From 3641b3ec4649a583f83a4cf1216534672dc0e226 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: appaji <> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 19:57:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] ispelled, woody rendered, ready to publish --- LDP/ldpwn/20040317.xml | 118 +++++++++++++++++++---------------------- 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-) diff --git a/LDP/ldpwn/20040317.xml b/LDP/ldpwn/20040317.xml index fc9f22e4..2a5f998f 100644 --- a/LDP/ldpwn/20040317.xml +++ b/LDP/ldpwn/20040317.xml @@ -16,38 +16,14 @@ New documents @ TLDP -Niko Sauer finished the procedures for submitting and revising his USB Flash Memory HOWTO. It describes both VFAT and ext2 formatting of the devices and also has notes on how to support them with a 2.6 kernel. Nico is the practical sort of person: he includes a section about making the memory sticks accessible to users and one about maintenance. You can try it out immediately on your Swiss army knife! - - - - - - -Documents submitted for review - - - -Machtelt Garrels got some more input from readers and decided it's time to ask publication of v1.12 of the Introduction to Linux guide. - -Mendel Cooper has an update ready for the Advanced Bash Scripting Guide, another work that keeps on growing. - - - - - - - -New document proposals - - - -. - -. - -. - - +Niko Sauer finished the procedures for submitting and revising his +USB Flash Memory +HOWTO. It describes both VFAT and ext2 formatting of the +devices and also has notes on how to support them with a 2.6 kernel. +Nico is the practical sort of person: he includes a section about making +the memory sticks accessible to users and one about maintenance. You +can try it out immediately on your Swiss army knife! @@ -72,9 +48,32 @@ Ari Makela updated the Finnish HOWTO. Version 2.0.23 contains instructions for adapting Debian and some minor changes. -The Text Terminal HOWTO has been around for quite some time, but it is still useful and maintained, eventhough it discusses rather archaic hardware. New in v1.35: info on the Wyse 60 emulator. +The Text Terminal HOWTO has been around for quite some time, but it is still useful and maintained, even though it discusses rather archaic hardware. New in v1.35: info on the Wyse 60 emulator. -Ralf Hölzer's Cryptoloop HOWTO v1.2 has a better comparison between Cryptoloop encryption and Loop-AES encryption of a partition, and more explanations on reasons to use either one or the other. Ralf also announces the deprecation of Cryptoloop in the 2.6 kernels, where it will be replaced by dm-crypt. While the code for dm-crypt is cleaner, it is still under development and thus far, no userspace tools are available. +Ralf Hölzer's Cryptoloop HOWTO v1.2 has a better comparison between Cryptoloop encryption and Loop-AES encryption of a partition, and more explanations on reasons to use either one or the other. Ralf also announces the deprecation of Cryptoloop in the 2.6 kernels, where it will be replaced by dm-crypt. While the code for dm-crypt is cleaner, it is still under development and thus far, no user-space tools are available. + +Machtelt Garrels got some more input from readers and +decided it's time to ask publication of v1.12 of the Introduction to +Linux guide. This version includes notes on running gnome applications +in KDE and vv., A new section on signals and stopping/re-nicing +processes. The Xcdroast pic is deleted and KAudioCreator has been added. + + +Mendel Cooper has an update ready for the Advanced Bash Scripting +Guide, another work that keeps on growing. This revision +contains extra entries on different commands, documentation links, +further comments in the examples and stylistic changes. Mendel maintains +a full length ChangeLog +too. + +The v1p17 version of the Linux NetStation +HOWTO. Kris Buytaert fixed some links in the document and would +like to thank David Gilles for pointing out the mistakes. + @@ -87,7 +86,21 @@ Mirroring TLDP The TLDP mirror page is now up to date. After a long period of blocking, Jens Hardings was the first to activate a new mirror in Chile. -We could do with some extra mirrors, for instance in Costa Rica, Croatia, French Guiana, Indonesia, Macau, Pakistan, Peru, Puerto Rico, Russia and Ukraine, where we have none for the moment. And we could certainly do with some extra mirrors in China. Candidates, anyone? Contact us through the feedback_at_en.tldp.org address! +We could do with some extra mirrors, for instance in Costa Rica, +Croatia, French Guiana, Indonesia, Macau, Pakistan, Peru, Puerto Rico, +Russia and Ukraine, where we have none for the moment (There is a +cool world map +of the TLDP mirrors). And we could +certainly do with some extra mirrors in China. Candidates, anyone? +Contact us through the feedback@en.tldp.org +address! + +Tille posted +a summary of the update frequency of the mirrors and plans for +weeding out the out-of-date ones. + @@ -95,40 +108,19 @@ We've certainly know worse times as far as advertisement is concerned: -LinuxJournal features a 2-page article about TLDP history entitled Inside TLDP, a beind-the-scenes look at the evolution of the Linux Documentation Project, which has been partly published before in TLDP WN issues 9/2003 and 10/2003. The article contains explanations on the name change from LinuxDoc to TLDP and completes the history from the point on where it stopped in our last publication of the matter. -Linux.com subscribed to our newsfeed and honours us (more than we deserve?) by putting it on their first page. You're making us blush, guys ;-) +LinuxJournal features a 2-page article about TLDP history entitled Inside TLDP, a behind-the-scenes look at the evolution of the Linux Documentation Project, which has been partly published before in TLDP WN issues 9/2003 and 10/2003. The article contains explanations on the name change from LinuxDoc to TLDP and completes the history from the point on where it stopped in our last publication of the matter. + -News item 3 -. - +TLDP Tools Page - - - -Discussions on TLDP lists - - -Discussion topic 1 - -. - - - - -Discussion topic 2 - -. - - - - -Discussion topic 3 - -. +Saqib Ali's popular tools for The LDP can be accessed directly +from http://tools.tldp.org. +Saqib's Online DocBook XML Validator / Transformer is also linked from +there.