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<articleinfo>
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<volumenum>2003</volumenum>
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<issuenum>29</issuenum>
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<publisher><publishername>The Linux Documentation Project</publishername></publisher>
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<pubdate>2003-11-12</pubdate>
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<title>The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News</title>
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</articleinfo>
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<sect1>
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<title>New documents</title>
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<sect2>
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<title>Fresh@LDP</title>
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<para>Chr. Clemens Lee sent in version 1.0 of the <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Debian-Binary-Package-Building-HOWTO/">Debian Binary Package Building mini-HOWTO</ulink>. The document explains how to build a minimal Debian (<filename>.deb</filename>) package for use on your systems.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Submitted for review</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>The <ulink url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:6293:200311:mbdklnaholglploocmcg">PDF version</ulink> of the DNS HOWTO. This document dates back to 2001 but does discuss Bind 9 configuration. However, be sure to download the latest release when working with Bind (fixes among other issues security issues with parameters discussed in Chapter 6 of the HOWTO).</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Tabatha Marshall, our Review Coordinator, took over the Reviewer HOWTO and <ulink url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:6298:200311:pmapkiilecbpmbglfjpl">converted it to XML</ulink>, checked the links and made it reflect the current review process.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<title>Updates</title>
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<sect2>
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<title>HOWTOs and FAQs</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>By Rick Moen: the <ulink url="http://tldp.org/FAQ/WordPerfect-Linux-FAQ">WordPerfect on Linux FAQ</ulink>, v1.4.14.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Rahul Sundaram, published v1.1 of his <ulink url="http://tldp.org/FAQ/LDP-FAQ/">Linux Documentation (LDP) FAQ</ulink>. A good reread of the initial release corrected spelling mistakes and puts the finishing touch on the content.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Giles Orr will some day be at the top of one of our edition. Meanwhile, here's v0.93 of his <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/">Bash Prompt HOWTO</ulink> (not to be mistaken for the <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/index.html">Advanced Bash Scripting Guide</ulink> or the <ulink url="http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html">Bash Programming - Introduction HOWTO</ulink>).</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>This is not a mistake. We can hardly keep up with Miroslav Skoric. Here are the new versions of his <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/FBB.html">FBB Packet-radio BBS mini-HOWTO</ulink> v1.27; <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LILO.html">LILO mini-HOWTO</ulink> v3.16 and <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+WinNT.html">Linux+WindowsNT mini-HOWTO</ulink> v2.16.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>David Ranch's <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO/">Linux IP Masquerade HOWTO</ulink> reached version 2.0, worth to mention.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>The <ulink
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url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree-Local-multi-user-HOWTO/">XFree Local
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Multi-User HOWTO</ulink> by Svetoslav Slavtchev is now at
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v1.3</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Guides</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>The <ulink
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url="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Pocket-Linux-Guide/html/">Pocket Linux
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Guide</ulink> by David Horton at v2.0.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Gerard Beekmans published v5.0 of the <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/lfs/html/">Linux From Scratch</ulink> HOWTO.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Also from David Ranch, the TrinityOS Guide. This document is a step-by-step example-driven explanation of how to build a very functional Linux box with a strong emphasis on security. In <ulink url="http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~dranch/LINUX/index-linux.html#trinityos">the new version</ulink> David fixes version numbering issues on many of the daemons he mentions, and corrects a couple of statements having to do with the different Linux Distributions.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<title>Happenings in the LDP world</title>
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<sect2>
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<title>HOWTOs Lacking Depth</title>
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<para>
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A long discussion ensued following a <ulink
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url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:5183:200311:ceejnklaecengajdijnf">
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feedback mail</ulink> from Laurent Bedubourg stating that the PHP HOWTO
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by Alavoor Vasudevan was highly opinionated. David Lawyer said
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that his (Al Devs) HOWTOs lacked depth and technical correctness and
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was of the strong opinion that they should be <ulink
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url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:5222:200311:claiepedajakajhoajgg">removed</ulink>
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from the collection. People said that Al Dev <ulink
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url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:5224:200311:cgifmmfdkblademlkock">did not
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respond</ulink> when they tried to contact him, though he did <ulink
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url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:5257:200311:dfjgigejjehpijbbhkdf">respond
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in a private mail from Tabatha</ulink> about the ongoing discussion.
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John Levon posted details as to why the <ulink
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url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:5259:200311:gikcohenohjjelfhpmkn">RCS/CVS
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HOWTO</ulink>, <ulink
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url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:5261:200311:ehobfdppkhnbjljbnfjk">C/C++
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beautifier HOWTO</ulink> and the <ulink
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url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:5262:200311:eahccadpdepgomgfdhna">Kernel
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HOWTO</ulink> should be removed from the collection. Machtelt Garrels
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<ulink
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url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:5278:200311:llbkjmmpicochfmgnahb">posted
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a summary</ulink>.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Document Rating System</title>
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<para>
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As a byproduct of the <ulink
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url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:sss:5246:200311:gdjbkmjjnnbnidpmhoed">chain
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on review and removal of HOWTOs lacking Depth</ulink>, several people
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suggested that there should be a document rating system. Lampadas was to
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solve all the problems, but since it is not ready yet, people suggested
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<ulink
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url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:5205:200311:omlehimehlgbagndmbia">Bugzilla</ulink>,
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A pre-set <ulink
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url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:5215:200311:fbacfjfdkmpbdhgmbbhp">document
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lifetime</ulink>, using wiki, and <ulink
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url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:5223:200311:ligfjhdfpdoigdokpcbi">many
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other suggestions</ulink>.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>LDP HOWTO Generator</title>
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<para>
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Stein Gjoen sent in an <ulink
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url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?10:mss:1915:200311:jbdbakjaacfndkmflfhi">update
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to his LDP HOWTO Generator</ulink> which he <ulink
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url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?10:mss:1822:200308:jbdbakjaacfndkmflfhi">announced
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in August</ulink>. <ulink
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url="http://wwww.nyx.net/~sgjoen/The_LDP_HOWTO_Generator.html">The
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generator</ulink> has now been tested with actual input, works with
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Netscape as well as IE, the resultant SGML is validated using sgmlcheck
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and it converts nicely into HTML.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="feedback">
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<title>Feedback and Contributions</title>
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<para>The Linux Documentation Project (TLDP) is working on developing
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free, high quality documentation for the GNU/Linux operating system.
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Announcements about TLDP are made via
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<email>announce-subscribe@en.tldp.org</email>. If you want to help TLDP,
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take a look at the <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/authors/">tasks
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page</ulink>, and consider joining
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<email>discuss-subscribe@en.tldp.org</email>.</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
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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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</sect1>
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</article>
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