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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> 8<br>
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<b>Publication Date :</b> 2004-02-25<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-for-review">Documents submitted for review</a></dt>
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<dt>3. <a href="#new-proposed">New document proposals</a></dt>
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<dt>4. <a href="#updated-docs">Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides</a></dt>
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<dt>5. <a href="#tldp-world">News in The LDP world</a></dt>
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<dt>5.1. <a href="#news-item1">TLDP Mirrors</a></dt>
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<dt>5.2. <a href="#news-item2">Status of the Kernel HOWTO</a></dt>
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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>Feiyun Wang presents us with an interesting study guide annex source commentary in his <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux-i386-Boot-Code-HOWTO/" target="_top">Linux i386 Boot Code HOWTO</a>. The
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document has been designed as a guide to the i386 boot code for <span class="QUOTE">"kernel newbies"</span>, explaining the different <tt class="filename">Makefile</tt>s, the bootsector, how the
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compressed image is loaded and so on, all the way to how the kernel is extracted, loaded and activated with the correct settings.</p>
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<p>For kernel veterans the document is meant to be an overview and reference to more advanced reading.</p>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="new-for-review"></a>2. Documents submitted for review</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Eric S. Raymond submitted two updates to his documents, the <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:7672:200402:llamepbjijfidfififlo" target="_top">UPS HOWTO</a> and
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the <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:7673:200402:ieggnmbilomcfbhojpnd" target="_top">UNIX Hardware Buyer HOWTO</a>.</span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="new-proposed"></a>3. New document proposals</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Sébastien François Is working on a HOWTO documenting the installation of Debian on the Apple iBook G4. You can look at <a href=
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"http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:7612:200402:oioikpenblidgckodbop" target="_top">the first draft here</a> - posted to the submit mailinglist in enthusiasm, but Tabatha <a href=
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"http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:7623:200402:oioikpenblidgckodbop" target="_top">indicated</a> to Sébastien that document needs to go through the official procedures
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first.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Ian Bruntlett wants to do something about bad programming advice and asks for your opinion about this <a href="http://www.accu.org/resources/public/terse/learn.htm" target=
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"_top">HOWTO learn a programming language</a>.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Andrew Schulman proposes this <a href="http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/index.html" target="_top">Debian nVidia HOWTO</a> as a replacement for the <a href=
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"http://www.madcow404.com/buyle/Nvidia_drivers_Debian_3_0.html" target="_top">existing mini-HOWTO</a> hosted at madcow404. Your comments will be greatly appreciated.</span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="updated-docs"></a>4. Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">John Eikenberry's <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/AI-Alife-HOWTO-5.html" target="_top">AI and Alife HOWTO</a> (v2.0 now) takes us on an introductory tour through different
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systems that simulate intelligence. John explains about traditional <em>expert systems</em>, neural networks and evolutionary computing, but also touches on the subject of more complex methods such
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as <em>Alife</em>. This document is certainly worth looking at if you want something else than everyday application and coding for a change, and contains plenty of links for further
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reading.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">David Horton's <a href="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Pocket-Linux-Guide/html/" target="_top">Pocket Linux Guide</a> v2.1 contains bug fixes, corrections of typo's and other
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beauty fixes, and adds a couple of useful tips for automation and ease of composition of your own <em>mini-Linux</em>. According to David, the Pocket Linux Guide is an ideal preparation for those who
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want to build confidence to explore larger and more complex source-code-only projects later on.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Chris Karakas is proud to announce v2.0 of the <a href="http://www.karakas-online.de/EN-Book/" target="_top">PHP-Nuke HOWTO</a>, which is with its 500+ pages actually
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becoming more of a guide, detailing almost every aspect of PHP-Nuke.</span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="tldp-world"></a>5. News in The LDP world</h1>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="news-item1"></a>5.1. TLDP Mirrors</h2>
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<p>Mirror maintenance has been pushed to the background the last year, because our webmaster, Greg Ferguson, was way too overloaded with work to deal with this. However, new volunteers have offered
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to take this job off of Greg's shoulders.</p>
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<p>All sites mirroring TLDP will be contacted shortly to see if our info is still up to date. Additionally, new mirror sites will once more be accepted. Maintainers of mirror sites are encouraged to
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use <b class="command">rsync</b> and are required to send us the following information:</p>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Maintainer name</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Maintainer E-mail address</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Update frequency</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Location</span></li>
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<p>Use the <tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:feedback@en.tldp.org">feedback@en.tldp.org</a>></tt> address for more info if you want to become a TLDP mirror site.</p>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="news-item2"></a>5.2. Status of the Kernel HOWTO</h2>
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<p>It's been a while since the decision to take the Kernel HOWTO off-line for revision. Since we're getting a lot of requests about this document, we thought an overview of the progress might be
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appropriate.</p>
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<li><span class="rss:item">The last version of the Kernel HOWTO from Brian Ward can be downloaded from our CVS repository at <a href=
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"http://cvsview.tldp.org/index.cgi/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Attic/Kernel-HOWTO.sgml?rev=1.20=MAIN=0=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup" target=
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"_top">http://cvsview.tldp.org/index.cgi/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Attic/Kernel-HOWTO.sgml?rev=1.20=MAIN=0=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup</a>.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Kwan Lowe is writing the replacement, which is more or less finished and browseable from <a href="http://www.digitalhermit.com/~kwan/kernel.html" target=
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"_top">http://www.digitalhermit.com/~kwan/kernel.html</a>. Kwan changed the name to <span class="QUOTE">"Kernel Rebuild Guide"</span>.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Brain Ward, the original author of the Kernel HOWTO, <a href="http://www.o--o.net/comp/kernel-howto/" target="_top">plans to release an alternative document</a> for the new
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kernel.</span></li>
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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>The 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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