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In addition to the HOWTO documents, there are a multitude of Mini-HOWTO documents on short, specific subjects.
 
3-Button-Mouse Mini-HOWTO by Geoff Short, <geoff@kipper.york.ac.uk>. How to configure your mouse to use 3buttons. Updated 31 May 1998. HyperText 
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ADSM Backup Mini-HOWTO by Thomas Koenig, <Thomas.Koenig@ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de>. How to install and use the ADSM backup program. Updated 15 January 1997. HyperText 
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Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop (ADSL) Mini-HOWTO by David Fannin, <dfannin@dnai.com>. Addresses the ordering, installation and configuration. Updated 7 June 1998. HyperText 
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AI-Alife Mini-HOWTO by John A. Eikenberry, <jae@ai.uga.edu>. Information about AI software for Linux. Updated 13 January 1998. HyperText 
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Advocacy Mini-HOWTO by Paul L. Rogers, <Paul.L.Rogers@li.org>. Suggestions on how to advocate the use of Linux. Updated 7 May 1998. HyperText 
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Apache SSL PHP/FI frontpage Mini-HOWTO by Marcus Faure, <marcus@faure.de>. Suggestions on how to advocate the use of Linux. Updated 7 May 1998. HyperText 
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Automount Mini-HOWTO by Don, <don@sabotage.org>. This file describes the autofs automounter, how to configure it, and points out some problems to avoid. Updated 22 October 1998. HyperText 
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Backup with MSDOS Mini-HOWTO by Christopher Neufeld, <neufeld@physics.utoronto.ca>. How to backup Linux machines with MSDOS. Updated 5 August 1997. HyperText 
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Battery Powered Mini-HOWTO by Hanno Mueller, <hanno@lava.de>. How to reduce a Linux system's power consumption. Updated 21 December 1997. HyperText 
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Boca Mini-HOWTO by David H Dennis, <david@freelink.net>. How to install a Boca 16-port serial card (Boca 2016). Updated 1 August 1997. HyperText 
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BogoMips Mini-HOWTO by Wim C.A. van Dorst, <baron@clifton.hobby.nl>. Information about BogoMips. Updated 13 December 1997. HyperText 
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Bridge Mini-HOWTO by Christopher Cole, <cole@coledd.com>. How to setup an ethernet bridge. Updated 7 September 1998. HyperText 
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Bridge+Firewall Mini-HOWTO by Peter Breuer, <ptb@it.uc3m.es>. How to setup and ethernet bridge and firewall. Updated 19 December 1997. HyperText 
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Bzip2 Mini-HOWTO by David Fetter, <dfetter@best.com>. How to use the new bzip2 compression program. Updated 18 August 1998. HyperText 
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Cable-Modem Mini-HOWTO by Vladimir Vuksan, <vuksan@veus.hr>. How to use a cable modem with a cable ISP. Updated 10 October 1998. HyperText 
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Clock Mini-HOWTO by Ron Bean, <rbean@execpc.com>. How to set and keep your clock on time. Updated December 1996. HyperText 
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Coffee Mini-HOWTO by Georgatos Photis, <gef@ceid.upatras.gr>. Thoughts about making coffee with Linux (humorus). Updated 15 January 1998. HyperText 
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Colour-ls Mini-HOWTO by Thorbjoern Ravn Andersen, <ravn@dit.ou.dk>. How to set up the colours with 'ls'. Updated 7 August 1997. HyperText 
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Cyrus IMAP mini-HOWTO by Kevin Mitchell, <kevin@iserv.net>. How to install the Cyrus IMAP server. Updated 21 January 1998. HyperText 
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DHCP Mini-HOWTO by Vladimir Vuksan, <vuksan@veus.hr>. How to setup a DHCP client and server. Updated 18 September 1998. HyperText 
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DPT Hardware RAID Mini-HOWTO by Ram Samudrala, <me@ram.org>. How to configure hardware RAID. Updated 15 December 1997. HyperText 
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Diald Mini-HOWTO by Harish Pillay, <h.pillay@ieee.org>. How to use 'diald' to dial an ISP. Updated 3 June 1996. HyperText 
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Diskless Mini-HOWTO by Robert Nemkin, <buci@math.klte.hu>. How to set up a diskless Linux box. Updated 12 September 1996. HyperText 
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Ext2fs Undeletion Mini-HOWTO by Aaron Crane, <aaronc@pobox.com>. How to retrieve deleted files from an ext2 filesystem. Updated 4 August 1997. HyperText 
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Fax Server Mini-HOWTO by Erez Strauss, <erez@newplaces.com>. How to setup a fax server. Update 8 November 1997. HyperText 
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Firewall Piercing Mini-HOWTO by François-René Rideau, <rideau@ens.fr>. Using ppp over telnet transparently through an Internet firewall. Update 22 August 1998. HyperText 
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GIS GRASS Mini-HOWTO by David A. Hastings, <dah@ngdc.noaa.gov>. How to install Geographic Information System (GIS) software. Updated 13 November 1997. HyperText 
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GTEK BBS 550 Mini-HOWTO by Wajihuddin Ahmed, <wahmed@sdnpk.undp.org>. How to setup the GTEK BBS-550 multiport board with Linux. Updated 20 August 1997. HyperText 
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Hard Disk Upgrade mini-HOWTO by Yves Bellefeuille, <yan@ottawa.com>. How to copy a Linux system from one hard disk to another. Updated 31 January 1998. HyperText 
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I/O Port Programming Mini-HOWTO by Riku Saikkonen, <Riku.Saikkonen@hut.fi>. How to use I/O ports in C programs. Updated 28 December 1997. HyperText 
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IP Alias Mini-HOWTO by Harish Pillay, <h.pillay@ieee.org>. How to use IP aliasing. Updated 13 January 1997. HyperText 
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IP Masquerade Mini-HOWTO by Ambrose Au, <ambrose@writeme.com>. How to use IP masquerading. Updated 10 November 1997. Hypertext 
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IP Subnetworking Mini-HOWTO by Robert Hart, <hartr@interweft.com.au>. Why and how to subnetwork an IP network. Updated 31 March 1997. HyperText 
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ISP Connectivity Mini-HOWTO by Michael Strates, <mstrates@croftj.net>. How to get mail and news over a dialup connection. Updated 6 November 1997. HyperText 
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Install from ZIP Mini-HOWTO by Kevin Snively, <k.snively@seaslug.org>. How to install Linux from a parallel port ZIP drive. Updated 29 April 1998. HyperText 
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Kerneld Mini-HOWTO by Henrik Storner, <storner@osiris.ping.dk>. How to use 'kerneld' (dynamic modul loading). Updated 19 July 1997. HyperText 
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LBX Mini-HOWTO by Paul D. Smith, <psmith@baynetworks.com>. How to use Low-Bandwidth X (LBX). Updated 11 December 1997. HyperText 
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LILO Mini-HOWTO by Alessandro Rubini, <rubini@linux.it>. Examples of typical LILO installations. Updated 16 August 1998. HyperText 
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Large Disk Mini-HOWTO by Andries Brouwer, <aeb@cwi.nl>. How to use disks with > 1024 cylinders. Updated 18 May 1998. HyperText 
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Leased Line Mini-HOWTO by Rob van der Putten, <rob@sput.dsl.nl>. How to setup leased line modems. Updated 5 July 1998. HyperText 
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Linux+DOS+Win95+OS/2 Mini-HOWTO by Mike Harlan, <r3mdh@raex.com>. How to use Linux and DOS and OS/2 and Win95 together. Updated 11 November 1997. HyperText 
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Linux+FreeBSD Mini-HOWTO by Niels Kristian Bech Jensen, <nkbj@image.dk> How to use Linux and FreeBSD together. Updated 18 June 1998. Hypertext 
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Linux+NT-Loader Mini-HOWTO by Bernd Reichert, <reichert@dial.eunet.ch>. How to use Linux and the Windows NT boot loader together. Updated 2 September 1997. HyperText 
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Linux+Win95 Mini-HOWTO by Jonathan Katz, <jkatz@in.net>. How to use Linux and Windows95 together. Updated 26 October 1996. HyperText 
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Loadlin+Win95 Mini-HOWTO by Chris Fischer, <protek@brigadoon.com>. How to use Linux and Windows95 together, using loadlin. Updated 29 May 1998. HyperText 
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Mac-Terminal Mini-HOWTO by Robert Kiesling, <kiesling@terracom.net>. How to use an Apple Macintosh as a serial terminal. Updated 9 November 1997. HyperText 
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Mail Queue Mini-HOWTO by Leif Erlingsson, <Leif.Erlingsson@leif@lege.com>. How to queue remote mail and deliver local mail. Updated 3 September 1997. HyperText 
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Mail2News Mini-HOWTO by Robert Hart, <iweft@ipax.com.au>. How to set up a mail to news gateway. Updated 4 November 1996. HyperText 
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Man Page Mini-HOWTO by Jens Schweikhardt, <schweikh@noc.dfn.de>. How to write man pages. Updated July 1998. HyperText 
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Modules Mini-HOWTO by Riley H. Williams, <rhw@bigfoot.com>. How to setup and configure kernel modules. Updated 14 November 1997. HyperText 
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Multiboot with LILO Mini-HOWTO by Renzo Zanelli, <rzanelli@southeast.net>. How to use the to multiboot between Windows 95, Windows NT, and Linux. Updated 26 March 1998. HyperText 
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NFS Root Mini-HOWTO by Andreas Kostyrka, <andreas@ag.or.at>. How to set up diskless Linux machines. Updated 8 August 1997. HyperText 
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NCD X Terminal Mini-HOWTO by Ian Hodge, <ihodge@nortel.ca>. Describes how to connect an NCD X terminal to a UNIX host. Updated 3 April 1998. HyperText 
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NFS Root Mini-HOWTO by Andreas Kostyrka, <andreas@ag.or.at>. How to set up diskless Linux machines. Updated 8 August 1997. HyperText 
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NFS Root Client Mini-HOWTO by Ofer Maor, <ofer@hadar.co.il>. How to set up diskless Linux machines using NFS. Updated 1 July 1997. HyperText 
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Netrom-Node Mini-HOWTO by Karl Larsen, <k5di@yahoo.com>. How to setup the ax25-utilities package for Amateur Radio such making Netrom Nodes. Updated 19 October 1998. HyperText 
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Netscape+Proxy Mini-HOWTO by Sarma Seetamraju, <sarma@usa.net>. How to set up a proxy server for Netscape. Updated 15 August 1997. HyperText 
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Netstation Mini-HOWTO by Kris Buytaert, <Kris.Buytaert@advalvas.be>. How to hook up a IBM Netstation to your local network using a Linux box as server. Updated 22 February 1998. HyperText 
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News Leafsite Mini-HOWTO by Florian Kuehnert, <sutok@gmx.de>. How to set up a leaf news site. Updated 4 January 1998. HyperText 
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Offline Mailing Mini-HOWTO by Gunther Voet, <freaker@tuc.ml.org>. How to set up email addresses without a dedicated Internet connection. Updated 4 June 1998. HyperText 
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Partition Mini-HOWTO by Kristian Koehntopp, <kris@koehntopp.de>. How to choose disk partitions. Updated 3 November 1997. HyperText 
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Partition Rescue Mini-HOWTO by Rolf Klausen, <rolfk@romsdal.vgs.no>. How to rescue deleted Linux partitions. Updated 22 October 1997. HyperText 
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Path Mini-HOWTO by Esa Turtiainen, <etu@dna.fi>. How to use the PATH environment variable. Updated 15 November 1997. HyperText 
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Pre-Installation Checklist Mini-HOWTO by S. Parthasarathy, <algolog@hd1.vsnl.net.in>. Pre-installation checklist and questionnaire. Updated 29 August 1998. HyperText 
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Process Accounting Mini-HOWTO by Albert M.C. Tam, <bertie@scn.org>. How to set up process accounting. Updated 8 August 1997. HyperText 
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Proxy ARP Subnet Mini-HOWTO by Bob Edwards, <bob@faceng.anu.edu.au>. How to use proxy ARP with subnetting. Updated August 1997. HyperText 
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Public Web Browser Mini-HOWTO by Donald B. Marti Jr., <dmarti@best.com>. How to set up a guest account to use a WWW browser. Updated 5 January 1998. HyperText 
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Qmail+MH Mini-HOWTO by Christopher Richardson, <rdn@tara.n.eunet.de>. How to install qmail and MH. Updated 4 March 1998. HyperText 
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Quota Mini-HOWTO by Albert M.C. Tam, <bertie@scn.org>. How to set up disk quotas. Updated 8 August 1997. HyperText 
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RCS Mini-HOWTO by Robert Kiesling, <kiesling@terracom.net>. How to use RCS (Revision Control System). Updated 14 August 1997. HyperText 
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RPM+Slackware Mini-HOWTO by Dave Whitinger,, <dave@whitinger.net>. How to install the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) under Slackware. Updated 13 April 1998. HyperText 
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Remote Boot Mini-HOWTO by Marc Vuilleumier Stückelberg, <Marc.VuilleumierStuckelberg@cui.unige.ch>. How to set up a server-based boot selector. Updated June 1998. HyperText 
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Remote X-Apps Mini-HOWTO by Vincent Zweije, <zweije@xs4all.nl>. How to run remote X applications. Updated 14 July 1998. HyperText 
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SLIP PPP Emulator Mini-HOWTO by Irish, <irish@eskimo.com>. How to use SLIP-PPP emulators with Linux. Updated 7 August 1997. HyperText 
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Secure POP via SSH Mini-HOWTO by Manish Singh, <yosh@gimp.org>. How to set up secure POP connections using ssh. Updated 30 September 1998. HyperText 
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Sendmail Address Rewrite Mini-HOWTO by Thomas Roessler, <roessler@guug.de>. Set up sendmail's configuration file for the home user's dial-up access. Updated 6 May 1998. HyperText 
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Sendmail + UUCP Mini-HOWTO by Jamal Hadi Salim, <jamal@glcom.com> or <hadi@cyberus.ca>. How to use sendmail and UUCP together. Updated 25 October 1997. HyperText 
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Small-Memory Mini-HOWTO by Todd Burgess, <tburgess@uoguelph.ca>. How to run Linux on a system with a small amount of memory. Update 29 October 1997. HyperText 
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Software Building Mini-HOWTO by Mendel Leo Cooper, <thegrendel@theriver.com>. How to build software packages. Updated 6 July 1998. HyperText 
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Software-RAID Mini-HOWTO by Linas Vepstas, <linas@fc.net>. How to configure software RAID. Updated 27 June 1998. HyperText 
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Soundblaster-AWE Mini-HOWTO by Marcus Brinkmann, <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>. How to install the Soundblaster AWE 32/64. Updated 11 January 1998. HyperText 
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StarOffice Mini-HOWTO by Matthew Borowski, <mkb@poboxes.com>. Information on installing the StarOffice suite. Updated 2 June 1998. HyperText 
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Term Firewall Mini-HOWTO by Barak Pearlmutter, <bap@cs.unm.edu>. How to use 'term' over a firewall. Updated 15 July 1997. HyperText 
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TkRat Mini-HOWTO by Dave Whitinger, <dave@whitinger.net>. How to install and use the TkRat mail program. Updated 2 February 1998. HyperText
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Token Ring Mini-HOWTO by Mike Eckhoff, <mike.e@emissary.aus-etc.com>. How to use token ring cards. Updated 7 January 1998. HyperText 
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Ultra-DMA Mini-HOWTO by Brion Vibber, <brion@pobox.com>. How to use Ultra-DMA drives and controllers. Updated 6 July 1998. HyperText 
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Update Mini-HOWTO by Stein Gjoen, <sgjoen@nyx.net>. How to stay updated about Linux development. Updated 3 February 1998. HyperText 
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Upgrade Mini-HOWTO by Greg Louis, <glouis@dynamicro.on.ca>. How to upgrade your Linux distribution. Updated 6 June 1996. HyperText 
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VAIO Mini-HOWTO by Hideki Saito, <hideki@chatlink.com>. This document explains installation of Linux on Sony VAIO computers. Updated 16 September 1998. HyperText 
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VPN Mini-HOWTO by Árpád Magosányi, <mag@bunuel.tii.matav.hu>. How to set up a VPN (Virtual Private Network). Updated 7 August 1997. HyperText 
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Vesafs Mini-HOWTO by Alex Buell, <alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk>. How to use the vesafb device. Updated 2 August 1998. HyperText 
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Visual Bell Mini-HOWTO by Alessandro Rubini, <rubini@linux.it>. How to disable audible bells, and enable visual bells. Updated 11 November 1997. HyperText 
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Windows Modem Sharing Mini-HOWTO by Friedemann Baitinger, <baiti@toplink.net>. How to setup Windows to use a shared modem on a Linux machine. Updated 2 November 1997. HyperText 
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WordPerfect Mini-HOWTO by Wade Hampton, <whampton@staffnet.com>>. How to set up WordPerfect for Linux. Updated 13 August 1997. HyperText 
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X Big Cursor Mini-HOWTO by Joerg Schneider, <schneid@ira.uka.de>. How to use enlarged cursors with XWindows. Updated 11 August 1997. HyperText 
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XFree86-XInside Mini-HOWTO by Marco Melgazzi, <marco@techie.com>. How to convert XFree86 to XInside modelines. Updated September 1997. HyperText 
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xterm Title Mini-HOWTO by Ric Lister, <ric@giccs.georgetown.edu>. How to put strings into the titlebar of an xterm. Updated 7 January 1998. HyperText 
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ZIP Install Mini-HOWTO by John Wiggins, <jwiggins@comp.uark.edu>. How to install Linux onto a ZIP drive. Updated 26 January 1998. HyperText 
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ZIP Drive Mini-HOWTO by Kyle Dansie, <dansie@ibm.net>. Provides a quick reference quide on setting up and using the Iomega ZIP drive with Linux. Updated 26 August 1998. HyperText 
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There are a number of unmaintained Mini-HOWTO Documents available from ftp.fokus.gmd.de or sunsite.unc.edu. Additionally browse the Mini-HOWTO Directory at ftp.fokus.gmd.de or sunsite.unc.edu.
 
 
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