I bought a HP Envy 4504. Overall I am happy with it. This is how I configure it so I can use with Linux. This mini howto applies to ArchLinux, void linux and Centos/RedHat distributions. Installation Archlinux: cups, hplip, python2, sane ...
In Linux, there is a caching filesystem called FS-Cache which enables file caching for network file systems such as NFS. FS-Cache is built into the Linux kernel 2.6.30 and higher. In order for FS-Cache to operate, it needs cache back-end which provides actual storage for caching. One such cache back-end is cachefiles. Therefore, once you set up cachefiles, it will automatically enable file caching for NFS shares. ...
Assist is my archlinux scripted installation script. https://github.com/alejandroliu/assist By default it gives you a menu driven archlinux installation with supposedly sensible defaults. It has command line hooks so that you can perform automated installs using bash scripts to customize it. ...
I am still to test this recipe Server Configuration First of all, we must install the following components: A DHCP server to assign IP addresses to our diskless nodes. A TFTP server to transfer the boot image (a requirement of all PXE option roms). ...
A bunch of recipes useful for an ArchLinux system environment. Mostly around system administration. Custom Repos and Packages In the repo directory, put all the packages in there. repo-add ./custom.db.tar.gz ./* ...