Reference
- About this guide
- I Advanced administration
- II System
- 8 32-bit and 64-bit applications in a 64-bit system environment
- 9 Introduction to the boot process
- 10 The
systemddaemon - 11
journalctl: Query thesystemdjournal - 12 The boot loader GRUB 2
- 13 Basic networking
- 14 UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface)
- 15 Special system features
- 16 Dynamic kernel device management with
udev
- III Services
- IV Mobile computers
- A An example network
- B GNU licenses
Part IV Mobile computers #Edit source
- 27 Mobile computing with Linux
Mobile computing is mostly associated with laptops, PDAs and cellular phones (and the data exchange between them). Mobile hardware components, such as external hard disks, flash disks, or digital cameras, can be connected to laptops or desktop systems. A number of software components are involved in mobile computing scenarios and some applications are tailor-made for mobile use.
- 28 Using NetworkManager
NetworkManager is the ideal solution for laptops and other portable computers. It supports state-of-the-art encryption types and standards for network connections, including connections to 802.1X protected networks. 802.1X is the “IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks—Port-Based Net…
- 29 Power management
Power management is especially important on laptop computers, but is also useful on other systems. ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) is available on all modern computers (laptops, desktops, and servers). Power management technologies require suitable hardware and BIOS routines. Most …