Linux Questions and Answers

Why Linux anyway? What are the few things you can't do with linux? Frequently asked installation questions Recommended hardware What Linux needs to be a mainstream OS Linux needs to do the following in order to be a truly useful OS. HOWTO Install successfully Be able to give a graphic shell on demand but not full time Support network cards Browse the Internet HOWTO Support sound cards HOWTO Handle both IDE and SCSI HDDs and CDROM, CDR and CDRW Play music CDs on single or multiple CD systems HOWTO Read Microsoft file systems Be readable by Microsoft operating systems HOWTO Act as a file server to Windows machines Browse Microsoft machines' files and those of other unix boxes HOWTO Print to a printer attached to a Windows machine Act as a print server Print to other Linux / unix machines HOWTO Set up and manage a dial-up Internet connection HOWTO Host Office Suite programs and Desktop Publishing Do graphic manipulations HOWTO Be able to act as a firewall Perform NT server tasks such as DHCP and authentication