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<volumenum>2005</volumenum>
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<issuenum>18</issuenum>
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<publisher><publishername>The Linux Documentation Project</publishername></publisher>
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<pubdate>2005-05-04</pubdate>
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<title>The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News</title>
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<issuenum>18</issuenum>
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<publisher><publishername>The Linux Documentation Project</publishername></publisher>
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<pubdate>2005-05-04</pubdate>
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<title>The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News</title>
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<sect1 id="tldp-world-news">
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<title>News in The LDP world</title>
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<sect1 id="tldp-world-news">
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<title>News in The LDP world</title>
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<listitem>
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<para>Local links</para>
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<para>Local links</para>
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<para>Several people already pointed out that our <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/docs.html">docs page has absolute pointers back to iBiblio, whether you use the main site or a mirror. Because the mirrors do have the complete collection, having absolute links is rather pointless. The issue is now being dealt with and local links will be made available soon.</para>
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<para>Several people already pointed out that our <ulink
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url="http://www.tldp.org/docs.html">docs page</ulink> has absolute
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pointers back to iBiblio, whether you use the main site or a mirror.
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Because the mirrors do have the complete collection, having absolute
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links is rather pointless. The issue is now being dealt with and local
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links will be made available soon. </para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>New mirrors</para>
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<para>The LDP history</para>
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<para>Greg Ferguson put up an article <ulink
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url="http://www.tldp.org/history.html">TLDP history</ulink> that was
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published earlier in LinuxJournal. Some feedback, however, still needs
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to be incorporated to make it accurately reflect what happened during
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the last 10 years. </para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Unmaintained Documents</para>
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<para>Guido Gonzato sent in a mail indicating that he doesn't have the
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time to maintain the Configuration HOWTO, From DOS/Windows to Linux
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HOWTO, From VMS to Linux HOWTO and the Saving Space mini-HOWTO. If you
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would like to maintain any of these documents, send a mail to the
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<email>discuss@en.tldp.org</email> list. Thank you Guido for writing
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and maintaining these documents so far. </para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>OpenSource XML authoring tools</para>
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<para>Saqib Ali is covering VEX and ButterflyXML in his article for Free
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Software Magazine. The article might be interesting for HOWTO authors
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and editors. The HTML version is at <ulink
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url="http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/free_issues/issue_03/practical_applications_xml/"/>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="new-released">
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<title>New documents @ The LDP</title>
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<para></para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Trevor Harmon finilized the <ulink
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url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/TimeSys-Linux-Install-HOWTO/">TimeSys Linux
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Install mini-HOWTO</ulink>, which is a quick-start guide for installing
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TimeSys Linux on a typical desktop workstation. In the words of the
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author <quote>TimeSys Linux is a derivative of Linux created by TimeSys
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Corporation. It includes a fully preemptible kernel, a constant-time
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scheduler, fully schedulable interrupt handlers, fully schedulable
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soft-IRQs, and reduced interrupt disable times. These features reduce
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latency to a point where TimeSys Linux can be used as a Real-Time
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Operating System (RTOS).</quote>. </para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="new-review">
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<title>Documents submitted for review</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Nicolas Dufour prepares submission of the <ulink
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url="http://www.nemoworld.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=70">Linux
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Aviation HOWTO</ulink>, listing useful software for private, commercial
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and military pilots, airlines, airports and anything having to do with
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aeonautics. </para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Machtelt Garrels proposes <ulink
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url="http://tille.xalasys.com/training/tldp/flowcharts.php">new versions
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of the flowcharts explaining TLDP workings</ulink>. Yaroslaw Fedevych
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helpded making them more accessible by restyling the <ulink
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url="http://docs.linux.org.ua/stuff/tldp/pubprocess.pdf">Publishing
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Process Flowchart</ulink> and the <ulink
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url="http://docs.linux.org.ua/stuff/tldp/maint.pdf">Maintenance Process
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Flowchart</ulink>. Yaroslaw's versions are put forward for publication.
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="updated-docs">
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<title>Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>David Ranch updated the <ulink
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url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO/">Linux IP Masquerade
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HOWTO</ulink>. It has now more comments in the example rulesets. Apart
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from that lots of polishing has been done to streamline this HOWTO. The
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the rc.firewall-iptables-stronger ruleset was updated to fix a typo.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Avi Alkalay updated the <ulink
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url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/TimePrecision-HOWTO/">Managing Accurate Date
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and Time</ulink> to v1.0.9. This update includes a link to
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french translation. </para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="tldp-mirrors">
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<title>Mirror information update</title>
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<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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<itemizedlist>
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<para>Lots of people are interested in having their own mirror:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://xsteadfastx.is-a-geek.org/LDP" /> by Marvin Preuss, in Wolfsburg, Germany.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://tldp.attrition.jp/" /> by Ryan, in Tokyo, Japan. This is our first Japanese mirror, thank you Ryan!</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://tldp.corporacionlinux.cl" /> by Rodrigo Henriquez M., in Santiago, Chili.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.linux.org.py/LDP/" /> by Oliver Schultze, the first mirror in Paraguay. It is located in the city of Asuncion. Thank you, Oliver!</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://ldp.mirrorplus.org" /> by the admins of MirrorPlus, Munich, Germany.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://debian.phys.hacettepe.edu.tr/LDP" /> by Mustafa Bayramgil, in Ankara, Turkey.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://ldp.mirrors.asianbaptist.org/" /> by Matthew Isam, first mirror in the state of Oklahoma, USA. Congratulations!</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://viveka.math.hr/LDP/" /> by Vedran Sego, in Zagreb, Croatia. First Croatian mirror, well done!</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://viveka.math.hr/LDP/" /> by Marius David, Timisoara, Romania.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://gcwilhelm.dynalias.com/ldp/" /> by Gunter Wilhelm, Kirschhausen, Germany. </para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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</sect1>
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<para>News item title 3:</para>
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<sect1 id="tldp-contribute">
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<title>The LDP/LDPWN mini-HOWTO</title>
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<para>News item 3 body.</para>
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<para><ulink url="http://tldp.org/">The Linux Documentation Project</ulink>
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(TLDP) is working on developing free, high quality documentation for the
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GNU/Linux operating system. If you want to help TLDP, consider joining
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<email>discuss-subscribe@en.tldp.org</email> (a low volume discussion mailing
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list). You can also send your suggestions to
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<email>feedback@en.tldp.org</email>. </para>
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</listitem>
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<para>The LDP Weekly News is compiled, edited and published by Machtelt Garrels
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(Tille) and Y Giridhar Appaji Nag (Giri) with help from several other people.
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To receive this newsletter weekly in your mailbox, subscribe to the
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<email>news-subscribe@en.tldp.org</email> mailing list. Back issues are
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available at <ulink url="http://tldp.org/ldpwn">http://tldp.org/ldpwn</ulink>
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</para>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>Help us create this newsletter. We need volunteers who follow the
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community (mailing lists, newsgroups, web channels) and report events related
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to free software documentation. Write to us at
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<email>feedback@en.tldp.org</email>. </para>
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</sect1>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="tldp-discussions">
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<title>Discussions on The LDP lists</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Discussion topic title 1:</para>
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<para>Discussion topic 1 body.</para>
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<listitem>
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<para>Discussion topic title 2:</para>
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<para>Discussion topic 2 body.</para>
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<para>Discussion topic title 3:</para>
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<para>Discussion topic 3 body.</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="new-released">
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<title>New documents @ The LDP</title>
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<para></para>
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<!-- check url, i think greg will publish this tonight-->
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<listitem><para>Trevor Harmon finilized the <ulink url="http://doc.ece.uci.edu/~tharmon/files/TimeSys-Linux-Install-mini-HOWTO.html">TimeSys Linux Install mini-HOWTO</ulink>, which is a quick-start guide for installing TimeSys Linux on a typical desktop workstation. The document explains what TimeSys is and how to get in onto your system.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Greg Ferguson put up an article <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/history.html">TLDP history</ulink> that was published earlier in LinuxJournal. Some feedback, however, still needs to be incorporated to make it accurately reflect what happened during the last 10 years.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>.</para></listitem>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="new-review">
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<title>Documents submitted for review</title>
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<listitem><para>Nicolas Dufour prepares submission of the <ulink url="http://www.nemoworld.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=70">Linux Aviation HOWTO</ulink>, listing useful software for private, commercial and military pilots, airlines, airports and anything having to do with aeonautics.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Machtelt Garrels proposes <ulink url="http://tille.xalasys.com/training/tldp/flowcharts.php">new versions of the flowcharts explaining TLDP workings. Yaroslaw Fedevych helpded making them more accessible by restyling the <ulink url="http://docs.linux.org.ua/stuff/tldp/pubprocess.pdf">Publishing Process Flowchart</ulink> and the <ulink url="http://docs.linux.org.ua/stuff/tldp/maint.pdf">Maintenance Process Flowchart</ulink>. Yaroslaw's versions are put forward for publication.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>.</para></listitem>
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<title>New document proposals</title>
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<sect1 id="updated-docs">
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<title>Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>David Ranch updated the <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO/">Linux IP Masquerade HOWTO</ulink>. It has now more comments in the example rulesets. Apart from that lots of polishing has been done to streamline this HOWTO.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>.</para></listitem>
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<title>Mirror information update</title>
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<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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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para><ulink
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url="http://ftp.iitm.ac.in/LDP/">http://ftp.iitm.ac.in/LDP/</ulink>
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maintained by IIT Madras in Chennai, India and updated daily.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url=""></ulink>. </para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url=""></ulink>. </para></listitem>
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</sect1>
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<title>The LDP/LDPWN mini-HOWTO</title>
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<para><ulink url="http://tldp.org/">The Linux Documentation Project</ulink>
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(TLDP) is working on developing free, high quality documentation for the
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GNU/Linux operating system. If you want to help TLDP, consider joining
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<email>discuss-subscribe@en.tldp.org</email> (a low volume discussion mailing
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list). You can also send your suggestions to
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<email>feedback@en.tldp.org</email>. </para>
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<para>The LDP Weekly News is compiled, edited and published by Machtelt Garrels
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(Tille) and Y Giridhar Appaji Nag (Giri) with help from several other people.
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To receive this newsletter weekly in your mailbox, subscribe to the
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<email>news-subscribe@en.tldp.org</email> mailing list. Back issues are
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available at <ulink url="http://tldp.org/ldpwn">http://tldp.org/ldpwn</ulink>
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</para>
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<para>Help us create this newsletter. We need volunteers who follow the
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community (mailing lists, newsgroups, web channels) and report events related
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to free software documentation. Write to us at
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<email>feedback@en.tldp.org</email>. </para>
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</sect1>
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