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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> 10<br>
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<b>Publication Date :</b> 2004-03-10<br>
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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">CONSOL and OSWC</a></dt>
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<dt>4.2. <a href="#news-item2">TLDP editors list</a></dt>
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<dt>5. <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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<li><span class="rss:item">Not actually a new document, but Artemio I. Pavlo thinks it is now worthy of the version number 1.0, and since all one-dot-ooooh's come here, his is not exception. So here
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is the possibly nearly bug free <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/SquashFS-HOWTO/" target="_top">SquashFS HOWTO</a>.</span></li>
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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">Kurt Swendson wants you to have a look at this <a href="http://lam32767.tripod.com/" target="_top">Beowulf Cluster HOWTO</a>. While we already have a HOWTO about the same
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subject, he <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:7902:200403:bjbkepfimpgooajojbna" target="_top">argues</a> that the current document is more of a broad background and introduction to
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clustering, it needs a practical addition and his document is truly a how-to, with step by step instructions. Secure access to the cluster is not covered yet.</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">Adrian Offerman's <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/MMBase-Inst-HOWTO/" target="_top">MMBase Installation HOWTO</a> v0.2.5 contains minor corrections and the Creative Commons
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copyright license has been adjusted.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">The <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LDAP-HOWTO/" target="_top">LDAP HOWTO</a> v1.09 by Luiz Ernesto Pinheiro Malère covers v2.2.x of the <a href=
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"http://www.openldap.org/" target="_top">OpenLDAP</a> package and has some general corrections.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Anthony Lissot provided us with an update of the <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition/" target="_top">Partition HOWTO</a>. V3.4.4 resolves the inconsistencies between
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the HTML and XML formats and the sections on LILO placement has been updated along with the swap size discussion.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Updated code examples in the <a href="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/cpg/html/" target="_top">Custom Linux Porting Guide</a> by Shie Erlich. This guide is intended as a worksheet
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and general advise to porting Linux to a custom PPC board. It highlights pitfalls and critical points in the porting process.</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. CONSOL and OSWC</h2>
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<p>Es.tldp.org links to an article by Ismael Olea that <a href="http://listas.hispalinux.es/pipermail/lucas/2004-March/004980.html" target="_top">summarizes the regional meetings for free
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documentation in Mexico and Malaga</a>. Ismael was at both meetings and presented some of his work there; you can find the links in the article.</p>
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<h2 class="sect2"><a name="news-item2"></a>4.2. TLDP editors list</h2>
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<p>The TLDP reviewers and editors are on their list at <tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:editors@en.tdlp.org">editors@en.tdlp.org</a>></tt>. In case you are interested, you can browse through
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their archives at the <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?9:dds:0:200402" target="_top">editors mailing list archives</a>.</p>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="feedback"></a>5. 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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