# HP HOWTO

## Configuration Guide and Use of HP Products under Linux (Version 0.94)

### Bruno Cornec

Hewlett Packard

Bruno@HyPer-Linux.org

Copyright © 1997-2001 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 HP for whom I do that job; you may copy, redistribute and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, Front-Cover Texts or Back-Cover Texts. This document is distributed hoping it will be useful, but without any guaranty; you're completely responsible of its use, and couldn't complain in case it doesn't work, or even if it breaks the hardware. All the software included in it, if not already copyrighted is released under the GPL.

List of Tables
2-1. Performances of Free Software
3-1. Brio and Linux
3-2. Vectra and Linux
3-3. e-PC and Linux
3-4. Kayak and Linux
3-5. Desktop computer accessories
3-6. Visualize and Linux
3-7. HP workstation and Linux
3-8. Workstations accessories
3-9. OmniBook and Linux
3-10. Mobile computer accessories
3-11. Jornada and Linux
3-12. NetServers and Linux
3-13. NetServers accessories
3-14. HP Monitors and Linux
3-15. HP IA-64 Servers and Linux
3-16. HP IA-64 Workstations and Linux
3-17. Printer Control codes
3-18. Scanners and Linux
3-19. Cameras 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
7-1. Web sites of HP
7-2. Other fundamental sites on Linux and Open Source Software

List of Figures
2-1. Server operating system repartition in 1998 (IDC).
2-2. Server operating system repartition in 1999 (IDC).
2-3. Web server software by Netcraft between 1995 and 2001.
2-4. Repartition of Internet servers by IOS Counter in April 1999.

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