<publisher><publishername>The Linux Documentation Project</publishername></publisher>
<pubdate>2004-05-05</pubdate>
<title>The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News</title>
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<sect1id="new-released">
<title>New documents @ The LDP</title>
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<listitem><para>After months of reviewing, the <ulinkurl="http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/">Bash Guide for Beginners</ulink>, by Machtelt Garrels, is finally available. A lot of readers were waiting for the <ulinkurl="http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/Bash-Beginners-Guide.pdf">PDF version</ulink>, this and other formats can be obtained <ulinkurl="http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/">here</ulink>.</para></listitem>
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<sect1id="new-proposed">
<title>New document proposals</title>
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<listitem><para>Extending the <ulinkurl="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:msp:6911:200404:ihgbeocagoccoafpbbne">presentations with docbook HOWTO proposal</ulink>, Emma Jane Hogbin suggests a more general <ulinkurl="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:msp:7193:200405:aomnmdfohkdjkccmkgfh">Presentations with Linux HOWTO</ulink>.</para></listitem>
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<sect1id="updated-docs">
<title>Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides</title>
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<listitem><para>Wim van Dorst updated the <ulinkurl="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/BogoMips.html">BogoMips mini-HOWTO</ulink> to v36. For over ten years now this document gives performance info of CPUs running Linux.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If you still want more after finishing the <ulinkurl="http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/">Bash Guide for Beginners</ulink>, Mendel Cooper's <ulinkurl="http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/">Advanced Bash Scripting Guide</ulink> is the place to be. v2.7 contains more examples and some minor updates. Mendel keeps the <ulinkurl="http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/Change.log">full revision log</ulink> on his personal site.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><quote>Accidents will happen!</quote> Prepare for the worst with Charles Curley's <ulinkurl="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO/">Linux Complete Backup and Recovery HOWTO</ulink>. Featuring in v1.6: notes on Knoppix, Syslinux, PPART, QtPart and more info on rescue CDs.</para></listitem>
<ulinkurl="http://fultus.com">http://fultus.com</ulink> from May 20th onwards by Print On Demand (POD). Fultus also <ulinkurl="http://store.fultus.com/product_info.php?products_id=65">distributes the book</ulink> via <ulinkurl="http://amazon.com">Amazon.com</ulink>, <ulinkurl="http://amazon.co.uk">Amazon.co.uk</ulink> and <ulinkurl="http://www.BarnesAndNoble">Barnes & Noble</ulink>.</para>
<para>Ikmal Ahmad noted that there were no mirrors available for Malaysia and took the initiative to start one. The new mirror is at <ulinkurl="http://ldp.leakage.org/"/>, is located in Kuala Lumpur and updates several times per day.</para>