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<H4>"The Linux Gazette...<I>making Linux just a little more fun!</I>"</H4>
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<H4>By James T. Dennis,
<a href="mailto:linux-questions-only@ssc.com">linux-questions-only@ssc.com</a><BR>
Starshine Technical Services,
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<H3 align="left"><img src="../../gx/dennis/qbubble.gif"
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>LTT submission</H3>
<p><strong>From pat on Sun, 17 Jan 1999
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<BLOCKQUOTE><em>[
Hmm. Jim scribbled a note here advising me to make sure
to link the :Linux Tips and Tricks" site. I wonder where that
could be?
<ul>
<li>I tried the Google! Linux search
(<a href="http://www.google.com/linux"
>http://www.google.com/linux</a>)
but got hundreds of hits on The Gazette's 2cent Tips
from LG mirrors.
<li>LinuxHQ (<a href="http://www.linuxhq.com">www.linuxhq.com</a>)
would probably know, but their ht//dig database broke
when the webmaster upgraded, it's supposed to be fixed soon.
<li>Doesn't sound like he means the Linux KnowledgeBase
(<a href="http://linuxkb.cheek.com/"
>http://linuxkb.cheek.com/</a>)
<li>He couldn't mean <a href="http://howto.linuxberg.com/"
>http://howto.linuxberg.com/</a>, I don't think he
even knows the TUCOWS folks started up Linuxberg.
<li>Even the Mini-HOWTO's are a bit large to be "Tips and Tricks"
in my book (but you can check the LDP anyway at
<a href="http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/ldp.html"
>http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/ldp.html</a> to see
what you think).
<li>I tried Linux Links by Goob
(<a href="http://www.linuxlinks.com/"
>http://www.linuxlinks.com/</a>) which has
lots of great stuff, but the only hit on these two
keywords found a page for Chinese Linux users.
<li><a href="http://www.linuxpowered.com/"
>LinuxPowered.Com</a> looks pretty handy for Linux
newbies, but doesn't mention either word, since it
has clearer categories.
</ul>
So, I guess I can't say there's any "one true", definitive
Tips and Tricks site. I wonder what he meant??
-- Heather ]
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Thanks for the tip
</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>
And even more as i'm reading each month your column in LG and you're great.
I've learned many things with you.
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I've also changed the url of ipchains as you pointed out.
</STRONG></P>
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That's good. Stale links are a bear.
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
One thing you could do is point to the Linux-TIPS
HOWTO (or mirror it at your site --- and link to
your own mirror), and provide a set of links to
to the Linux Gazette "2 Cent Tips" columns (and to
mine if you like). Since LG is under the LDP license
you can mirror the whole set if you like.
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><em>[ OK, I guess he meant the specific HOWTO,
<a href="http://www.linuxhq.com/HOWTO/Tips-HOWTO.html"
>http://www.linuxhq.com/HOWTO/Tips-HOWTO.html</a>
-- Heather ]
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
This will help bootstrap your site and help users
get <EM>alot</EM> more tips.
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
It would be <EM>really</EM> cool if you or some volunteers
went through the existing TIPS HOWTO and 2 Cent Tips
and Answer Guy back issues and indexed (and or quoted)
them into your organizational hierarchy. Granted, it's
rather boring scutwork (read, cut, paste, wrap in
HTML) rather than creative research and composition ---
but your readership will get a huge bang for their buck.
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
The problem with my writing (vis a vis the Answer Guy)
is that it follows no organization and is not sanely
indexed (not counting the search engines). So I've
written five or six hundred pages of useful stuff that
is inaccessible to many of the key people that need it
--- since they can't wade through all of the back issues
to find it.
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
My wife has toyed with the idea of doing a "best of" cut
and setting up a set of web pages devoted to it. If I was
making enough money (or got some funding) I'd pay someone
to do it.
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
Hmmm. I should provide a courtesy link from my column
to your site. I'm copying this to my lgaz and star
(editor) addresses to remind me.
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><em>[ Aha! Together with the referer below, I deduce
(and my browser confirms) that he means
<dl>
<dt>LTT: Linux Tips and Tricks
<dd><a href="http://www.patoche.org/LTT/"
>http://www.patoche.org/LTT/</a>
</dl>
If you want to submit a tip to Pat, use the link below.
My tip for Pat ... add yourself to the Linux related search
engines so people can find you. This column ought to help
<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/smily.gif" ALT=";)"
height="24" width="20" align="middle">.
-- Heather ]
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Thanks
Patrick
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<P><STRONG>
On 06-Jan-99, took time to write :
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<P><STRONG><FONT COLOR="#000066"><EM>
Le Wed Jan 6 04:50:50 1999 depuis la machine 209.157.85.20
la fiche suivante a ete transmise :
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Referer = <A HREF="http://www.patoche.org/LTT/submit.html?from=33"
>http://www.patoche.org/LTT/submit.html?from=33</A>
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<P><STRONG><FONT COLOR="#000066"><EM>
subject : rpm -Vp Verifies .rpm file vs. Installation
sections : Security
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<H5 align="center"><a href="http://www.linuxgazette.com/copying.html"
>Copyright &copy;</a> 1999, James T. Dennis
<BR>Published in <I>The Linux Gazette</I> Issue 37 February 1999</H5>
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