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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> 21<br>
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<b>Publication Date :</b> 2004-05-26<br>
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<dt class="c1">Table of Contents</dt>
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<dt>1. <a href="#new-proposed">New document proposals</a></dt>
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<dt>2. <a href="#updated-docs">Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides</a></dt>
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<dt>3. <a href="#tldp-world-news">News in The LDP world</a></dt>
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<dt>4. <a href="#tldp-discussions">Discussions on The LDP lists</a></dt>
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<dt>5. <a href="#tldp-contribute">HOWTO contribute to The LDP</a></dt>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="new-proposed"></a>1. New document proposals</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Artemio has been working with RTLinux for a while, and wrote installation instructions to help newbies on the RTLinux mailing list. His <a href=
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"http://artemio.net/projects/linuxdoc/rtlinux" target="_top">RTLinux installation instructions</a> are now also a part of the official RTLinux package. Artemio would now like to take over the (out
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dated) <a href="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/RTLinux-HOWTO.html" target="_top">RTLinux HOWTO</a> and create a RTLinux Installation HOWTO and RTLinux Programming HOWTO (or, RTLinux Module Programming
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HOWTO).</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Teus Benschop <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:7342:200405:jkbilkjiphddlmiihkcg" target="_top">proposed to write</a> a Bible Translation HOWTO. His HOWTO
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would cover the software that is currently available for Linux, explain how VMware was used to use to run the Bible translation software that is available for Windows, and detail out how to integrate
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the two OSes to make the best of the job, and then call for new software to be written.</span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="updated-docs"></a>2. Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">The <a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/K7s5a-HOWTO.html" target="_top">K7s5a HOWTO</a> describing the Elite K7s5a motherboard is a joint effort of Sebfrance, Andreas
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Willenbrink, Àlvaro Reguly and Paolo Berva. Version 2.0 contains corrections sent in by the readers.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Ricardo Alexandre Mattar posted v1.2 of the <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Samba-Authenticated-Gateway-HOWTO.html" target="_top">Samba Authenticated Gateway HOWTO</a>. This
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HOWTO documents the creation of a firewall or gateway that uses rules based on user access, in which the users are authenticated by a Samba Primary Domain Controller. On the outside, you don't notice
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too many changes; this version is mainly a cleanup of the source code.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Machtelt Garrels sent in v1.13 of the <a href="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/" target="_top">Introduction to Linux guide</a>. Apart from some minor updates, she
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added references to rdesktop, updated the glossary and thanks the people who translated the guide into Hindi.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">The <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LDP-Reviewer-HOWTO/" target="_top">Linux Documentation Project Reviewer HOWTO</a> v1.4.2 corrects some spelling mistakes from v1.4.1.
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Emma Jane Hogbin sent in this new revision.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Artemiy I. Pavlov released the <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/SquashFS-HOWTO/" target="_top">SquashFS HOWTO</a> v1.1. This revision has modifications to the HOWTO to keep
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it current to SquashFS release 1.3r3.</span></li>
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</ul>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="tldp-world-news"></a>3. News in The LDP world</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">New mirror in Belgrado.<br></span>
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<p><span class="rss:item">Ljubisa Radivojevic volunteered to set up a mirror of TLDP in Belgrado. With this, he created the first mirror in the Serbia-Montenegro region. A complete list of our
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mirrors can be found at <a href="http://tldp.org/mirrors.html" target="_top">http://tldp.org/mirrors.html</a>. Most are updated daily or even multiple times per day, so choose one near to
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you!</span></p>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="tldp-discussions"></a>4. Discussions on The LDP lists</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Bible Translation HOWTO<br></span>
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<p><span class="rss:item">Teus Benschop <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:7311:200405:jkbilkjiphddlmiihkcg" target="_top">proposed</a> to write a Bible Translation HOWTO and requested
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feedback. People had different <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:7333:200405:ihpahginmljdgbhooeje" target="_top">ideas</a> about the <a href=
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"http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:7335:200405:emfgfnelnkndefhfjpim" target="_top">topic and the content</a> of documents that The LDP should host. Rodolfo J Paiz <a href=
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"http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:7336:200405:ehngfbpnepphojhokgdn" target="_top">posted his ideas</a> on why Teus Benschop's proposal should be given a chance. Greg Ferguson <a href=
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"http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:7317:200405:ifhbolfhjihbhnkaanhb" target="_top">said</a> that it would be good if Teus could design this in a generic manner covering available translation
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software and then, cover the bible translation as a "case study".</span></p>
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<hr>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="tldp-contribute"></a>5. 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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