LDP/LDP/ldpwn/20060321.xml

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  <volumenum>2006</volumenum>
  <issuenum>01</issuenum>
  <publisher><publishername>The Linux Documentation Project</publishername></publisher>
  <pubdate>2006-03-21</pubdate>
  <title>The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News</title>
</articleinfo>

<sect1 id="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 <ulink url="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>

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<para>New Weekly News Editor</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>

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</sect1>

<sect1 id="tldp-discussions">
<title>Discussions on The LDP lists</title>

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<para>Feedback wanted on Windows-to-Linux HOWTO:</para>

<para>Omari Norman is willing to upgrade the DOS/Windows to Linux HOWTO. Alex Nordstrom had some <ulink url="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>

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<para>TLDP author profiles - change of address:</para>

<para>Greg Ferguson let us know that the address has changed for the TLDP Author Profiles database. It now can be found at : <ulink url="http://avalonix.co.uk/tldp/">http://avalonix.co.uk/tldp/</ulink></para>

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</itemizedlist>

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<sect1 id="new-review">

<title>Documents submitted for review</title>

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<listitem><para>Fabio Busatto's <ulink url="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 <ulink url="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>

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

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<listitem><para>Anthony Lissot's <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition/">Linux Partition HOWTO</ulink> at v3.5</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Ian Hakes's <ulink url="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 <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/libdc1394-HOWTO/">Libdc1394 Library Support for IEEE 1394 Cameras HOWTO</ulink> at v1.0</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>David S. Lawyer's <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Serial-HOWTO.html">Serial HOWTO</ulink> at v2.24</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>David S. Lawyer's <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Plug-and-Play-HOWTO.html">Plug-and-Play-HOWTO</ulink> at v1.14</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>David S. Lawyer's <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Text-Terminal-HOWTO.html">Text-Terminal-HOWTO</ulink> at v1.38</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Konstantin Boldyshev's <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Assembly-HOWTO/">Linux Assembly HOWTO</ulink> at v0.6g</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Steven A's <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Quake-HOWTO.html">Linux Quake How-To</ulink> at v2.02</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Wim van Dorst's <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/BogoMips/">BogoMips mini-HOWTO.</ulink> at version 38</para></listitem>


<listitem><para>Werner Heuser's <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Ecology-HOWTO/">Linux Ecology-HOWTO</ulink> at v 0.14.</para></listitem>


<listitem><para>Aaron Isotton's <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/C++-dlopen/">C++ dlopen mini HOWTO</ulink> at v 1.10.</para></listitem>


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<sect1 id="tldp-mirrors">
<title>Mirror information update</title>

<para>The following are the latest additions to our <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/mirrors.html">list of mirrors</ulink>:</para>

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<listitem><para><ulink url="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><ulink url="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><ulink url="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><ulink url="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><ulink url="http://ldp.lescampeurs.org">http://ldp.lescampeurs.org</ulink> maintained by Charles Viard in Paris, France and updated daily </para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="http://mirror.adult-pilot.net/LDP/">http://mirror.adult-pilot.net/LDP/</ulink> in New York, USA and updated daily </para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="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><ulink url="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><ulink url="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><ulink url="http://tldp.paracoda.com">http://tldp.paracoda.com</ulink> maintained by Hossam in Quebec, Canada and updated daily </para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="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><ulink url="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><ulink url="http://ldp.cdmon.org/">http://ldp.cdmon.org/</ulink> in Alicante, Spain and updated weekly</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="http://ldp.ods.org">http://ldp.ods.org</ulink> maintained by Emilio Petrozzi in Verona, Wisconsin USA and updated daily </para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="http://LDP.tantrum.org">http://LDP.tantrum.org</ulink> maintained by Orlando in Clifton, NJ USA and updated daily </para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="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>

<sect1 id="tldp-contribute">
<title>The LDP/LDPWN mini-HOWTO</title>

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