<para>August was a busy month on the <email>discuss@en.tldp.org</email>
mailinglist. The pros and cons of a wiki for TLDP were discussed, and finally it was decided that it wouldn't be a bad idea to have wiki pages for those HOWTOs that seem abandoned. Pradeep Padala and jdd made <ulinkurl="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:sss:9637:200509:fgndlpjndkplofokbege">a summary</ulink> of <ulinkurl="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:9574:200508:jakplipchbmiecnannjm">the discussion</ulink>.</para>
<listitem><para>Gaurav Prasad described the <ulinkurl="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Oracle-9i-Fedora-3-Install-HOWTO/">installation procedures</ulink> of Oracle 9i on Fedora Core 3.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The Linux Laptop HOWTO was archived and replaced with Werner Heuser's <ulinkurl="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Mobile-Guide/html/index.html">Linux on the Road</ulink> or Linux Mobile guide. Though there are laptop, notebook, PDA and mobile phone related
HOWTOs available already, this guide contains a concise survey
of documents related to mobile computer devices. Also Linux
features, such as installation methods for laptops, notebooks
and PDAs as well as configurations for different (network)
environments are described.
And though there are some caveats, Linux is a good choice for mobile
computing devices than most other operating systems because
it supports numerous installation methods, works in many
<listitem><para>Nicolas Dufour submitted the <ulinkurl="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:9435:200507:lcehlpkapofdffllaknl">Linux Aviation HOWTO</ulink>, containing a summary of useful software for pilots and navigators.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Review is ongoing for the <ulinkurl="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/MP3-HOWTO.html">MP3 HOWTO</ulink> by Phil Kerr.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>A new maintainer was found for the <ulinkurl="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Security-Quickstart-Redhat-HOWTO/index.html">Security Quick-Start HOWTO for Red Hat Linux</ulink>, the <ulinkurl="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Security-Quickstart-HOWTO/index.html">Security Quick-Start HOWTO for Linux</ulink> and the <ulinkurl="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/XWindow-User-HOWTO/index.html">The X Window User HOWTO</ulink>; these are currently <ulinkurl="http://tldp.org/authors/inprogress.html#review">being reviewed</ulink>.</para></listitem>
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</sect1>
<sect1id="new-proposed">
<title>New document proposals</title>
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<listitem><para>Stuart Ellis <ulinkurl="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:sss:9638:200509:mgngmhhlmnioclinpjnb">proposed an SSH HOWTO</ulink> and got the go-ahead.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Kave Aryan had to write a filesystem as part of his final project at the University of Teheran and wants to <ulinkurl="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:9631:200509:ecdgaahblachpccdgbbk">contribute his documentation about this</ulink>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Nishant Sharma wants to write something about the <ulinkurl="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:9641:200509:kkablndcmilfaaifeaam">Sierra Wireless PC-Card</ulink> which is offered country-wide by an Indian ISP.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Lars Wirzenius, Joanna Oja, Stephen Stafford, and Alex Weeks: <ulinkurl="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/sag/html/index.html">The Linux System Administrators' Guide</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Ian Ward: <ulinkurl="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printing/">Debian and Windows Shared Printing mini-HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Chr. Clemens Lee: <ulinkurl="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Debian-Binary-Package-Building-HOWTO/">Debian Binary Package Building HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Machtelt Garrels: <ulinkurl="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html">Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide</ulink></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.linuxadm.com/LDP"/> maintained by Tony Escujuri in Mesa, Arizona, USA. </para></listitem>