Useful Links

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SuSE Linux: All versions

This article contains a list of links that will prove very helpful for daily operations with Linux. Many of these links are also used for installation support tasks.

Hardware


General information

http://cdb.suse.de/
SuSE hardware database.

http://www.linux-usb.org/
THE USB site for Linux: the Linux USB Project.

http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/
Supported USB devices
An always up-to-date list of supported hardware. Click on the item "Devices" to access the lists.

/usr/src/linux/Documentation/
Local documentation on the drivers accompanying the kernel. Only available if the package 'kernel-source', series 'd', is installed on your computer.

/usr/src/linux/drivers
The kernel driver sources (local) also contain useful tips and documentation. As above, the package 'kernel-source', series 'd', must be installed.

http://www.heise.de/ct/treiber/
Driver service from the German computer magazine c't.
An extensive collection of links to manufacturers of hardware and software.

http://www.yourvote.com/pci/
PCI vendor and device lists.

http://www.hwb.acc.umu.se
The Hardware Book.
This page includes information on connectors (PCs, home computer, video, etc.), technical data on bus systems (ISA, EISA, PCI types, Nubus, Zorro, etc.), how to build an adapter cable, and circuits for active audio filters.


IDE / ATAPI

http://ata-atapi.com/
General information on ATAPI and IDE.


SCSI

http://www.scsifaq.org
SCSI FAQs.


Sound

http://www.alsa-project.org/
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA).
The ALSA project, which has become the standard for sound support.

/usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/
Local documentation on the kernel drivers for sound cards. Only available if the package 'kernel-source', series 'd', is installed on your computer.


Scanner

http://www.mostang.com/sane/
SANE home page.
Find out whether a driver for your scanner is available at SANE.

http://www.buzzard.org.uk/jonathan/scanners.html
Parallel port scanners under Linux

http://www.buzzard.org.uk/jonathan/scanners-usb.html
An additional list of supported USB scanners.


Network cards

/usr/share/doc/howto/en/html/Ethernet-HOWTO.html
A detailed Ethernet HOWTO (local).

/usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/
Local documentation on the kernel drivers for network cards. Only available if the package 'kernel-source', series 'd', is installed on your computer.

http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wireless.html
Wireless LAN resources for Linux including a Linux Wireless LAN HOWTO and additional documentation on this subject.

http://www.scyld.com/network/
Home page of the developer of network card drivers Donald Becker.

http://www.linuxtr.net/
Linux Token Ring Project.
We also recommend you the Token Ring HOWTO at:
up to SuSE 7.3: /usr/share/doc/howto/en/html/mini/Token-Ring.html
from SuSE 8.0 on: /usr/share/doc/howto/en/html/mini/Token-Ring/index.html


Notebooks

/usr/share/doc/packages/pcmcia/
Detailed documentation on the supported cards and PCMCIA HOWTO. Only available if the package 'pcmcia' is installed.

http://www.linux-laptop.net/
Linux on laptops.
Index of information and documentation for those who are considering using Linux on a laptop.

http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/
Linux PCMCIA information page with a list of supported cards.


RAID

/usr/share/doc/howto/en/html/Root-RAID-HOWTO.html
Software RAID HOWTO.

/usr/share/doc/howto/en/html/Multi-Disk-HOWTO.html
Multidisk HOWTO with plenty of references to RAID.


Printer

/usr/share/doc/packages/ghostscript/catalog.devices
Local list of the Ghostscript drivers included in the distribution.

http://www.linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi
Find out if your printer is supported under Linux.

http://www.torque.net/parport/
External parallel port devices and Linux.

http://www.lprng.com/LPRng-HOWTO/LPRng-HOWTO.html
THE LPRng documentation.

http://www.cups.org/documentation.html
THE CUPS documentation.


Modem

http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
Find out whether your modem is a winmodem or a real modem that can be used under Linux. The "Big List" on the left contains the references that will help you further.


Firewire

http://linux1394.sourceforge.net/hcl.php
IEEE 1394 (Firewire) for Linux.
Hardware compatibility list, FAQs, links etc.


X11

http://www.xfree86.org
The XFree86 Project,Inc.

http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.0/Status.html
Find out whether the current release supports your graphics card.
The release notes are available under: http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.0/RELNOTES.html



Miscellaneous


Software

/usr/share/doc/packages/
Documentation about almost all installed packages.

http://freshmeat.net/
[fm] welcome to freshmeat.net
It contains the home page and latest version of virtually all software under Linux.


Window/desktop managers

http://www.kde.org
KDE website.

http://bugs.kde.org
KDE bug tracking system.

http://www.gnome.org/
Website of the Gnome project.

http://www.windowmaker.org/
Windowmaker website.

http://www.enlightenment.org/pages/main.html
Enlightenment project website.


Multimedia

http://www.multimedia4linux.de/
Everything on multimedia and Linux, e.g. TV cards, digital cameras, sound cards, scanner, etc (partially in German).


Mailing lists

http://lists.suse.com/archives/
Archive of our mailing lists.

http://www.suse.de/en/private/support/mailinglists/index.html
You can subscribe to our mailing lists here.


Netzworking

http://www.oreilly.de/openbook/
O'Reilly Open Books Project. This site contains some O'Reilly books online, such as Using Samba or Linux Device Drivers.

/usr/share/doc/howto/en/html/HOWTO-INDEX/networking.html
Index of the local networking HOWTOS. It itemizes all HOWTOS on networking.


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