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<articleinfo>
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<volumenum>2005</volumenum>
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<issuenum>26</issuenum>
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<publisher><publishername>The Linux Documentation Project</publishername></publisher>
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<pubdate>2005-09-14</pubdate>
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<title>The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News</title>
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</articleinfo>
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<sect1 id="tldp-world-news">
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<title>News in The LDP world</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Checking for inactive maintainers</para>
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<para>Machtelt Garrels, newly appointed Review Coordinator, took a dive
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into the HOWTO collection. All authors of inactive documents (not
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updated this year) were contacted and asked if they planned to update
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their documents any time soon. The <ulink
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url="http://tille.xalasys.com/training/tldp/authors.php">results of the
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effort</ulink> are available. In case you can get in touch with any of
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the inactive document authors and maintainers of the documents that you
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use often, please send in the information to the
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<email>feedback@en.tldp.org</email> address. </para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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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>Modernizing TLDP:</para>
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<para>August was a busy month on the <email>discuss@en.tldp.org</email>
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mailinglist. The pros and cons of a wiki for TLDP were discussed, and finally it was decided that it wouldn't be a bad idea to have wiki pages for those HOWTOs that seem abandoned. Pradeep Padala and jdd made <ulink url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:sss:9637:200509:fgndlpjndkplofokbege">a summary</ulink> of <ulink url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:9574:200508:jakplipchbmiecnannjm">the discussion</ulink>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>HOWTOs for Hardware</para>
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<para>While on the discussion about the demo page that was setup by jdd at
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<ulink url="http://dodin.org/~tldp/mw/index.php/Main_Page" />, Saqib Ali
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said that TLDP as it currently exist should now retire as most
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of the HOWTOs (including ones authored by him) are not needed anymore, since the
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linux
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distros and other opensource apps have started producing excellent
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documentation. David Lawyer <ulink
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url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:9643:200509:claiepedajakajhoajgg">responded</ulink>
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saying <quote>There is more need than ever for HOWTOs covering hardware.
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The apps
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seldom cover hardware and if they do, may not cover it adequately.
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One problem is that there is a lot of hardware that doesn't work with
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Linux due to Windows-only drivers. In other cases the hardware will
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work under Linux but doesn't have all its features supported by the
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Linux driver. Also, some hardware is defective in design, but will
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still work if the driver has a workaround. Currently, there's only
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limited coverage of hardware by HOWTOs and much of it is
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out-of-date.</quote></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>Gaurav Prasad described the <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Oracle-9i-Fedora-3-Install-HOWTO/">installation procedures</ulink> of Oracle 9i on Fedora Core 3.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>The Linux Laptop HOWTO was archived and replaced with Werner Heuser's <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Mobile-Guide/html/index.html">Linux on the Road</ulink> or Linux Mobile guide. Though there are laptop, notebook, PDA and mobile phone related
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HOWTOs available already, this guide contains a concise survey
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of documents related to mobile computer devices. Also Linux
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features, such as installation methods for laptops, notebooks
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and PDAs as well as configurations for different (network)
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environments are described.
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And though there are some caveats, Linux is a good choice for mobile
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computing devices than most other operating systems because
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it supports numerous installation methods, works in many
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heterogeneous environments and needs fewer resources.</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 submitted the <ulink url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:9435:200507:lcehlpkapofdffllaknl">Linux Aviation HOWTO</ulink>, containing a summary of useful software for pilots and navigators.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Review is ongoing for the <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/MP3-HOWTO.html">MP3 HOWTO</ulink> by Phil Kerr.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>A new maintainer was found for the <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Security-Quickstart-Redhat-HOWTO/index.html">Security Quick-Start HOWTO for Red Hat Linux</ulink>, the <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Security-Quickstart-HOWTO/index.html">Security Quick-Start HOWTO for Linux</ulink> and the <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/XWindow-User-HOWTO/index.html">The X Window User HOWTO</ulink>; these are currently <ulink url="http://tldp.org/authors/inprogress.html#review">being reviewed</ulink>.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="new-proposed">
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<title>New document proposals</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Stuart Ellis <ulink url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:sss:9638:200509:mgngmhhlmnioclinpjnb">proposed an SSH HOWTO</ulink> and got the go-ahead.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Kave Aryan had to write a filesystem as part of his final project at the University of Teheran and wants to <ulink url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:9631:200509:ecdgaahblachpccdgbbk">contribute his documentation about this</ulink>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Nishant Sharma wants to write something about the <ulink url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:9641:200509:kkablndcmilfaaifeaam">Sierra Wireless PC-Card</ulink> which is offered country-wide by an Indian ISP.</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>Steven Pritchard: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/">Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Nils Radtke: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Ethernet-Bridge-netfilter-HOWTO.html">Ethernet Bridge + netfilter Howto</ulink></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>AJ Lewis: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/">LVM HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Avi Alkalay: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Font-HOWTO/">Optimal Use of Fonts on Linux</ulink></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Bryan Henderson: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Module-HOWTO/">Linux Loadable Kernel Module HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Lars Wirzenius, Joanna Oja, Stephen Stafford, and Alex Weeks: <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/sag/html/index.html">The Linux System Administrators' Guide</ulink></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Daniel Nofftz: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Athlon-Powersaving-HOWTO/">Athlon Powersaving HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Werner Heuser: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Ecology-HOWTO/">Linux Ecology-HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Ian Ward: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printing/">Debian and Windows Shared Printing mini-HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Chr. Clemens Lee: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Debian-Binary-Package-Building-HOWTO/">Debian Binary Package Building HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>David S.Lawyer: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Plug-and-Play-HOWTO.html">Plug-and-Play-HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Thomas Chiverton: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Compaq-T1500-HOWTO/">CompaqT1500-Linux HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Jean-Philippe Gerard: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Online-Troubleshooting-HOWTO/">Online Troubleshooting Resources: HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Mendel Cooper: <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/index.html">Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide</ulink></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Machtelt Garrels: <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/index.html">Bash Beginner's Guide</ulink></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>John Eikenberry: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/AI-Alife-HOWTO.html">GNU/Linux AI & Alife HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Ram Samudrala: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Cluster-HOWTO.html">Linux Cluster HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Machtelt Garrels: <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html">Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide</ulink></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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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.linuxadm.com/LDP" /> maintained by Tony Escujuri in Mesa, Arizona, USA. </para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://slugphils.homelinux.org/LDP" />
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maintained by Michael Balcos in Quezon City, Metro Manila, The Philippines. </para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.bangladesh-linux-info.org/" />
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maintained by Tom Sonsuwan in Texas, USA. </para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://tldp.ugm.ac.id" /> maintained by Taufik Suryawan Edyna in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. </para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://ldp.oslookup.org" /> maintained by Constantinos Laitsas in Frankfurt, Germany.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://legion.besove.org/ldp/" /> maintained by Peio Popov in Sofia, Bulgaria. </para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.linux-diary.net/LDP" />
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maintained in Frederick, Maryland, USA. </para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://ldp.lug.md/" /> maintained by Grigore Raileanu in Chisinau, Moldavia. </para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="tldp-contribute">
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<title>The LDP/LDPWN mini-HOWTO</title>
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<para><ulink url="http://tldp.org/">The Linux Documentation
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Project</ulink> (TLDP) is working on developing free, high quality
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documentation for the GNU/Linux operating system. If you want to help
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TLDP, consider joining <email>discuss-subscribe@en.tldp.org</email> (a
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low volume discussion mailing list). You can also send your suggestions
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to <email>feedback@en.tldp.org</email>. </para>
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<para>The LDP Weekly News is compiled, edited and published by Machtelt
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Garrels (Tille) and Y Giridhar Appaji Nag (Giri) with help from several
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other people. To receive this newsletter weekly in your mailbox,
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subscribe to the <email>news-subscribe@en.tldp.org</email> mailing list.
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Back issues are available at <ulink url="http://tldp.org/ldpwn" />
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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
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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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</sect1>
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