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<h1 class="title"><a name="AEN2"></a>The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News</h1>
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<b>Issue Number :</b> 33 and 34<br>
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<b>Publication Date :</b> 2003-12-17<br>
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<dt class="c1">Table of Contents</dt>
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<dt>1. <a href="#new-released">New documents @ TLDP</a></dt>
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<dt>2. <a href="#new-proposed">New document proposals</a></dt>
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<dt>3. <a href="#updated-docs">Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides</a></dt>
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<dt>4. <a href="#tldp-world">News in The LDP world</a></dt>
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<dt>4.1. <a href="#news-item1">Linux Gazette and the LDP</a></dt>
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<dt>4.2. <a href="#news-item2">HTML/PDF generation from CVS source</a></dt>
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<dt>4.3. <a href="#news-item3">WHATIS wiki available</a></dt>
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<dt>4.4. <a href="#news-item4">The LDP HOWTO Generator</a></dt>
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<dt>5. <a href="#discussions">Discussions on TLDP lists</a></dt>
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<dt>5.1. <a href="#discussion1">Sponsorship for The LDP</a></dt>
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<dt>5.2. <a href="#discussion2">Right to new maintainer</a></dt>
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<dt>5.3. <a href="#discussion3">DocBook created html may break links but LinuxDoc OK</a></dt>
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<dt>5.4. <a href="#discussion4">Copyright Infringement of Linux Dictionary</a></dt>
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</dd>
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<dt>6. <a href="#feedback">HOWTO contribute to TLDP</a></dt>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="new-released"></a>1. New documents @ TLDP</h1>
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<p>Lars Strand is the author of the <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Mobile-IPv6-HOWTO/" target="_top">Mobile IPv6 HOWTO</a>. He describes how to configure mobile computers, such as laptops and PDAs,
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for actual mobile use with IPv6. You need a fully functional IPv6 network; how to set up one is discussed in the <a href="http://ldp.linux.no/HOWTO/Linux+IPv6-HOWTO/" target="_top">IPv6 HOWTO</a>.
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You'll need to patch kernels. We know the Kernel HOWTO is in review, but! 1. Lars gives a step-by-step explanation and 2. you may find the same information in the <a href=
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"http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/ACPI-HOWTO/" target="_top">ACPI HOWTO</a>. Our reviewers are working on the Kernel HOWTO as fast as they can, there's already <a href=
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"http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:5812:200312:becpbdgagpneamchdggc" target="_top">a draft for the new Kernel HOWTO</a>.</p>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="new-proposed"></a>2. New document proposals</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Peter Tonev wants to write a document on Linux and ergonomics.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Feiyun Wang proposes a study guide annex source commentary for the Linux i386 boot code, and <a href=
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"http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:6608:200312:eepbbjalleodniadebmk" target="_top">already has it in XML</a>.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Adrian Offerman wrote an <a href="http://www.offerman.net/MMBase-Installation-HOWTO/" target="_top">MMBase Installation HOWTO</a>, describing the installation of the MMBase
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content management system on RedHat Linux, using the Tomcat application server, integrated with Apache and MySQL.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Ralf Holzer notes down his experiences with encrypted file systems and the 2.6 kernel in this <a href="http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~rholzer/cryptoloop_mini_howto.html" target=
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"_top">Cryptoloop Mini-HOWTO</a>.</span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="updated-docs"></a>3. Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">The Skoric triplet, we'll call them:<br></span>
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<ul>
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<li><span class="rss:item">The <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/FBB.html" target="_top">FBB Packet-radio BBS mini-HOWTO</a>, v1.28, covers the installation, configuration and use of the popular
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packet-radio BBS server software FBB.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">While GRUB is a wonderful thing (<span class="QUOTE">"uses a Bash-like interface"</span>), LILO is the most popular Linux boot loader. The <a href=
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"http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LILO.html" target="_top">LILO mini-HOWTO</a> is a supplement to the <a href="http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~mibe/linux/lilo/user/" target="_top">LILO User Guide</a>, for those
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who want a quick start or a short overview.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Details for starting Windows NT from LILO can be found in the <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+WinNT.html" target="_top">Linux+WindowsNT mini-HOWTO</a>.</span></li>
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</ul>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Alex Weeks is updating the Linux System Administrator's Guide or SAG. Here are the <a href="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/sag/html/" target="_top">first results</a>, including a
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new part about NTP, the Network Time Protocol.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Christopher Devine's <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Encrypted-Root-Filesystem-HOWTO/" target="_top">Encrypted Root Filesystem HOWTO</a> v1.1 contains information to support
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GRUB (the GRand Unified Bootloader).</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">The <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/DB2-HOWTO/" target="_top">DB2 Version 7.1 HOWTO</a> contains detailed guidelines for setting up the DB2 Universal Database Version 7.1 on
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your Linux machine. Version 1.2.7 of the HOWTO tries to fill the gap towards version 8 of DB2, pointing you to some helpful sites while waiting for a HOWTO that will cover the newer
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version.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">The latest developments in logical volume management are covered in AJ Lewis's <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/" target="_top">LVM HOWTO</a>, v0.6.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Thomas Marteau published 1.1 of the <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/PA-RISC-Linux-Boot-HOWTO/" target="_top">PA-RISC/Linux Boot HOWTO</a>, in which he explains, among other
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things, how to use PALO, the bootloader for this type of hardware. Thomas added a new chapter covering the setup of your Microsoft Windows 2000 server for net-booting your PA/RISC
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machine.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Daniel Quintiliani added information for Forte Free Agent, Xnews and Dialog in v2.1 of the <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Windows-Newsreaders-under-Linux-HOWTO/" target=
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"_top">Windows Newsreaders under Linux HOWTO</a>.</span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="tldp-world"></a>4. News in The LDP world</h1>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="news-item1"></a>4.1. Linux Gazette and the LDP</h2>
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<p>Guylhem Aznar <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:6191:200312:ekhigcbgkmfeialfacih" target="_top">wrote</a> to the editors of Linux Gazette asking if it would be possible for LG.net to
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submit documents to TLDP in a format that the TLDP could use to redistribute on its website under a free license. He indicated that a clear source format with semantic tags (such as docbook or
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linuxdoc) is preferable and that mirroring the documents would be a better opportunity to support LG.net than simply mirroring the website.</p>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="news-item2"></a>4.2. HTML/PDF generation from CVS source</h2>
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<p>Saqib Ali created a <a href="http://www.xml-dev.com/blog/index.php#88" target="_top">website</a> that can convert the XML Documents stored in the CVS to HTML/PDF on-the-fly. The idea is to to let
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the HOWTO authors to view the HTML/PDF output of their XML source once they commit the source to the CVS. Using the converter is as simple as going to something like <a href=
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"http://www.xml-dev.com:8080/tldp/http://cvsview.tldp.org/index.cgi/*checkout*/LDP/howto/docbook/DocBook-OpenJade-SGML-XML-HOWTO.xml" target=
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"_top">http://www.xml-dev.com:8080/tldp/http://cvsview.tldp.org/index.cgi/*checkout*/LDP/howto/docbook/DocBook-OpenJade-SGML-XML-HOWTO.xml</a>.</p>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="news-item3"></a>4.3. WHATIS wiki available</h2>
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<p>Even thought David Lawyer's concerns regarding the volume of work associated with a WHATIS series were valid, John R. Daily was reluctant to forestall a possibly valuable change for years without
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at least conducting an experiment. He set up a WHATIS wiki at <a href="http://geekhavoc.com/whatis/" target="_top">http://geekhavoc.com/whatis/</a>. Feel free to contribute. The WHATIS wiki would be
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a valuable resource for reference of certain often used terms within the LDP HOWTOs.</p>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="news-item4"></a>4.4. The LDP HOWTO Generator</h2>
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<p>Stein Gjoen <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:6016:200312:jbdbakjaacfndkmflfhi" target="_top">announced</a> that the LDP HOWTO Generator was ready for use. The current version is 0.40
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at <a href="http://www.nyx.net/~sgjoen/The_LDP_HOWTO_Generator.html" target="_top">http://www.nyx.net/~sgjoen/The_LDP_HOWTO_Generator.html</a>. A link to this resource has been added to the revised
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LDP author guide.</p>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="discussions"></a>5. Discussions on TLDP lists</h1>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="discussion1"></a>5.1. Sponsorship for The LDP</h2>
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<p>Rahul Sundaram initiated a <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:5875:200312:ihpahginmljdgbhooeje" target="_top">thread</a> for discussing getting sponsorship for the LDP and a reward
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program like that of Gnome and Mozilla. During the thread, Saqib Ali said that a HOWTO about the product of a company could be reviewed by them and the LDP could place an ad acknowledging the same.
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David Lawyer however, was in <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:5966:200312:claiepedajakajhoajgg" target="_top">disagreement</a> with him.</p>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="discussion2"></a>5.2. Right to new maintainer</h2>
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<p>During the discussion on The LDP document licenses, Guylhem Aznar <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:6192:200312:nfnlmplgcedgajjaphdf" target="_top">suggested</a> that we should
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require authors to automatically grant the right to TLDP to appoint a new maintainer for their documents when they can no longer be reached for some time.</p>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="discussion3"></a>5.3. DocBook created html may break links but LinuxDoc OK</h2>
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<p>In his continued advocacy for LinuxDoc because of its ease of use, David Lawyer <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:6164:200312:claiepedajakajhoajgg" target="_top">discovered</a> that
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the conversion of LinuxDoc to HTML and of DocBook to HTML result in a different naming scheme for chunks. For DocBook, the chunk names are the same as the label name. For LinuxDoc, the chunk names
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are the same as the title of the doc with a numeric prefix. However, Mark Komarinski <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:6171:200312:nhcmlpmaiihhjanmmgma" target="_top">said</a> that,
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reformatting the document will lead to incorrect links even though the links themselves exist and that the solution (for both formats) is to make sure your section names make sense and there will be
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little reason to rename them.</p>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="discussion4"></a>5.4. Copyright Infringement of Linux Dictionary</h2>
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<p>Binh Nguyen <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:6091:200312:kdlafegngoikhcpbhlid" target="_top">complained</a> that a certain <a href="http://www.swpearl.com/eng/scripts/aboutus/"
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target="_top">PearL Linux Limited</a> created a <a href="http://www.swpearl.com/eng/scripts/dictionary/" target="_top">database</a> based entirely on the definitions from the Linux Dictionary and did
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not acknowledge the original source.</p>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="feedback"></a>6. HOWTO contribute to TLDP</h1>
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<p>The Linux Documentation Project (TLDP) is working on developing free, high quality documentation for the GNU/Linux operating system. If you want to help TLDP, consider joining <tt class=
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"email"><<a href="mailto:discuss-subscribe@en.tldp.org">discuss-subscribe@en.tldp.org</a>></tt>.</p>
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<p>Help us create this newsletter. We need volunteers who follow the community (mailing lists, newsgroups, web channels) and report events related to free software documentation. Write to us at
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<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 compiled and edited by Machtelt Garrels and Y Giridhar Appaji Nag with help from several other people.</p>
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