HP HOWTO
Utilisation and Configuration Guide of HP Products under Linux (Version 0.91)
Bruno Cornec
Bruno.Cornec@medasys-digital-systems.fr
Copyright © 1997-2000 by Bruno Cornec
This document describes the use of products available in the Hewlett-Packard (HP) catalog with Linux and some free software. It gives the state of the support for hardware, software to use, answers to some frequently asked questions and gives elements of sizing. The goals are to offer a general view of free software functions and their use at best with HP products; as well as to make new users of HP products rapidly operational and also to allow others to choose their products knowing facts.
License
This HOWTO is a free documentation thanks to Medasys and Hewlett-Packard for whom I do that job; you may redistribute and/or modify it under the terms of the Diffusion License of Free Documents .
This document is distributed hoping it will be useful, but without any guaranty; you're completely responsible of its use, and coulnd't complain in case it doesn't work, or even if it breaks the hardware.
- Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1. Presentation
- 1.1.1. New versions of this document
- 1.1.2. Suggestions
- 1.2. Aknowledgements
- 2. Presentation of Linux and Free Software
- 2.1. Some definitions
- 2.1.1. Free Software or Open Source software
- 2.1.2. Examples and counter-examples
- 2.1.3. Linux
- 2.2. Free software concepts
- 2.3. Linux and other operating systems
- 3. Linux and HP products
- 3.1. Informations on HP products and Linux
- 3.1.1. General informations
- 3.1.2. Particular announces
- 3.2. HP hardware supported by Linux
- 3.2.1. Intel based computer range
- 3.2.2. The monitors range
- 3.2.3. PA-Risc based computer range
- 3.2.4. The IA-64 range
- 3.2.5. The printing product range
- 3.2.6. Digital imaging product range
- 3.3. HP software and free software
- 3.4. Support of HP solutions under Linux
- 3.5. Training on HP Linux solutions
- 3.6. HP as an Open Source Software user and contributor
- 4. Solutions and Sizing
- 4.1. Linux as file and print server
- 4.1.1. Linux as file server
- 4.1.2. Linux as print server
- 4.2. Internet/Intranet Linux server
- 4.2.1. Web Server
- 4.2.2. Mail Server
- 4.2.3. Firewall/Proxy/Web-Cache server
- 4.2.4. Directory server
- 4.3. Linux as computing server
- 4.4. Linux as an office server
- 5. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- 6. References
- 7. Contributors
- 8. Future versions
- List of Tables
- 2-1. Performances of Free Software
- 3-1. Brio and Linux
- 3-2. Vectra and Linux
- 3-3. e-Vectra and Linux
- 3-4. Kayak and Linux
- 3-5. Visualize and Linux
- 3-6. Desktop computer accessories
- 3-7. OmniBook and Linux
- 3-8. Portable accessories
- 3-9. NetServers and Linux
- 3-10. NetServers accessories
- 3-11. HP Monitors and Linux
- 3-12. Scanners and Linux
- 4-1. Sizing of a file server
- 4-2. Sizing of a print server
- 4-3. Sizing of a static Web server
- 4-4. Sizing of a dynamic Web server
- 4-5. Sizing of an e-mail server
- 4-6. Sizing of a Firewall/Proxy/Web-Cache server
- 4-7. Sizing of a LDAP server
- 4-8. Sizing of an office server
- 6-1. Web sites ofMedasys and HP
- 6-2. Other fundamental sites on Linux and Open Source Software
