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<h1 class="title"><a name="AEN2"></a>TLDP Weekly News</h1>
<b>Issue Number :</b> 11<br>
<b>Publication Date :</b> 2003-07-08<br>
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<dt class="c1">Table of Contents</dt>
<dt>1. <a href="#AEN9">New documents</a></dt>
<dd>
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<dt>1.1. <a href="#AEN11">Proposed new documents</a></dt>
<dt>1.2. <a href="#AEN21">Submitted for review</a></dt>
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</dd>
<dt>2. <a href="#AEN39">Updates</a></dt>
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<dt>2.1. <a href="#AEN41">HOWTOs</a></dt>
<dt>2.2. <a href="#AEN72">Guides</a></dt>
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</dd>
<dt>3. <a href="#AEN78">Happenings in the LDP world</a></dt>
<dd>
<dl>
<dt>3.1. <a href="#AEN80">Updated ldp-xsl stylesheets</a></dt>
<dt>3.2. <a href="#AEN85">Fixed LDP CVS request form</a></dt>
<dt>3.3. <a href="#AEN90">LDP Author Guide: New outline</a></dt>
<dt>3.4. <a href="#AEN95">Re-indexed LDP documents</a></dt>
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<dt>4. <a href="#feedback">Feedback and Contributions</a></dt>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="AEN9"></a>1. New documents</h1>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="AEN11"></a>1.1. Proposed new documents</h2>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Wolfgang Fuschlberger <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:4664:200307:bihoclgaklofcdbfodgc" target="_top">proposed to summarize</a> the process describing the
setting up a Linux-Box to act as a public Web-Terminal. The only other document he could find describing a similar work is the Kiosk-HOWTO, which is rather outdated.</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">Emma Jane Hogbin <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:4676:200307:ikndjmbepldekebhjjej" target="_top">proposed to write</a> a HOWTO on Multi-lingual Searching
With ht://dig. A draft version is available at <a href="http://xtrinsic.com/geek/articles/language.phtml" target="_top">http://xtrinsic.com/geek/articles/language.phtml</a>.</span></li>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="AEN21"></a>1.2. Submitted for review</h2>
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<li><span class="rss:item">M. Gareth sent in his GNU Tools Linux summary for review, you can read it at <a href="http://www.karakas-online.de/gnu_linux_tools_summary/t1.html" target=
"_top">http://www.karakas-online.de/gnu_linux_tools_summary/t1.html</a>.</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">Machtelt Garrels submitted a document entitled <a href="http://tille.soti.org/training/bash" target="_top">Bash for Beginners</a>.</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">Eduardo Sztokbant sent in a proposal for a document describing <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:5259:200307:ggkdllnfmpnmjddcgofj" target="_top">HOWTO plug you
USB Sony DSC camera</a> into your Linux box.</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">Simon Anderson put together a <a href="http://oob.freeshell.org/nzwireless/LWAP-HOWTO.html" target="_top">Linux Wireless Access Point HOWTO</a> and would like to include
the document in the LDP collection.</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">Binh announced that the Linux Dictionary Draft Publication is ready for interested people to take a look at <a href="http://cvsview.tldp.org/index.cgi/" target=
"_top">http://cvsview.tldp.org/index.cgi/</a>.</span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="AEN39"></a>2. Updates</h1>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="AEN41"></a>2.1. HOWTOs</h2>
<p>We had a bit of delay, so here's to make it up to you:</p>
<ul>
<li><span class="rss:item">Saqib Ali updated his <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Apache-WebDAV-LDAP-HOWTO/" target="_top">Apache-WebDAV-LDAP HOWTO</a>, it is now at v4.0.</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">Thorsten Kukuk updated his <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/NIS-HOWTO/" target="_top">Linux NIS(YP)/NYS/NIS+ HOWTO</a> to v1.3.</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">Evgueni Tzvetanov renamed his first Oracle related HOWTO to include RedHat9. It is now called the <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Oracle-9i-RH8-and-RH9-HOWTO.html" target=
"_top">Oracle-9i-RH8-and-RH9-HOWTO</a>. Note that this is only a simple installation example.</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">Bryan Henderson sent us v1.03 of his <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Module-HOWTO/" target="_top">Linux Loadable Kernel Module HOWTO</a>.</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">We also got v1.4 of the <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linksys-Blue-Box-Router-HOWTO/" target="_top">Linksys Blue Box Router HOWTO</a>, by Eric Steven Raymond.</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">And Gerardo Arnaez sent in v2.2.2 of the <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Wireless-Link-sys-WPC11/" target="_top">Link-sys WPC11 Mini-HOWTO</a>.</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">The <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/TimePrecision-HOWTO/" target="_top">TimePrecision-HOWTO</a> by AviAlkalay explains the accurate management of date and time, this
document is v1.0.5 now.</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">Al Dev submitted v6.1 of the <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO/" target="_top">Linux Kernel HOWTO</a>.</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">Emma Jane Hogbin summarizes the installation process for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface in her <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/ACPI-HOWTO/" target="_top">ACPI
HOWTO</a>.</span></li>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="AEN72"></a>2.2. Guides</h2>
<ul>
<li><span class="rss:item">Mendel Cooper sent in v1.9 of the <a href="http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/" target="_top">Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide</a>.</span></li>
</ul>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="AEN78"></a>3. Happenings in the LDP world</h1>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="AEN80"></a>3.1. Updated ldp-xsl stylesheets</h2>
<p>David Horton <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?2:mss:441:200307:lohjkpdcebjmjedplhpl" target="_top">sent in an update</a> indicating that he fixed the LDP XSL stylesheets to work with
docbook-xsl-1.61.3. The updated version is available at <a href="http://my.core.com/~dhorton/docbook/tldp-xsl/tldp-xsl-30jun2003.tar.gz" target="_top">tldp-xsl-30jun2003.tar.gz</a> and David is
interested in feedback.</p>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="AEN85"></a>3.2. Fixed LDP CVS request form</h2>
<p>Sergiusz Pawlowicz <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:4666:200307:dakblliambaibglandeb" target="_top">announced</a> that the broken LDP CVS account request form was now fixed. In case
you were waiting for your account to be created, fill in the form once again at <a href="http://tldp.org/cvs/" target="_top">http://tldp.org/cvs/</a>.</p>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="AEN90"></a>3.3. LDP Author Guide: New outline</h2>
<p>Emma Jane Hogbin felt that the <a href="" target="_top">LDP Author Guide</a> was overwhelming to new writers, and wrote a <a href=
"http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:4692:200307:ikndjmbepldekebhjjej" target="_top">new outline</a> for the same.</p>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="AEN95"></a>3.4. Re-indexed LDP documents</h2>
<p>M. Lee Cooper had <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:4671:200307:gogpemcpgmjdagijfkka" target="_top">suggestions for LDP study guides</a>. Such a guide would consist of a reading list
of LDP documents, HOWTOs and Guides, on each topic. Chris Karkas said that <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:4675:200307:abhpkacpeilgccjkfapm" target="_top">re-indexing the HOWTOs</a>
under various criterion would be of added value. However, a <a href="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/categories.html" target="_top">categorized list of HOWTOs</a> is already available.</p>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="feedback"></a>4. Feedback and Contributions</h1>
<p>Please help us create this weekly newsletter. Seen a site putting in a story with a link to the LDP? Completed the translation of any HOWTO? Know of any articles about the LDP published in
newspapers or magazines? You can update us by sending in links and information at <tt class="email">&lt;<a href="mailto:feedback@en.tldp.org">feedback@en.tldp.org</a>&gt;</tt>.</p>
<p>LDP Weekly News is edited by Machtelt Garrels, Torsten Schlabach and Y Giridhar Appaji Nag with help from several other people.</p>
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