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<h1 class="title"><a name="AEN2"></a>TLDP Weekly News</h1>
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<b>Issue Number :</b> 15, 16 and 17<br>
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<b>Publication Date :</b> 20030819<br>
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<dt class="c1">Table of Contents</dt>
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<dt>1. <a href="#AEN9">This Edition...</a></dt>
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<dt>2. <a href="#AEN12">New documents</a></dt>
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<dt>2.1. <a href="#AEN14">Proposed new documents</a></dt>
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<dt>3. <a href="#AEN34">Updates</a></dt>
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<dt>3.1. <a href="#AEN36">HOWTOs</a></dt>
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<dt>4. <a href="#AEN89">People - Tabatha Marshall</a></dt>
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<dt>5. <a href="#AEN121">Happenings in the LDP world</a></dt>
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<dt>5.1. <a href="#AEN123">We make free documentation</a></dt>
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<dt>5.2. <a href="#AEN130">Bibliographies in DocBook XML/SGML</a></dt>
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<dt>5.3. <a href="#AEN134">Document Disclaimers</a></dt>
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<dt>6. <a href="#feedback">Feedback and Contributions</a></dt>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="AEN9"></a>1. This Edition...</h1>
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<p>This is a combined edition for issues 15, 16 and 17. We also have an interview with the LDP review coordinator Tabatha Marshall.</p>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="AEN12"></a>2. New documents</h1>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="AEN14"></a>2.1. Proposed new documents</h2>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Saqib Shaikh is the maintainer of a document called the <em>BLinux</em> Software Map, which is a guideline for blind people who want to use Linux. He <a href=
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"http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:5436:200308:pedfgheipkemgjaehgio" target="_top">proposed to submit it</a> and awaits your comments.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Tobias Reif has a draft for a <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:5467:200308:jkcmdfngjbkdlmikmhpk" target="_top">Vim as XML Editor HOWTO</a>.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">We also received a draft from Scot W. Stevenson, for a document which he would like to call the <a href=
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"http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:5471:200308:ohcibkfannekdlhembkb" target="_top">Mock Mainframe mini-HOWTO</a>, describing how to centralize small computer systems in order to save time and
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money.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Mustafa El-Sheikh has a beta version of what he would like to call the <a href="http://elsheikhmh.20m.com/mount-mini-howto/" target="_top">Windows Partitions Mount
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mini-HOWTO</a>, and awaits your input.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Adam <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:4909:200308:eocaiogdchaleaemgcmo" target="_top">posted his intent</a> to write a Whole Disk Encryption HOWTO which will
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instruct the reader how to encrypt a computer hard disk (such as in a laptop) with an external key (such as on a USB flash drive) using Linux 2.4 and the <a href=
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"http://sourceforge.net/projects/loop-aes/" target="_top">loop-AES</a> program.</span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="AEN34"></a>3. Updates</h1>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="AEN36"></a>3.1. HOWTOs</h2>
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<p>We received updates for a whole bunch of documents:</p>
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<li><span class="rss:item">The <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Apache-WebDAV-LDAP-HOWTO/" target="_top">Apache based WebDAV Server with LDAP and SSL</a>, v4.0.1, by Saqib Ali.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">The <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux-Gamers-HOWTO/" target="_top">Linux Gamers' HOWTO</a>, v0.9.34, by Peter Jay Salzman.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">The <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO/" target="_top">Linux Kernel HOWTO</a>, v6.7 was sent in by Alavoor Vasudevan.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">David Lawyer is still updating the <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO.html" target="_top">Modem HOWTO</a>, in order to help all those who can't have fast access
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yet; it's now at v0.29.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">And HÃ¥vard Stranden's <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree86-R200/" target="_top">ATI R200 + XFree86 4.x mini-HOWTO</a> is now available in v1.3.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Miroslav Skoric updated his <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/FBB.html" target="_top">FBB mini-HOWTO</a>.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Eric S. Raymond sent in an update for the <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linksys-Blue-Box-Router-HOWTO/" target="_top">Linksys Blue Box Router HOWTO</a>.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Gerardo Arnaez presented v2.2 of the <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Medicine-HOWTO/" target="_top">Linux Medicine HOWTO</a>.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">The <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Printing-HOWTO/" target="_top">Printing HOWTO</a> by Grant Taylor is now at v1.8.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">The <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/User-Group-HOWTO.html" target="_top">Linux User Group HOWTO</a> by Rick Moen has been updated twice over the past two weeks and it is now
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v1.6.6.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">What with wireless access becoming ever more popular, you might be interested in reading the <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Wireless-Link-sys-WPC11/" target="_top">Link-sys
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WPC11 mini-HOWTO</a>, v2.2.3, updated by Gerardo Arnaez.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">We also got hold of v34 of the <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/BogoMips.html" target="_top">BogoMips mini-HOWTO</a> by Wim van Dorst. From the FAQ: BogoMips is <span class=
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"QUOTE">"the number of million times per second a processor can do absolutely nothing."</span></span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">The Quota mini-HOWTO v0.5, by Ralf van Dooren can be found at <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Quota.html" target="_top">http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Quota.html</a>.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Aaron Isotton sent in v1.03 of his <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/C++-dlopen/" target="_top">C++ dlopen mini HOWTO</a>.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">The <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Vim-HOWTO/" target="_top">Vim Color Editor HOW-TO (Vi Improved with syntax color highlighting)</a> by Al Dev (Alavoor Vasudevan) is at
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v19.2.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">David S.Lawyer's <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Plug-and-Play-HOWTO.html" target="_top">Plug-and-Play-HOWTO</a> has been updated to v1.07.</span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="AEN89"></a>4. People - Tabatha Marshall</h1>
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<p>This is Tabatha Marshall, TLDP Review Coordinator. She describes herself as the proud mother of three sons, registered Linux user 170785, partly Canadian and Italian, but mostly Geek.</p>
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<p class="c2">Figure 1. Tabatha Marshall, Review Coordinator</p>
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<p>Tabatha volunteers for assigning reviewers to newly submitted documents, and when other volunteers are awed because of the size of a guide, she reviews these herself if necessary. She frequently
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contributes to discussions on the mailing lists, and while she has a strong opinion of her own, she is always friendly and open to new views.</p>
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<p>The Weekly News team had the occasion of asking this marvelous woman a couple of questions.</p>
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<p>Q: We did our homework, and read that you started volunteering for TLDP about a year and a half ago, and that you started experimenting with Linux twice as long ago. This leaves us wondering: how
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do you rise from Linux Newbie to coordinator of one of the main Open Source initiatives in such a short time?</p>
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<p>A: <span class="QUOTE">"Persistence! (grin)...When I first learned about Linux, I relied on the LDP to learn how to do everything. In early 2002 I decided to jump back into fiction-writing with
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both feet, and sought volunteer work that would help me hone my skills. I remembered the LDP, and by March 2002 I was reviewing, thanks to the initial help of Joy Goodreau and Dave Merrill. I stayed
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active, always accepting new documents for review, and in November 2002, Joy asked if I would accept the position of Review Coordinator. I did, and I'm grateful, because I think it's made me a better
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writer, and a heck of a lot of friends!"</span></p>
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<p>Q: What was the most remarkable event at TLDP while you have been contributing?</p>
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<p>A: <span class="QUOTE">"You mean besides being offered the position of Review Coordinator? That was MOST exciting for me! Actually, the best thing so far was seeing the pictures from the recent
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Metz trip. It's wonderful to put faces to the names of the people I work with, and I wish we had pictures of everybody! "</span></p>
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<p>Q: Do you think that you will still be Review Coordinator in 5 years? In 10 years?</p>
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<p>A: <span class="QUOTE">"Wow, good question! Well, as I mentioned, I recently made a leap of faith with my writing, and my goal is to become America's answer to JK Rowling. I completed my first
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manuscript on July 15. The novel is a middle-grade/young adult adventure which I plan on developing into a series of books, hopefully extending them to film or television. I'm in the editing stages
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right now (you can imagine how much I must love that part!), and will begin writing the next book in the fall, when the kids start school."</span></p>
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<p><span class="QUOTE">"In the meantime though, I do plan on continuing my work with the LDP, and I do see myself doing it for some time to come. I believe wholeheartedly that I'm a stronger writer
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for it, so why stop now? :D "</span></p>
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<p>Q: What do you think is the single most needed improvement for TLDP?</p>
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<p>A: <span class="QUOTE">"I'll stand my ground and say it would have to be an online editor for authors. It should provide a simple way for authors to choose the version of markup they wish to use,
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and help them progress through creation of their document in a logical format, based on the LDP documentation templates. Ideally, this system would parse and validate, provide suggestions for errors,
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and allow for a browser preview no matter how much of the document has been created. "</span></p>
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<p><span class="QUOTE">"Why? Right now there are numerous Linux distributions, various types of markup and output formats, and far too many editing programs that just don't quite cut it for the new
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user. It is difficult for many people to put the tools together on their machine. This system would encourage more authors to write. Just think - if a new author can create a document online without
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having to worry about all the other issues, she is able to give much more focus to the content, now isn't she? "</span></p>
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<p><span class="QUOTE">"Though this idea has been brought to the table, there has been some resistance...concerns that this means yet another system to learn. But I believe if it was designed with
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the author's needs first, it would be valuable to everyone. Dream big!"</span></p>
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<p>And right she is... Read more at <a href="http://www.merlinmonroe.com" target="_top">http://www.merlinmonroe.com</a>, Tabatha's home site.</p>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="AEN121"></a>5. Happenings in the LDP world</h1>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="AEN123"></a>5.1. We make free documentation</h2>
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<p>A very long and at times tiresome discussion about (1) SCO servers storing the LDP documents with <span class="QUOTE">"extra"</span> clauses (2) Who can or can not use TLDP documents dominated the
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past two weeks. You can read the entire thread <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:4905:200308:nndilkkmnocimdnhjmkm" target="_top">here</a>. Summarized, it comes down to this: everybody
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can read our docs and store them on their servers, in accordance with the license of the document. This includes also people we don't like. Guylhem Aznar <a href=
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"http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:4906:200308:fjghdeinimkjhbapdmej" target="_top">said that</a> license violations of the documents released under a free license by the LDP can not be tolerated.
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He later posted <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:4920:200308:hghecligfeoadbjiedal" target="_top">RMS response to SCO use of our documents</a>.</p>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="AEN130"></a>5.2. Bibliographies in DocBook XML/SGML</h2>
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<p>If like Martin A. Brown, you are searching for information on how to do Bibliographies in DocBook XML/SGML, <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?2:mss:508:200308:ojenlikbehfnljafjfmh" target=
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"_top">here</a> is a piece of information from Tabatha.</p>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="AEN134"></a>5.3. Document Disclaimers</h2>
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<p>Adam <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:4909:200308:eocaiogdchaleaemgcmo" target="_top">posted his intent</a> to write a Whole Disk Encryption HOWTO and <a href=
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"http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:4916:200308:eocaiogdchaleaemgcmo" target="_top">wanted</a> a disclaimer boilerplate. David Lawyer, however, <a href=
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"http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:4917:200308:claiepedajakajhoajgg" target="_top">doubted</a> if there was any case law for a document provided for <span class="QUOTE">"free"</span>.</p>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="feedback"></a>6. Feedback and Contributions</h1>
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<p>You can help The Linux Documentation Project by:</p>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Reviewing one of the draft versions of the <a href="http://www.tldp.org/authors/inprogress.html" target="_top">documents in progress</a>.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Picking up one of the <a href="http://www.tldp.org/authors/unmaint.html" target="_top">unmaintained documents</a>.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Providing assistance with <a href="http://www.tldp.org/authors/markup.html" target="_top">markup</a>.</span></li>
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<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
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newspapers or magazines? You can update us by sending in links and information at <tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:feedback@en.tldp.org">feedback@en.tldp.org</a>></tt>.</p>
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<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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