Linux headless

Linux headless

Mathias Weidner
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Linux headless

  • Preface
    • Audience
    • Organization
    • Conventions
    • Acknowledgements
  • What can I do with it
    • Router
    • Firewall / packet filter
    • Streaming client for music from the net
    • Network information server
    • File, streaming or web server
    • A weather station or something similar
    • A controlling computer for your own hardware project
  • Hardware for Headless Linux
    • CompactFlash card
    • LED
    • Mode switch
    • Sensors
  • Additional hardware
    • I²C Bus
    • Serial Interface
    • Sound cards
    • UPS
  • Suitable Linux distributions
    • Debian GNU/Linux
    • iMedia Embedded Linux
    • OpenWrt
    • Slax
    • Linux From Scratch
    • Buildroot
  • Installing Linux
    • Preparing a boot medium on a second computer
    • Installation using USB media
    • Installation using PXE-Boot
  • Components of a Linux system
    • Kernel
    • File system
    • Random Access Memory
    • I/O subsystem
    • System programs
    • User programs
  • Compiling software yourself
    • System or user software
    • Creating Debian Packages
    • Kernel and kernel modules
    • Software for OpenWrt
  • Daily operation and administration
    • Configuring the computer for its intended use
    • The iptables firewall on OpenWrt
    • Updates
    • Backup and Restore
  • Strategies for problem solving
    • Manual pages, program documentation
    • Internet, search engines
    • Strategies for local problems on the computer
    • Strategies for network problems
  • Protocols and mechanisms
    • Bootloader
    • Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)
    • udev - managing devices dynamically
    • DHCP
    • Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
    • Zero Configuration Networking
  • Glossary
  • Additional resources
    • Internet
    • File systems
    • ALIX hardware
    • Additional hardware
    • Linux
    • Literature
    • RFC - Requests for Comment
  • Colophon
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Linux headless14 chapters

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  1. Preface

  2. What can I do with it

  3. Hardware for Headless Linux

  4. Additional hardware

  5. Suitable Linux distributions

  6. Installing Linux

  7. Components of a Linux system

  8. Compiling software yourself

  9. Daily operation and administration

  10. Strategies for problem solving

  11. Protocols and mechanisms

  12. Glossary

  13. Additional resources

  14. Colophon