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+ + 2005 + 24 & 25 + The Linux Documentation Project + 2005-06-25 + The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News + + + +News in The LDP world + + + + + +New HOWTO Generator + +Stein Gjoen announced the first release of the new HOWTO +Generator. The generator now uses the new set of categories determined +by Gerd Berget, allows up to 3 categories per document, uses CSS, +accessibility has been improved. Stein indicated that it is +sufficiently flexible that it allows for major rework of chapters with +little effort. The updates are available from . + + + + + +LinuxWorld Expo BOF + +Andy Oram told us that there will be a BOF on creating +documentation for Linux at the upcoming LinuxWorld Expo in San +Francisco; the BOF is on Wednesday, August 10th, from 5:15pm - 6:45pm. +It was set up and will be moderated by Don Marti, editor in chief of +Linux Journal. Andy indicated that it would be great to have someone +there who's deeply involved in day-to-day coordination of the LDP. +Edward Cherlin and Rick Moen can both attend and help run that event. + + + + + + + + + +Discussions on The LDP lists + + + + + +HOWTO re-licensing + +Pradeep Padala asked if his Ncurses Programming HOWTO can be +re-licensed under a different license so that it can be distributed +along with the official Ncurses package (maintained by Thomas Dickey). +Various people stepped in to answer his questions about licensing and +indicated that since he is the sole author of the document, he is free +to license it as he likes, but the original document that was licensed +under a different license will continue to be distributed under the same +license. Further, updated to the new licensed document will not +probably be available under the old license unless they are explicitly +licensed as such. + +Rick Moen pointed Pradeep to and + + + + + + + + +Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides + + + +LVM HOWTO by AJ Lewis is now at v0.15. The revision removed references to +xfs_freeze - it is no longer needed; Updated snapshots subsection in +Anatomy of LVM section; Added a couple entries to the LVM2 FAQ and fixed +a couple typos + +Peter Jay Salzman's Debian Jigdo mini-HOWTO is now at ver 1.5. + + +David S. Lawyer updated the Modem-HOWTO to v0.38. Changes +include: Eliminated section on Digital Modems in appendix since it's +already covered elsewhere. More on cable modems. ISDN serial modems. +Troubleshooting: Can't find winmodems if no driver. + +Miroslav "Misko" Skoric sent in minor updates to the FBB +Packet-radio BBS mini-HOWTO LILO mini-HOWTO and +the Linux+WindowsNT mini-HOWTO + + + + + + +The LDP/LDPWN mini-HOWTO + +The Linux Documentation Project +(TLDP) is working on developing free, high quality documentation for the +GNU/Linux operating system. If you want to help TLDP, consider joining +discuss-subscribe@en.tldp.org (a low volume discussion mailing +list). You can also send your suggestions to +feedback@en.tldp.org. + +The LDP Weekly News is compiled, edited and published by Machtelt Garrels +(Tille) and Y Giridhar Appaji Nag (Giri) with help from several other people. +To receive this newsletter weekly in your mailbox, subscribe to the +news-subscribe@en.tldp.org mailing list. Back issues are +available at http://tldp.org/ldpwn + + +Help us create this newsletter. We need volunteers who follow the +community (mailing lists, newsgroups, web channels) and report events related +to free software documentation. Write to us at +feedback@en.tldp.org. + + + +