<publisher><publishername>The Linux Documentation Project</publishername></publisher>
<pubdate>2006-03-21</pubdate>
<title>The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News</title>
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<sect1id="tldp-world-news">
<title>News in The LDP world</title>
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<para>Debian acknowledges GFDL</para>
<para>Debian announced last week that the GNU Free Documentation License are <ulinkurl="http://www.debian.org/News/2006/20060316">considered free</ulink> if they do not contain any invariant sections. This is good news for the LDP, as our documents can now be included into the Debian and Debian-based distributions. Note that this does not automatically mean that the entire LDP collection will be included. Authors who want their documents to be included in the Debian documentation should check their licenses.</para>
<para>We are happy to announce that Hans Bol has volunteered to take over the weekly news editing job from Y Giridhar Appaji Nag. Hans has been following the mailing-lists for quite some time and found editing our newsletter an ideal opportunity to help.</para>
<para>Omari Norman is willing to upgrade the DOS/Windows to Linux HOWTO. Alex Nordstrom had some <ulinkurl="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:9863:200601:nhfemjnhhhkbikpjliid">advice</ulink>. For instance that people first start to use free software that is available on both platforms. When people are more convenient with the software the jump into the Linux world is not that big.</para>
<para>Greg Ferguson let us know that the address has changed for the TLDP Author Profiles database. It now can be found at : <ulinkurl="http://avalonix.co.uk/tldp/">http://avalonix.co.uk/tldp/</ulink></para>
<listitem><para>Fabio Busatto's <ulinkurl="http://libkeepalive.sourceforge.net/docs/TCP-Keepalive-HOWTO.xml">TCP Keepalive HOWTO</ulink>. This document describes the TCP keepalive implementation in the Linux kernel, introducing main general concepts and pointing both to system configuration and software development.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>A reviewer is searched for to take a look at the following HOWTO: Subversion, SSH, TortoiseSVN Windows Client With Fedora Core 4 Linux HOWTO. Please contact editors@en.tldp.org</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Daniel Coletti wrote an article on <ulinkurl="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:9890:200602:biifelfgnkaocpnpjgoj">Organizing a FLOSS Conference HOWTO</ulink>. A reviewer is being searched. </para></listitem>
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</sect1>
<sect1id="updated-docs">
<title>Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides</title>
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<listitem><para>Anthony Lissot's <ulinkurl="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition/">Linux Partition HOWTO</ulink> at v3.5</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Ian Hakes's <ulinkurl="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/DB2-HOWTO/">DB2 Universal Database Version 8.2 for Linux HOWTO</ulink> at v1.1.7</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Rohit Agarwal's <ulinkurl="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/libdc1394-HOWTO/">Libdc1394 Library Support for IEEE 1394 Cameras HOWTO</ulink> at v1.0</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Werner Heuser's <ulinkurl="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Ecology-HOWTO/">Linux Ecology-HOWTO</ulink> at v 0.14.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Aaron Isotton's <ulinkurl="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/C++-dlopen/">C++ dlopen mini HOWTO</ulink> at v 1.10.</para></listitem>
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</sect1>
<sect1id="tldp-mirrors">
<title>Mirror information update</title>
<para>The following are the latest additions to our <ulinkurl="http://www.tldp.org/mirrors.html">list of mirrors</ulink>:</para>
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<listitem><para><ulinkurl="http://www.quadrunner.com/LDP">http://www.quadrunner.com/LDP</ulink> maintained by Colin in Sacramento, CA. USA and updated daily. </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulinkurl="http://ldp.oss-mirror.org">http://ldp.oss-mirror.org</ulink> maintained by Ralf Uhlemann in Dublin, Ireland and updated daily. </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulinkurl="http://ldp.linux-mirror.org">http://ldp.linux-mirror.org</ulink> maintained by Michael Mettmann in Cologne/Koeln - Germany - Europe and updated daily </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulinkurl="http://www.securehost.com/mirror/LDP/">http://www.securehost.com/mirror/LDP/</ulink> maintained by R. Douglas and J. Harrison in Nassau, Bahamas and updated daily </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulinkurl="http://ldp.lescampeurs.org">http://ldp.lescampeurs.org</ulink> maintained by Charles Viard in Paris, France and updated daily </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulinkurl="http://mirror.adult-pilot.net/LDP/">http://mirror.adult-pilot.net/LDP/</ulink> in New York, USA and updated daily </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulinkurl="http://tldp.mirror.qualispace.com/">http://tldp.mirror.qualispace.com/</ulink> maintained by Nitesh N in Westerville, OH USA and updated daily </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulinkurl="http://mirrors.stormbox.info/ldp">http://mirrors.stormbox.info/ldp</ulink> maintained by Richard in Singapore and updated 4 times a day </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulinkurl="ftp://ftp.linux.edu.lv/mirrors/LDP/">ftp://ftp.linux.edu.lv/mirrors/LDP/</ulink> in Riga, Latvia and updated daily </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulinkurl="http://tldp.paracoda.com">http://tldp.paracoda.com</ulink> maintained by Hossam in Quebec, Canada and updated daily </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulinkurl="http://ldp.conservativethinking.com/">http://ldp.conservativethinking.com/</ulink> maintained by Chris Short in Chicago, USA and updated twice a day </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulinkurl="http://www.studioinf.com/LDP/">http://www.studioinf.com/LDP/</ulink> maintained by Andrea Gedda in Nurnberg, Germany and updated daily </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulinkurl="http://ldp.cdmon.org/">http://ldp.cdmon.org/</ulink> in Alicante, Spain and updated weekly</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulinkurl="http://ldp.ods.org">http://ldp.ods.org</ulink> maintained by Emilio Petrozzi in Verona, Wisconsin USA and updated daily </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulinkurl="http://LDP.tantrum.org">http://LDP.tantrum.org</ulink> maintained by Orlando in Clifton, NJ USA and updated daily </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulinkurl="http://download.nextag.com/LDP/">http://download.nextag.com/LDP/</ulink> maintained by Trieu Nguyen in Santa Clara, USA and updated daily </para></listitem>
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</sect1>
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