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<title>The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News</title>
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<title>New documents @ The LDP</title>
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<title>Documents submitted for review</title>
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<listitem><para>Emma Jane Hogbin submitted an update of the <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LDP-Reviewer-HOWTO/">Reviewer HOWTO</ulink>. This document contains information for our editors so that they can streamline the look and feel of TLDP documents.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Nearly there with the <ulink url="http://cvs.tldp.org/index.cgi/LDP/howto/docbook/Kernel-Build-HOWTO/">Kernel Build HOWTO</ulink> by Kwan Lowe. A lot of our readers have been complaining about the retirement of the Kernel HOWTO, and about the time it takes to rewrite this document. Good news: your patience will be awarded very soon. Our reviewer team is raising efforts to have the language and technical review ready by the end of this week.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Nearly there with the <ulink url="http://cvs.tldp.org/index.cgi/LDP/howto/docbook/Kernel-Build-HOWTO/">Kernel Build HOWTO</ulink> by Kwan Lowe. A lot of our readers have been complaining about the retirement of the Kernel HOWTO, and about the time it takes to rewrite this document. Good news: your patience will be rewarded very soon. Our reviewer team is raising efforts to have the language and technical review ready by the end of this week.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Howard Shane came up with the idea of writing a <ulink url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:msp:7057:200404:biifelfgnkaocpnpjgoj">Home Office</ulink> HOWTO or FAQ, addressing such questions as <quote>how to print different types of files?</quote> and <quote>Which applications to use to print, faq and format files and share them among others with non-Linux systems?</quote>. He argues that much of the information needed by beginning users is out there, but shattered over tens of different documents and thus hard to find. Howard awaits your input.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Zeeshan Ali asks whether his <ulink url="http://www.geocities.com/zeelists/video-wall.xml">Video-Wall HOWTO</ulink>, using Xinerama and Gstreamer, would be a good addition to TLDP. The document has been around for a while, but he now converted it to XML and applies for inclusion in our collection. Send him your comments!</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Zeeshan Ali asks whether his <ulink url="http://www.geocities.com/zeelists/video-wall.xml">Video-Wall HOWTO</ulink>, using Xinerama and Gstreamer, would be a good addition to TLDP. The document has been around for a while, but he now converted it to XML and applies for inclusion in our collection. Send him your comments!. Emma Jane Hogbin <ulink url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:7077:200404:nokhehdlcjgfemldedhm">had a few questions</ulink> about the documents content and detail. </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Martin Rodgers thinks his <ulink url="http://www.wildcard.demon.co.uk/howto/ameol-wine.html">Ameol/Wine HOWTO</ulink> is finished. Ameol is the offline reader for the commercial CIX service. Martin would appreciate input from Ameol users.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>K. Richard Pixley spent most of last week attempting to get an LDAP server up and running for authenticating both linux and samba and <ulink url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:7065:200404:ekgmocengagkoejbgelf">found</ulink> that the available Howto's were helpful, but insufficient. Richard floated his idea of a HOWTO for this. Emma Jane Hogbin <ulink url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:7080:200404:ikndjmbepldekebhjjej">was of the opinion</ulink> that If the current LDAP HOWTO or the LDAP-Implementation-HOWTO are lacking information, then they should be improved. </para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>AJ Lewis' <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/">LVM HOWTO</ulink> v0.9 features an updated FAQ, info about ext3, an updated links section and an overview of LVM2 commands.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The <ulink url="http://tldp.org/authors/inprogress.html">list of documents being reviewed</ulink> has been cleaned out rigidly by Emma Jane, who jumps in while Tabatha takes a much-needed holiday.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Emma Jane Hogbin updated the <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/LDP-Author-Guide/html/index.html">LDP Author Guide</ulink>. The v4.4 comes with an added editor credit requirements to the Using DocBook section. The submission procedure has also been updated. New documents can now only be added by one of the review coordinators after the successful completion of each of the required reviews. </para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>The <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Mobile-IPv6-HOWTO/">Linux Mobile IPv6 HOWTO</ulink> has been updated to v1.2 by Lars Strand. The new version has updates to the links section and the licence has been changed to GNU FDL with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. </para></listitem>
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<para>The <ulink url="http://tldp.org/authors/inprogress.html">list of documents being reviewed</ulink> has been cleaned out rigidly by Emma Jane, who jumps in while Tabatha takes a much-needed holiday.</para>
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