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<articleinfo>
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<volumenum>2003</volumenum>
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<issuenum>31</issuenum>
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<publisher><publishername>The Linux Documentation
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Project</publishername></publisher>
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<pubdate>2003-11-25</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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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Lars Strand's <ulink
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url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Mobile-IPv6-HOWTO/">Linux Mobile IPv6
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HOWTO</ulink>, describing the software and procedures to set up and use
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mobile IPv6 for Linux. </para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Manoj Warrier, Shishir Deshpande and V. S. Ashoka's
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<ulink
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url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Scientific-Computing-with-GNU-Linux/">Scientific
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Computing with Free GNU/Linux Software HOWTO</ulink>. The document aims
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to show how a PC running GNU/Linux can be used for scientific computing.
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It lists the various available free software and also links on the world
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wide web to tutorials on getting started with the tools.
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Proposed new documents</title>
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<para>From the feedback mailinglist: how about a Windows-Linux Analogy HOWTO?
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This would be a HOWTO describing what to do in order to run your favorite
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Microsoft Windows tasks and programs on a Linux machine. If you ever had trouble
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migrating and you found solutions, then your input might be of great
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value! There is a resource at <ulink
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url="http://www.ndeepak.info/stuff/linux/linapps.php">http://www.ndeepak.info/stuff/linux/linapps.php</ulink>
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that attempts at helping the users of MS Windows to make an easy transition
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from their OS to GNU/Linux.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Submitted for review</title>
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<para>It seems there is some confusion about this section. So, in order to make
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it extra clear for the reader:</para>
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<para>The purpose of this section is to help authors gather feedback. Your
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constructive criticism is <emphasis>very</emphasis> welcome!</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Alex Weeks has taken it on him to update the <ulink
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url="http://tldp.org/LDP/sag/index.html">Linux System Administrator's Guide</ulink>.
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He's started cleaning out, and already added a new part about NTP, the Network
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Time Protocol. The SAG was originally authored by some quite famous people, so
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we would like to wish Alex strength, patience and courage so as to be a worthy
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successor. He might need your help, however, so please check out the current
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version and let Alex know what else you think is missing.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Werner Heuser submitted a <ulink
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url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:6396:200311:cancakbdomidilaanpca">new
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edition of the Laptop HOWTO</ulink>. Since this one, apart from laptops, also
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covers PDA and mobile telephone configuration topics - which presumably made it a lot
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longer, Werner would like to rename his document to be the <quote>Linux Mobile
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Guide</quote>. Since these are big changes and since we are, after all, on the
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high of a re-styling wave, Tabatha subsequently suggested to give this new
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addition to our Guides collection a <ulink
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url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:6397:200311:cancakbdomidilaanpca">thorough
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review</ulink>. <ulink
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url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:6402:200311:cancakbdomidilaanpca">Werner
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agreed</ulink>, so Tabatha is looking for a volunteer now. *hint*
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;-)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink
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url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:6407:200311:abimfngadhibogkclfmk">And this
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post</ulink> proves that we can never have enough volunteers. Imagine that you,
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like Lars Strand, ask for comments on your work. You've actively participated
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in other discussions, you are enthusiastic about being a first time author and
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all, but after some days it proves that you get no reaction whatsoever. So we'd
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like to address a request to our dear readers: our authors do wish to
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to hear comments on their documents! Even if it's just a
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spelling correction, they appreciate that, and will most likely personally tell
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you so. And then you will have an authentic E-mail, personally directed to you,
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from one of our authors! And you will be able to honestly brag about your
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participation in an Open Source project ;-)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Artemiy Pavlov submitted the first version of his <ulink
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url="http://linuxdoc.artemio.net/squashfs">SquashFS HOWTO</ulink>. SquashFS is a
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file system for small Linux implementations, which is for instance needed for
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embedded systems (on a computer chip) or on flash memory. SquashFS uses a strong
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compression mechanism that squeezes the last drop out of every available bit. It
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is a read-only file system, so it's ideal for archiving purposes. If you want
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SquashFS support, you need a kernel patch and maybe the
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<command>mksquashfs</command> command to create these <quote>squashed</quote> file
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systems.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Niko Sauer submitted the <ulink
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url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:6441:200311:iddffjjonhgepdhbbfad">USB
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Flash Memory HOWTO</ulink>, a new document.</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</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Ian Ward found a small error having to do with the
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<command>lpadmin</command> command (to administer printers), which he corrected in v1.3 of
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the <ulink
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url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printing/index.html">Debian and
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Windows Shared Printing mini-HOWTO</ulink>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>David S.Lawyer's <ulink
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url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO.html">Modem-HOWTO</ulink> has
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been updated to v0.31 with the sections on Mgetty dial-in and setserial
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re-written. </para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Ari M<>kel<65> submitted the v2.0.21 of his <ulink
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url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Finnish-HOWTO/">Finnish HOWTO</ulink> with a
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lang="fi" attribute to the book element and a few language corrections.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>The <ulink
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url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Serial-HOWTO.html">Serial HOWTO</ulink>
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written originally by Greg Hankins and now being maintained by David
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S.Lawyer has been updated to v2.21 with the Kernel compile USB options for
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serial ports and a revised setserial section. </para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>David S. Lawyer sent in v1.33 of his <ulink
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url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Text-Terminal-HOWTO.html">Text-Terminal-HOWTO</ulink>
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with a revised setserial section. </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>LDP Documentation License</title>
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<para>Rahul Sundaram was <ulink
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url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:5619:200311:ihpahginmljdgbhooeje">looking</ulink>
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into <ulink
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url="http://people.debian.org/~srivasta/Position_Statement.html">GNU FDL
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issues in Debian</ulink> and asked if OPL (Open Publication License
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<ulink
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url="http://www.opencontent.org/opl.shtml">http://www.opencontent.org/opl.shtml</ulink>) without any restrictions had
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any issues and what people think in general about documentation
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licenses. David Lawyer <ulink
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url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:5625:200311:claiepedajakajhoajgg">said</ulink>
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that the LDP needs to create it's own license and prevent documentation
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abuse. Andy Oram <ulink
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url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:5637:200311:dokpachmpofmkohiengn">suggested</ulink> that the LDP should contact the Creative
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Commons for help. Somewhere in the discussion, Colin Watson <ulink
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url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:5689:200311:apcdgkbgafajaibhibkf">explained</ulink>
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why Rodolfo J. Paiz's ideas of protection of documentation were not in
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the spirit of freedom
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and how freedom applied to documentation just like it would apply to
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software. </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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