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  <volumenum>2004</volumenum>
  <issuenum>9</issuenum>
  <publisher><publishername>The Linux Documentation Project</publishername></publisher>
  <pubdate>2004-03-03</pubdate>
  <title>The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News</title>
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<sect1 id="new-released">

<title>New documents @ TLDP</title>

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<listitem><para>As proposed a couple of weeks ago, here it is: the <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/DVD-Playback-HOWTO/">DVD Playback HOWTO</ulink>, by David Jao.  David starts with the basics and explains how to set up the region for your drive, how to check for X Video Overlay support and how to enable DMA drive access.</para>
<para>He continues with the discussion of the DVD playing software:
<application>MPlayer</application>, <application>Xine</application>,
<application>Ogle</application> and <application>VideoLAN</application>.
The HOWTO has information of how to make these work on a variety of Linux distributions.  It also has a troubleshooting section.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>At the <ulink url="http://es.tldp.org">Spanish TLDP</ulink> you can now find two courses about the Andalusian <ulink url="http://www.guadalinex.org/">Guadalinex</ulink> distribution.  The first document is a <ulink url="http://es.tldp.org/Tutoriales/doc-curso-guadalinex-iesaverroes/html/">guide</ulink> detailing the installation process and explaining how to get started with the system.  It also has an introduction on Internet services and <ulink url="http://www.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice</ulink>. The second document is <ulink url="http://es.tldp.org/Tutoriales/doc-curso-guadalinex-jr/">a beginner's guide</ulink> as well, but it differs from the first one in that it has more on multi-media and didactical applications.</para></listitem>

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<sect1 id="new-for-review">

<title>Documents submitted for review</title>

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<listitem><para>AJ Lewis sent in an update of the <ulink
url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/">LVM HOWTO</ulink>. This revision
has updated CVS locations and FTP links along with an added section on
extending a JFS filesystem</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="new-proposed">

<title>New document proposals</title>

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<listitem><para>Ravi Kiran asks whether this <ulink
url="http://www.geocities.com/ravikiran_uvs/articles/proc.htm">article
on understanding the proc file system</ulink> would be a good addition
to our collection. Ravi would also like to hear your suggestions on this <ulink url="http://www.geocities.com/ravikiran_uvs/articles/rkfs.html">tutorial on writing a file system</ulink>.</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="updated-docs">
<title>Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides</title>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para>Eric Raymond's <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/UPS-HOWTO/">UPS HOWTO</ulink> v1.1 has a whole new section entitled <quote>An Overview of Power Protection</quote>, explaining the differences between surge suppressors, line conditioners and un-interruptible power supplies.  Furthermore, Eric added a section on the deployment of your UPS.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Also by ESR: v3.0 of the <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Unix-Hardware-Buyer-HOWTO/">Unix Hardware Buyer HOWTO</ulink>.  It has been adapted to the 21st century and the <ulink url="http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/ultimate-linux-box/">Ultimate Linux Box</ulink> articles have been integrated in this HOWTO.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>If you were wondering how to use your Linux box for controlling your telescope, check out the <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Astronomy-HOWTO/">Astronomy HOWTO</ulink> (v1.48) by Elwood Downey and John Huggins.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/TimePrecision-HOWTO/">Time Precision HOWTO</ulink> v1.0.6 by Avi Alkalay has been <ulink url="http://computerlib.narod.ru/html/linuxtime.htm">translated into Russian</ulink>, thanks to Shaki.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Later on this week, we received another update from Eric Raymond, this one for the <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/DocBook-Demystification-HOWTO/">DocBook Demystification HOWTO</ulink>.  V1.3 features updated links, corrected figures and additional pointers to XML editors.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Eric was in a very productive mood: we also received v1.6 of the <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linksys-Blue-Box-Router-HOWTO/">Linksys Blue Box Router HOWTO</ulink>.  As you recall, this document describes the BEFSR41 models and up of Linksys router/firewall boxes, which are very suitable for use with a home DSL connection.  It also explains firmware upgrades.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/K7s5a-HOWTO.html">K7s5a HOWTO</ulink> v1.8, a combined effort by Sebfrance, Andreas Willenbrink, Alvaro Reguly and Paolo Berva has a new section on making the sensors of this motherboard work with the 2.6 kernel.</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="tldp-world">
<title>News in The LDP world</title>

<sect2 id="news-item1">
<title>News item 1</title>

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</sect2>

<sect2 id="news-item2">
<title>News item 2</title>

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</sect2>

<sect2 id="news-item3">
<title>News item 3</title>

<para>.</para>

</sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="discussions">
<title>Discussions on TLDP lists</title>

<sect2 id="discussion1">
<title>Discussion topic 1</title>

<para>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="discussion2">
<title>Discussion topic 2</title>

<para>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="discussion3">
<title>Discussion topic 3</title>

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</sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="feedback">
<title>HOWTO contribute to TLDP</title>

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<para>The LDP Weekly News is compiled and edited by Machtelt Garrels and
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