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2005 - 18 - The Linux Documentation Project - 2005-05-04 - The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News - + 18 + The Linux Documentation Project + 2005-05-04 + The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News + - - News in The LDP world + +News in The LDP world - + - + - Local links +Local links - Several people already pointed out that our 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. +Several people already pointed out that our 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. - + - + - New mirrors +The LDP history + +Greg Ferguson put up an article TLDP history 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. + + + + + +Unmaintained Documents + +Guido Gonzato sent in a mail indicating that he doesn't have the +time to maintain the Configuration HOWTO, From DOS/Windows to Linux +HOWTO, From VMS to Linux HOWTO and the Saving Space mini-HOWTO. If you +would like to maintain any of these documents, send a mail to the +discuss@en.tldp.org list. Thank you Guido for writing +and maintaining these documents so far. + + + + + +OpenSource XML authoring tools + +Saqib Ali is covering VEX and ButterflyXML in his article for Free +Software Magazine. The article might be interesting for HOWTO authors +and editors. The HTML version is at . + + + + + + + + + + +New documents @ The LDP + + + + + +Trevor Harmon finilized the TimeSys Linux +Install mini-HOWTO, which is a quick-start guide for installing +TimeSys Linux on a typical desktop workstation. In the words of the +author TimeSys Linux is a derivative of Linux created by TimeSys +Corporation. It includes a fully preemptible kernel, a constant-time +scheduler, fully schedulable interrupt handlers, fully schedulable +soft-IRQs, and reduced interrupt disable times. These features reduce +latency to a point where TimeSys Linux can be used as a Real-Time +Operating System (RTOS).. + + + + + + + +Documents submitted for review + + + +Nicolas Dufour prepares submission of the Linux +Aviation HOWTO, listing useful software for private, commercial +and military pilots, airlines, airports and anything having to do with +aeonautics. + +Machtelt Garrels proposes new versions +of the flowcharts explaining TLDP workings. Yaroslaw Fedevych +helpded making them more accessible by restyling the Publishing +Process Flowchart and the Maintenance Process +Flowchart. Yaroslaw's versions are put forward for publication. + + + + + + + +Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides + + + +David Ranch updated the Linux IP Masquerade +HOWTO. It has now more comments in the example rulesets. Apart +from that lots of polishing has been done to streamline this HOWTO. The +the rc.firewall-iptables-stronger ruleset was updated to fix a typo. + + +Avi Alkalay updated the Managing Accurate Date +and Time to v1.0.9. This update includes a link to +french translation. + + + + + + +Mirror information update + +The following are the latest additions to our list of mirrors: + + - Lots of people are interested in having their own mirror: - by Marvin Preuss, in Wolfsburg, Germany. + by Ryan, in Tokyo, Japan. This is our first Japanese mirror, thank you Ryan! + by Rodrigo Henriquez M., in Santiago, Chili. + by Oliver Schultze, the first mirror in Paraguay. It is located in the city of Asuncion. Thank you, Oliver! + by the admins of MirrorPlus, Munich, Germany. + by Mustafa Bayramgil, in Ankara, Turkey. + by Matthew Isam, first mirror in the state of Oklahoma, USA. Congratulations! + by Vedran Sego, in Zagreb, Croatia. First Croatian mirror, well done! + by Marius David, Timisoara, Romania. + by Gunter Wilhelm, Kirschhausen, Germany. - - + - + - News item title 3: + +The LDP/LDPWN mini-HOWTO - News item 3 body. +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. - + - - Discussions on The LDP lists - - - - - - Discussion topic title 1: - - Discussion topic 1 body. - - - - - - Discussion topic title 2: - - Discussion topic 2 body. - - - - - - Discussion topic title 3: - - Discussion topic 3 body. - - - - - - - - - - New documents @ The LDP - - - - - - Trevor Harmon finilized the TimeSys Linux Install mini-HOWTO, 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. - - Greg Ferguson put up an article TLDP history 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. - - . - - - - - - - - Documents submitted for review - - - - Nicolas Dufour prepares submission of the Linux Aviation HOWTO, listing useful software for private, commercial and military pilots, airlines, airports and anything having to do with aeonautics. - - Machtelt Garrels proposes new versions of the flowcharts explaining TLDP workings. Yaroslaw Fedevych helpded making them more accessible by restyling the Publishing Process Flowchart and the Maintenance Process Flowchart. Yaroslaw's versions are put forward for publication. - - . - - - - - - - - New document proposals - - - - . - - . - - . - - - - - - - Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides - - - - David Ranch updated the Linux IP Masquerade HOWTO. It has now more comments in the example rulesets. Apart from that lots of polishing has been done to streamline this HOWTO. - - . - - . - - - - - - - Mirror information update - - The following are the latest additions to our list of mirrors: - - - - http://ftp.iitm.ac.in/LDP/ - maintained by IIT Madras in Chennai, India and updated daily. - - - . - - . - - - - - - - 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. - - - -
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