning hardware for Linux computers. Don't wade through scattered documentation to determine what products work and what products don't--this book provides general guidance and information on what will help you and what to avoid. This book helps you gain a greater understanding of the issues surrounding Linux and make more informed purchase decisions. Get the knowledge you need to decide whether to even attempt installing Linux on a given computer. Topics covered include core systems, storage disks, input/output devices, notebooks, and audio/video cards.
About the Author
Roderick W. Smith is an experienced Linux user and system administrator. He's been using and administering Linux since 1994 when the 1.0.x kernel series was current. Rod has written for several computer magazines, most notably Linux Journal, and maintains several Web pages devoted to Linux, including pages devoted to fonts and printers under WordPerfect and ApplixWare, and another on creating Red Hat installation CDs. He has monitored most of the Linux hardware-related newsgroups since 1994, so he's quite familiar with what hardware works well with Linux and what doesn't. He also has experience with a wide variety of hardware in Linux, both in typical configurations and in unusual ones (such as USB ports, multiple parallel ports, CD-R burners, etc.).
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Comprensive and amazingly well written...!,
By CHRISTIAN G AUFRERE (Bay Shore, NY United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Linux Hardware Handbook (Sams White Book Series) (Paperback)
This book is truly amazing. The author appears to be very knowledgeable but more importantly he is a writer. There are so many poorly-written books about computers, hardware, software et al. that I have become wary of buying, let alone reading... R.W. Smith makes the rather unattractive (at least to me) subject of hardware fascinating: by the time I had finished reading the LHH I found myself fantasizing about building my own PC... If like myself you have found out the hard way that Linux on an i386 means acquiring some knowledge of the nuts & bolts beneath the system and find that with so many components and so many brands to choose from you need something that's both accurate and conceptual this is an absolute MUST...!!! I have ordered RWS's book about networking Linux & hope it's the same vintage.
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