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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> 18<br>
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<b>Publication Date :</b> 2004-05-05<br>
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<dt class="c1">Table of Contents</dt>
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<dt>1. <a href="#new-released">New documents @ The LDP</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">News in The LDP world</a></dt>
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<dt>5. <a href="#tldp-discussions">Discussions on The LDP lists</a></dt>
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<dt>6. <a href="#tldp-contribute">HOWTO contribute to The LDP</a></dt>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="new-released"></a>1. New documents @ The LDP</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">After months of reviewing, the <a href="http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/" target="_top">Bash Guide for Beginners</a>, by Machtelt Garrels, is finally
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available. A lot of readers were waiting for the <a href="http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/Bash-Beginners-Guide.pdf" target="_top">PDF version</a>, this and other formats can be obtained
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<a href="http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/" target="_top">here</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">Extending the <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:msp:6911:200404:ihgbeocagoccoafpbbne" target="_top">presentations with docbook HOWTO proposal</a>, Emma Jane Hogbin
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suggests a more general <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:msp:7193:200405:aomnmdfohkdjkccmkgfh" target="_top">Presentations with Linux 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">Wim van Dorst updated the <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/BogoMips.html" target="_top">BogoMips mini-HOWTO</a> to v36. For over ten years now this document gives performance
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info of CPUs running Linux.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">If you still want more after finishing the <a href="http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/" target="_top">Bash Guide for Beginners</a>, Mendel Cooper's <a href=
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"http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/" target="_top">Advanced Bash Scripting Guide</a> is the place to be. v2.7 contains more examples and some minor updates. Mendel keeps the <a href=
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"http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/Change.log" target="_top">full revision log</a> on his personal site.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item"><span class="QUOTE">"Accidents will happen!"</span> Prepare for the worst with Charles Curley's <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO/"
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target="_top">Linux Complete Backup and Recovery HOWTO</a>. Featuring in v1.6: notes on Knoppix, Syslinux, PPART, QtPart and more info on rescue CDs.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Daniel Nofftz sent in <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:9068:200405:jpaoleblmhgecdjeiepd" target="_top">a new version</a> of the <a href=
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"http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Athlon-Powersaving-HOWTO/" target="_top">Athlon Power Saving HOWTO</a>. v1.1.4 incorporates a change in the sis chipset commandline hack, adds a new sound fix and a new patch
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for the 2.6.5 kernel.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">The <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/" target="_top">LVM HOWTO</a> by AJ Lewis has been updated to v0.11. This revision has updated LVM2 FAQ entries.</span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="tldp-world-news"></a>4. News in The LDP world</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Introduction to Linux goes to press<br></span>
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<p><span class="rss:item">The <a href="http://tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/" target="_top">Introduction to Linux Guide</a> will be available in printed format (264 pages) from <a href=
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"http://fultus.com" target="_top">http://fultus.com</a> from May 20th onwards by Print On Demand (POD). Fultus also <a href="http://store.fultus.com/product_info.php?products_id=65" target=
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"_top">distributes the book</a> via <a href="http://amazon.com" target="_top">Amazon.com</a>, <a href="http://amazon.co.uk" target="_top">Amazon.co.uk</a> and <a href="http://www.BarnesAndNoble"
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target="_top">Barnes & Noble</a>.</span></p>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Feedback mailinglist protected<br></span>
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<p><span class="rss:item">Sergiusz has been working quite hard to protect our mailing lists from spam. After the submit mailinglist, the protection was extended to the feedback
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mailinglist.</span></p>
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<li><span class="rss:item">New mirror in Malaysia<br></span>
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<p><span class="rss:item">Ikmal Ahmad noted that there were no mirrors available for Malaysia and took the initiative to start one. The new mirror is at <a href="http://ldp.leakage.org/" target=
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"_top">http://ldp.leakage.org/</a>, is located in Kuala Lumpur and updates several times per day.</span></p>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Obsolete MSSQL6-Openlink-PHP-ODBC HOWTO<br></span>
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<p><span class="rss:item">Jean-Philippe Geurard, the HOWTO-French translation coordinator <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:7191:200405:fgeenikobhbjpinklmbg" target="_top">wrote in</a>
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to inform us that the MSSQL6-Openlink-PHP-ODBC HOWTO was obsolete. The version of OpenLink that does not seem to be available anywhere on the Internet and The current version was not free
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anymore.</span></p>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="tldp-discussions"></a>5. Discussions on The LDP lists</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">AsciiDoc as a new format for submissions<br></span>
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<p><span class="rss:item"><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/asciidoc/" target="_top">AsciiDoc</a> is a GPLed formating system written in Python by Stuart Rackham that can convert a plain text
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human readable/writable document format directly to DocBook. Scot W. Stevenson <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:7121:200404:mjolkcjnjbginkhagjki" target="_top">suggested</a> that the
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LDP maintainers consider AsciiDoc for document submissions to reduce the barrier involved in learning DocBook. Emma Jane Hogbin said that this was a misconception that the LDP accepts only DocBook
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submissions and Scot explained how he thought learning DocBook was necessary if only at a later point of time. Gerg Ferguson <a href=
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"http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:7130:200404:ifhbolfhjihbhnkaanhb" target="_top">was interested</a> in how good AsciiDoc was at doing container elements and meta-data and that if it can do a
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good job like WikiText without DocBook errors, the LDP would be open to such submissions.</span></p>
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<li><span class="rss:item">TLDP funds and donations<br></span>
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<p><span class="rss:item">Machtelt Garrels wanted to know what somebody who wanted to give money to TLDP should be doing. Paul Jones <a href=
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"http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:7227:200405:pabolachbpcnijabieho" target="_top">replied</a> saying that cheques may be sent to: ibiblio.org, campus box 3456, UNC chapel hill, nc 27599-3456,
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USA. They should be made payable to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a note that the funds are for the Linux Documentation Project.</span></p>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="tldp-contribute"></a>6. HOWTO contribute to The LDP</h1>
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<p><a href="http://www.tldp.org/" target="_top">The Linux Documentation Project</a> (TLDP) is working on developing free, high quality documentation for the GNU/Linux operating system. If you want to
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help TLDP, consider joining <tt class="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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