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<listitem><para>Daniel Burr wrote this <ulink url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:7198:200401:degpojhlceedpfcncgab">VCD conversion HOWTO</ulink>, explaining how to convert your video tapes to a format suitable for Video CDs. He awaits your input.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Daniel Sumers Myers <ulink
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url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:6451:200401:addnmndhfbflgdbiaohg">proposed</ulink>
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to write a HOWTO on installing the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for
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Network Computing (BOINC; <ulink
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url="http://boinc.berkeley.edu">http://boinc.berkeley.edu)</ulink> and
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creating a simple test project.</para></listitem>
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<sect2 id="news-item1">
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<title>Linux+XFS HOWTO to Unmaintained</title>
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<para>Russel Ingram let us know that his Linux+XFS HOWTO can be moved to the unmaintained collection. While SGI's journaling filesystem is of course supported in the 2.6 kernels, Russel hasn't had the opportunity to keep the document nor his own skills up to date. He welcomes anyone who whishes to take over this document but also argues that you now have XFS support by default.</para>
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<para>Russel Ingram let us know that his Linux+XFS HOWTO can be moved to the unmaintained collection. While SGI's journaling filesystem is of course supported in the 2.6 kernels, Russel hasn't had the opportunity to keep the document nor his own skills up to date. He welcomes anyone who wishes to take over this document but also argues that you now have XFS support by default.</para>
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<para>Note that you may also use the ext3 or Reiser journaling filesystems, but tests have pointed out that XFS has better performance for really large files (in the Gigabytes range).</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="news-item2">
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<title>News item 2</title>
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<para>.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="news-item3">
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<title>News item 3</title>
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<para>.</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="discussions">
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<title>Discussions on TLDP lists</title>
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<sect2 id="discussion1">
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<title>Discussion topic 1</title>
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<title>ISBN for TLDP documents</title>
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<para>.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="discussion2">
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<title>Discussion topic 2</title>
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<para>.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="discussion3">
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<title>Discussion topic 3</title>
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<para>.</para>
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<para>Machtelt Garrels was toying with the idea of ISBN numbers for The
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LDP documents. People had various opinions about that and Martin WHEELER
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in a related context said that The LDP should not not be attempting to
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do what it is. Emma Jane Hogbin <ulink
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url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:6475:200401:jcgoangfebccbgnflhnf">contradicted</ulink>
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him and listed the incremental progress of The LDP and the work that she
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had been doing recently.</para>
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</sect2>
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<figure><title>Guylhem Aznar, taker of decisions</title>
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<phrase>Picture of Guylhem, holding a pint of beer</phrase>
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<para><emphasis>Q: What are you doing in the TLDP organization?</emphasis></para>
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<para>A: Apart from taking responsabilities in solving troublesome issues, I'm not really doing very much at the moment.</para>
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<para>A: Apart from taking responsibilities in solving troublesome issues, I'm not really doing very much at the moment.</para>
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<para>There was a time when my role was much more active. On the one hand I'm happy: the fact that I don't need to interfere that often anymore is a sure sign
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that TLDP is running smoothly now. Decisions are taken, applied and respected in an atmosphere of mutual trust. TLDP has matured, the team works. Moreover, being a medical resident, a PhD student, running my own consultancy business and
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contributing to various free software projects, all simultaneously, I don't have a lot of free time.</para>
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<para><emphasis>Q: Can you tell us about your presidency?</emphasis></para>
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<para>A: My first job was to unify the LDP again: we had mailinglists and servers all over the world, and nobody knew who was responsible for what. So I started by putting together a <quote>staff</quote>, a team of volunteers that could get TLDP structured. I learned the hard way that it was a good thing to have procedures and to discuss steps with my team before actually taking action.</para>
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<para>A: My first job was to unify the LDP again: we had mailing lists and servers all over the world, and nobody knew who was responsible for what. So I started by putting together a <quote>staff</quote>, a team of volunteers that could get TLDP structured. I learned the hard way that it was a good thing to have procedures and to discuss steps with my team before actually taking action.</para>
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<para>After a short romance with SGI, we got the relationship with ibiblio going again. They were very understanding and provided a lot of support, which enabled us to centralize resources in North Carolina.</para>
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I learned that many people are interested in TLDP, but not always for the good
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of the project.</para>
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<para>Anyway, we had to find a new domain name, and TLDP.org was short and free, so I took my responsabilities and moved the project to the domain we are currently using. TLDP is now much more than the former English-only project, and much more efficient, so it was for the best, if you ask me. I'd like to take this opportunity to ask other non-English projects to join us, rather than duplicating efforts. I'm confident that our new evolutions - such as sorted documentation, more automatisation and the <quote>seal of quality</quote> on the documents we
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<para>Anyway, we had to find a new domain name, and TLDP.org was short and free, so I took my responsibilities and moved the project to the domain we are currently using. TLDP is now much more than the former English-only project, and much more efficient, so it was for the best, if you ask me. I'd like to take this opportunity to ask other non-English projects to join us, rather than duplicating efforts. I'm confident that our new evolutions - such as sorted documentation, more automatisation and the <quote>seal of quality</quote> on the documents we
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put forward will make them want to work altogether.</para>
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<para><emphasis>Q: I read somewhere that you have a cure for ignorance. We're very curious as to what this is?</emphasis></para>
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<para>A: Education, education and education. With a little support to help getting started.</para>
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<para>I call it a <quote>cure</quote> because I think ignorance is a disease (I'm into medicine, don't blame me!). It can cause lot of symptoms, such as stupid questions, lack of understanding on how to fix basic problems, bad behaviour, and lack of respect for this enormous effort.</para>
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<para>I call it a <quote>cure</quote> because I think ignorance is a disease (I'm into medicine, don't blame me!). It can cause lot of symptoms, such as stupid questions, lack of understanding on how to fix basic problems, bad behavior, and lack of respect for this enormous effort.</para>
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<para>I'm quite concerned by the current flow of GNU/Linux users who do not take time to learn the system: the basics such as the shell, the multi-user aspect,
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and above all, free software ethics. If I had a wish, I'd like a desktop icon on every distribution linking to basic documents, to give new users a clue. You can't blame them now - TLDP is not very visible, and free documentation is not always put forward.</para>
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<para>Moreover, some people take free software for granted. They think it's
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normal and ask authors for all kind of features or support as if it was
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compulsary for the authors, who are in most cases not even payed. They do code
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compulsory for the authors, who are in most cases not even payed. They do code
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for their personal satisfaction, not to indulge their every wish!</para>
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<para><emphasis>(Note from the redaction: these are the same people who think it is a
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<para><emphasis>(Note from the reaction: these are the same people who think it is a
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perfectly normal thing not to pay for commercial software as well and just make
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illegal copies...)</emphasis></para>
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<para>This ignorance fuels Open Source movements, which only take free software
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society and politics. These words shouldn't be taboos: political and social
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movements should be mentioned along free software for all sorts of
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reasons.</para>
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<para>I'd like new GNU/Linux users to be aware of the global project behind freesoftware. Free software is about coming back to true capitalism - a real
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<para>I'd like new GNU/Linux users to be aware of the global project behind free software. Free software is about coming back to true capitalism - a real
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competition, with real business opportunities. The current situation with
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<quote>intellectual property</quote> and non-free software is an artificial scarcity created to try to sell what can't be sold. Illegal copy is just a symptom of the lack of adaptation between the market and the people. Free software offers an excellent way to solve that problem. DRM, DMCA, Palladium etcetera are all designed to try to make a broken model work. You can see that I can get quite excited about this, but let's face it: we live in the digital age. Live with it or die like the dinosaurs did.</para>
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related to free software documentation. Write to us at
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<email>feedback@en.tldp.org</email>.</para>
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<para>LDP Weekly News is compiled and edited by Machtelt Garrels and Y
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Giridhar Appaji Nag with help from several other people.</para>
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<para>The LDP Weekly News is compiled and edited by Machtelt Garrels and
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Y Giridhar Appaji Nag with help from several other people.</para>
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