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<h1 class="title"><a name="AEN2"></a>The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News</h1>
<b>Issue Number :</b> 19 &amp; 20<br>
<b>Publication Date :</b> 2005-05-18<br>
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<dt>1. <a href="#updated-docs">Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides</a></dt>
<dt>2. <a href="#tldp-mirrors">Mirror information update</a></dt>
<dt>3. <a href="#tldp-contribute">The LDP/LDPWN mini-HOWTO</a></dt>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="updated-docs"></a>1. Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Avi Alkalay, Donovan Rebbechi and Hal Burgiss's document <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Font-HOWTO/" target="_top">http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Font-HOWTO/</a> on Optimal Use of
Fonts on Linux has been updated for a 10 May 2005 version. Old section-based glossary has been converted to real DocBook glossary. Modernized terms and explanations have been used in the glossary and
now also includes concepts as charsets, Unicode and UTF-8.</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">Mendel Cooper's Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide <a href="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/" target="_top">http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/</a> has been updated to v3.4. A
complete ChangeLog is available at <a href="http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/Change.log" target="_top">http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/Change.log</a></span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item">v8.0 of the generated <a href="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/lcg/html/" target="_top">http://www.tldp.org/LDP/lcg/html/</a> Linux Consultants Guide has been submitted by Joshua
Drake to The LDP.</span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="tldp-mirrors"></a>2. Mirror information update</h1>
<p>The following are the latest additions to our <a href="http://www.tldp.org/mirrors.html" target="_top">list of mirrors</a>:</p>
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<li><span class="rss:item"><a href="http://ftp.iitm.ac.in/LDP/" target="_top">http://ftp.iitm.ac.in/LDP/</a> maintained by IIT Madras in Chennai, India and updated daily.</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item"><a href="http://www.davtar.org/LDP" target="_top">http://www.davtar.org/LDP</a> maintained by David Brown in Spanish Fork, UT, USA and updated daily.</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item"><a href="http://gcwilhelm.dynalias.com/ldp/" target="_top">http://gcwilhelm.dynalias.com/ldp/</a> maintained by G&uuml;nter Wilhelm in Kirschhausen, Hessen, Germany and
updated daily.</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item"><a href="http://www.technologynewsdaily.com/ldp/" target="_top">http://www.technologynewsdaily.com/ldp/</a> maintained by LDP Keeper in California, USA and updated
daily.</span></li>
<li><span class="rss:item"><a href="http://www.tti-grads.net/ldp" target="_top">http://www.tti-grads.net/ldp</a> maintained by webmaster@itt-grads.net in Northern Virginia, USA and updated 2 to 3
times a week.</span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="tldp-contribute"></a>3. The LDP/LDPWN mini-HOWTO</h1>
<p><a href="http://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
help TLDP, consider joining <tt class="email">&lt;<a href="mailto:discuss-subscribe@en.tldp.org">discuss-subscribe@en.tldp.org</a>&gt;</tt> (a low volume discussion mailing list). You can also send
your suggestions to <tt class="email">&lt;<a href="mailto:feedback@en.tldp.org">feedback@en.tldp.org</a>&gt;</tt>.</p>
<p>The LDP Weekly News is compiled, edited and published by Machtelt Garrels (Tille) and Y Giridhar Appaji Nag (Giri) with help from several other people. To receive this newsletter weekly in your
mailbox, subscribe to the <tt class="email">&lt;<a href="mailto:news-subscribe@en.tldp.org">news-subscribe@en.tldp.org</a>&gt;</tt> mailing list. Back issues are available at <a href=
"http://tldp.org/ldpwn" target="_top">http://tldp.org/ldpwn</a></p>
<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
<tt class="email">&lt;<a href="mailto:feedback@en.tldp.org">feedback@en.tldp.org</a>&gt;</tt>.</p>
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