My fourth book, The Linux Hardware Handbook, is devoted to the topic of Linux's interaction with hardware. I cover all the major hardware devices, such as the CPU, motherboard, SCSI host adapter, printer, and so on. For each component, I outline what it does and what special concerns you as a Linux user should have about the device, such as where to go to find drivers and what you can expect in the way of reduced, the same, or improved hardware functionality compared to Windows or other OSs. It's one of only three books on the topic of Linux hardware which I'm aware.
Buy the book from Fatbrain.com or Amazon.com (Note: Please disregard my own "5-star rating" of the book on Fatbrain.com. Although Fatbrain maintains a web page for authors to add comments about their books, that page adds the comments as if they were customer reviews, resulting in spurious star ratings. I've asked Fatbrain to correct this problem, but they've been unwilling or unable to do so, despite claims that they would. It has not been my intention to "stack the decks" in the book's ratings. The Amazon listing, although it contains the same comments from me, does not include spurious star ratings from me.)
Here's a list of the book's chapters:
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