Linux Cookbook

DAC (digital-to-analog converter)

daemontools

DAO (disc-at-once) write option

Debian

     apt-proxy.conf

     boot disks, creating

     building a local repository

     cvsd utility

     Cyrus-SASL, installing

    debianutils package

         mkboot utility

     dependency conflicts, resolving

     download sites and vendors

     finding out what's installed

     getting software for

     initialization

     installing programs from non-Debian repositories

     loadable kernel modules, adding

     managing runlevels

     mirror sites

     mirrors

     packages

         installing

         installing from CD-ROMs

         maintaining package caches

         package names compared to RPM package names

         package search page

         removing

         resolving dependencies

         updating

         upgrading

     POP3 mail servers, building

         Courier, installing

         Postfix configuration

         postfix reload command

         testing

     releases

         codenames

         running a mixed system

         upgrading

     runlevels

     security updates

     source, installing from

     sources.list, editing

     text and graphical login runlevels

     timeservers, using with an intermittent connection

     user and group numbering

     users, sorting human from system

dedicated servers

delayed allocation

deny/allow access rules

dependencies

     failed dependencies, fixing

     resolving in Debian packages

device names for storage disks, finding

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)

     dhcp clients

         adding static hosts to

     DHCP servers

dig command 2nd

     DNS servers, testing and querying

Direct Rendering Infrastructure [See DRI]

directories

     copying, moving, and renaming

     share setup with setgid, sticky bit

disk geometry, displaying

disk partitions, creating with fdisk

disk quotas

display managers

djbdns

     djbdns entries

     dnsip queries

     guilding a public DNS server

     installing

     local caching nameservers, running

dmesg

DNS (Domain Name System)

     accredited domain name registrars

     anycast

     authoritative servers or content servers

     BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain)

     blackhole lists

     caching DNS resolvers

     caching servers

     djbdns [See djbdns]

     DNS servers

         testing and querying with dig and dnstrace

     glossary

     implementation

     private DNS servers

     root servers

     separation, DNS servers from caching servers

dnscache-conf logfiles

DNSRBLs (DNS blackhole lists)

dnstrace

documentation

     distributions, included in

     graphical viewers

     info command [See info command and pages]

     keyword searches

     man command [See man command and pages]

     online resources

     programs, finding all documentation for

Domain Name System [See DNS]

domain names, fully qualified, configuring

domain wildcards

dpkg command 2nd

     querying features

DRI (Direct Rendering Infrastructure)

     3D hardware acceleration, enabling

     presence in kernel, verifying

drive partition information, displaying

drives, identifying

DSO (Dynamic Shared Objects)

dual booting with Windows

DVD FAQ

DVD recording [See CD/DVD recording]

DVD video, recording, and writing hardware standards

dvd+rw-tools homepage

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol [See DHCP]

Dynamic Shared Objects (DSO)