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<h1 class="title"><a name="AEN2"></a>The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News</h1>
<b>Issue Number :</b> 4 to 8 (Jumbo Update)<br>
<b>Publication Date :</b> 2005-02-23<br>
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<dt class="c1">Table of Contents</dt>
<dt>1. <a href="#new-proposed">New document proposals</a></dt>
<dt>2. <a href="#updated-docs">Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides</a></dt>
<dt>3. <a href="#tldp-world-news">News in The LDP world</a></dt>
<dt>4. <a href="#tldp-contribute">The LDP/LDPWN mini-HOWTO</a></dt>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="new-proposed"></a>1. New document proposals</h1>
<ul>
<li><span class="rss:item">Alex Hudson proposed to write a Self-certifying File System (SFS) HOWTO. SFS is a network filesystem that makes NFS exports securely available via the internet. It is a
global filesystem, and works on a variety of free software and non-free software operating systems. This is not to be confused with the SFS mentioned in the Filesystems HOWTO. Although it runs over
NFS, SFS is a system of sufficient complexity to warrant its own documentation. The SFS already have documentation, but it is quite technical and written in quite terse language, hence Alex proposed
to write a HOWTO on this subject.</span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="updated-docs"></a>2. Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides</h1>
<ul>
<li><span class="rss:item">Minor updates in Avi Alkalay's <a href="%20http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Font-HOWTO/" target="_top">Font HOWTO</a>. Section two of this document, for those who are new to it,
contains an excellent read on the difference between printed fonts and the fonts you see on your screen.</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">In v2.0 of Eric S. Raymond's <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linksys-Blue-Box-Router-HOWTO/" target="_top">Linksys Bluebox Router HOWTO</a> you will find hints and tips on
managing Linksys routers from a Linux system. This major release describes the changes in 2.x/3.x firmware versions and has more on firmware replacement.</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">Emma Jane Hogbin added new XML editors in the <a href="http://tldp.org/LDP/LDP-Author-Guide/html/" target="_top">Author Guide</a> v4.6, as well as information about
DocBook-capable word processors. There is also more documentation on converting other formats to DocBook.</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">Peter Jay Salzman, Michael Burian and Ori Pomerantz updated the <a href="http://tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.6/html/index.html" target="_top">Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide
kernel</a> to version 2.6.1.</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">Adrain Offerman's <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/MMBase-Inst-HOWTO/" target="_top">MMBase Installation HOWTO</a> v0.3.2 has lots of new sections, including detailed
instructions on how to set up the latest Java Platform from Sun and how to install multiple Tomcat versions.</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">The GNU/Linux Linux Pre-Installation Checklist <a href="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Pre-Installation-Checklist/" target=
"_top">http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Pre-Installation-Checklist/</a> has been translated to german by Stephan Reuter. Stephan's translated document is available at <a href=
"http://linux.shiningdeath.de/howto-de-preinstall_checklist.shtml" target="_top">http://linux.shiningdeath.de/howto-de-preinstall_checklist.shtml</a>.</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">Claudio Cattazzio of the Italian LDP effort updated us that the following documents have been translated to Italian:<br></span>
<ul>
<li><span class="rss:item">Bzip2 mini-HOWTO (translation by Gerardo Di Iorio and revision by Claudio Cattazzo) <a href="http://it.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bzip2.html" target=
"_top">http://it.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bzip2.html</a></span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">Coffee Making HOWTO (translation by Claudio Cattazzo and Giuseppe Briotti) <a href="http://it.tldp.org/HOWTO/Coffee.html" target=
"_top">http://it.tldp.org/HOWTO/Coffee.html</a></span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">Home-Network-mini-HOWTO (translation by Alessio Ciregia and revision by Daniele Masini) <a href="http://it.tldp.org/HOWTO/Home-Network-mini-HOWTO.html" target=
"_top">http://it.tldp.org/HOWTO/Home-Network-mini-HOWTO.html</a></span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">Linux MP3 CD Burning mini-HOWTO (translation by Matteo Castellini and revision by Beatrice Torracca) <a href="http://it.tldp.org/HOWTO/MP3-CD-Burning/index.html" target=
"_top">http://it.tldp.org/HOWTO/MP3-CD-Burning/index.html</a></span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">MS Outlook to Unix Mailbox Conversion mini HOWTO (translation by Rossella Diomede and revision by Beatrice Torracca) <a href=
"http://it.tldp.org/HOWTO/Outlook-to-Unix-Mailbox.html" target="_top">http://it.tldp.org/HOWTO/Outlook-to-Unix-Mailbox.html</a></span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">Smart Card HOWTO (translation by Manuele Rampazzo) <a href="http://it.tldp.org/HOWTO/Smart-Card-HOWTO/index.html" target=
"_top">http://it.tldp.org/HOWTO/Smart-Card-HOWTO/index.html</a></span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">VPN PPP-SSH Mini-HOWTO (translation by Manuel Spezzani, Alberto Ronzoni, Daniele Gozzi, Laura Ferretti and Daniela Saladino) <a href=
"http://it.tldp.org/HOWTO/ppp-ssh/index.html" target="_top">http://it.tldp.org/HOWTO/ppp-ssh/index.html</a></span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide 3.1 (translation by Emilio Conti and revision by Ferdinando Ferranti) <a href="http://it.tldp.org/guide/abs/index.html" target=
"_top">http://it.tldp.org/guide/abs/index.html</a></span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">Linux From Scratch 5.1.1 (translation by Giulio Daprel&Atilde;&nbsp; and revision by Giuseppe Briotti) <a href="http://it.tldp.org/lfs/5.1.1/" target=
"_top">http://it.tldp.org/lfs/5.1.1/</a></span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">Linux From Scratch 6.0 (translation by the ILDP-LFS Team) <a href="http://it.tldp.org/lfs/6.0/" target="_top">http://it.tldp.org/lfs/6.0/</a></span></li>
</ul>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="tldp-world-news"></a>3. News in The LDP world</h1>
<ul>
<li><span class="rss:item">Mirrors<br></span>
<p><span class="rss:item">These are the latest additions to our <a href="http://www.tldp.org/mirrors.html" target="_top">list of mirrors</a>:</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span class="rss:item"><a href="http://ldp.irontec.com" target="_top">http://ldp.irontec.com</a>, in Tampa, FL, USA , by Iker Sagasti Markina;</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item"><a href="http://ldp.kgt.org/" target="_top">http://ldp.kgt.org/</a>, in Frankfurt, Germany, by Thomas Koeppe;</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item"><a href="http://ldp.ausics.net" target="_top">http://ldp.ausics.net</a>, in Brisbane, Australia, by Noel Butler;</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item"><a href="http://www.bitpusher.com/mirrors/LDP" target="_top">http://www.bitpusher.com/mirrors/LDP</a>, in San Fransisco, CA, USA, by Michael T. Halligan;</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item"><a href="http://ftp.lug.md/pub/mirrors/LDP" target="_top">http://ftp.lug.md/pub/mirrors/LDP</a>, in Chisinau, Moldavia, by Raileanu Grigore.</span></li>
</ul>
<p>Machtelt Garrels conducted a check of the mirrors and updated <a href="http://www.tldp.org/mirrors.html" target="_top">the mirrors list</a>. Over 300 official mirrors were checked for accuracy and
up-to-date mirroring of the primary site. 97 mirrors were unavailable, out-of-date or did not display the correct content. Two weeks after contacting the maintainers of those mirrors, almost half of
these cases could be resolved. The other half get two weeks more to correct the errors. If they have not rectified the situation by then, they will be removed from the mirror list. Currently, the
list has 215 approved mirrors; for 65 mirrors the approval is pending.</p>
</li>
<li><span class="rss:item">Draft of very short Authors Guide<br></span>
<p><span class="rss:item">David Lawyer wrote a very short Authors Guide titled "Writing a LDP Document". The LDP Authors Guide is a much bigger version with detailed information but the current
document is short but useful and easy to comprehend. The draft with comments from others is available at <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:sss:8330:200501:llglikfdoinhhhoahfom" target=
"_top">http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:sss:8330:200501:llglikfdoinhhhoahfom</a>.</span></p>
</li>
<li><span class="rss:item">TLDP and Librarian Science<br></span>
<p><span class="rss:item">The Linux Documentation Project (TLDP) and the Faculty of Journalism, Library and Information Science at Oslo University College have joined forces in an effort to improve
the reader experience of the TLDP document archive.</span></p>
<p>For more than 10 years TLDP has authored and collected an ever increasing number of documents. These have been filed in an equally growing document structure that has shown itself to be less than
optimal. An overhaul was recognized to be overdue and this time it was decided not to "go it alone" but rather contact the experts on this field: the library and information scientists.</p>
<p>Oslo University College accepted the invitation from TLDP and soon Gerd Berget decided to do a professional job of determining an efficient set of categories as part of a Master's Degree study in
library and information science. The initial set of categories is available at <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:8391:200502:jbdbakjaacfndkmflfhi" target=
"_top">http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:8391:200502:jbdbakjaacfndkmflfhi</a>. But the report itself, being over 100 pages, will take a while to be translated to English.</p>
<p>For more information contact:</p>
<ul>
<li><span class="rss:item">Tor Arne Dahl, Faculty of Journalism, Library and Information Science, E-mail: Tor-Arne.Dahl(at)jbi.hio.no</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">Gerd Berget, Faculty of Journalism, Library and Information Science, E-mail: gerdberget(at)yahoo.no</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">Stein Gjoen, TLDP, E-mail: sgjoen(at)mail.nyx.net</span></li>
</ul>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="tldp-contribute"></a>4. The LDP/LDPWN mini-HOWTO</h1>
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