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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> 26<br>
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<b>Publication Date :</b> 2005-09-14<br>
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<dt class="c1">Table of Contents</dt>
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<dt>1. <a href="#tldp-world-news">News in The LDP world</a></dt>
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<dt>2. <a href="#tldp-discussions">Discussions on The LDP lists</a></dt>
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<dt>3. <a href="#new-released">New documents @ The LDP</a></dt>
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<dt>4. <a href="#new-review">Documents submitted for review</a></dt>
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<dt>5. <a href="#new-proposed">New document proposals</a></dt>
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<dt>6. <a href="#updated-docs">Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides</a></dt>
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<dt>7. <a href="#tldp-mirrors">Mirror information update</a></dt>
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<dt>8. <a href="#tldp-contribute">The LDP/LDPWN mini-HOWTO</a></dt>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="tldp-world-news"></a>1. News in The LDP world</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Checking for inactive maintainers<br></span>
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<p><span class="rss:item">Machtelt Garrels, newly appointed Review Coordinator, took a dive into the HOWTO collection. All authors of inactive documents (not updated this year) were contacted and
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asked if they planned to update their documents any time soon. The <a href="http://tille.xalasys.com/training/tldp/authors.php" target="_top">results of the effort</a> are available. In case you can
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get in touch with any of the inactive document authors and maintainers of the documents that you use often, please send in the information to the <tt class="email"><<a href=
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"mailto:feedback@en.tldp.org">feedback@en.tldp.org</a>></tt> address.</span></p>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="tldp-discussions"></a>2. Discussions on The LDP lists</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Modernizing TLDP:<br></span>
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<p><span class="rss:item">August was a busy month on the <tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:discuss@en.tldp.org">discuss@en.tldp.org</a>></tt> mailinglist. The pros and cons of a wiki for TLDP
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were discussed, and finally it was decided that it wouldn't be a bad idea to have wiki pages for those HOWTOs that seem abandoned. Pradeep Padala and jdd made <a href=
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"http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:sss:9637:200509:fgndlpjndkplofokbege" target="_top">a summary</a> of <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:9574:200508:jakplipchbmiecnannjm" target=
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"_top">the discussion</a>.</span></p>
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<li><span class="rss:item">HOWTOs for Hardware<br></span>
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<p><span class="rss:item">While on the discussion about the demo page that was setup by jdd at <a href="http://dodin.org/~tldp/mw/index.php/Main_Page" target=
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"_top">http://dodin.org/~tldp/mw/index.php/Main_Page</a>, Saqib Ali said that TLDP as it currently exist should now retire as most of the HOWTOs (including ones authored by him) are not needed
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anymore, since the linux distros and other opensource apps have started producing excellent documentation. David Lawyer <a href=
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"http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:9643:200509:claiepedajakajhoajgg" target="_top">responded</a> saying <span class="QUOTE">"There is more need than ever for HOWTOs covering hardware. The apps
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seldom cover hardware and if they do, may not cover it adequately. One problem is that there is a lot of hardware that doesn't work with Linux due to Windows-only drivers. In other cases the hardware
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will work under Linux but doesn't have all its features supported by the Linux driver. Also, some hardware is defective in design, but will still work if the driver has a workaround. Currently,
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there's only limited coverage of hardware by HOWTOs and much of it is out-of-date."</span></span></p>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="new-released"></a>3. New documents @ The LDP</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Gaurav Prasad described the <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Oracle-9i-Fedora-3-Install-HOWTO/" target="_top">installation procedures</a> of Oracle 9i on Fedora Core
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3.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">The Linux Laptop HOWTO was archived and replaced with Werner Heuser's <a href="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Mobile-Guide/html/index.html" target="_top">Linux on the Road</a> or
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Linux Mobile guide. Though there are laptop, notebook, PDA and mobile phone related HOWTOs available already, this guide contains a concise survey of documents related to mobile computer devices.
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Also Linux features, such as installation methods for laptops, notebooks and PDAs as well as configurations for different (network) environments are described. And though there are some caveats,
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Linux is a good choice for mobile computing devices than most other operating systems because it supports numerous installation methods, works in many heterogeneous environments and needs fewer
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resources.</span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="new-review"></a>4. Documents submitted for review</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Nicolas Dufour submitted the <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:9435:200507:lcehlpkapofdffllaknl" target="_top">Linux Aviation HOWTO</a>, containing a summary
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of useful software for pilots and navigators.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Review is ongoing for the <a href="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/MP3-HOWTO.html" target="_top">MP3 HOWTO</a> by Phil Kerr.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">A new maintainer was found for the <a href="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Security-Quickstart-Redhat-HOWTO/index.html" target="_top">Security Quick-Start HOWTO for Red Hat
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Linux</a>, the <a href="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Security-Quickstart-HOWTO/index.html" target="_top">Security Quick-Start HOWTO for Linux</a> and the <a href=
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"http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/XWindow-User-HOWTO/index.html" target="_top">The X Window User HOWTO</a>; these are currently <a href="http://tldp.org/authors/inprogress.html#review" target="_top">being
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reviewed</a>.</span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="new-proposed"></a>5. New document proposals</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Stuart Ellis <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:sss:9638:200509:mgngmhhlmnioclinpjnb" target="_top">proposed an SSH HOWTO</a> and got the go-ahead.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Kave Aryan had to write a filesystem as part of his final project at the University of Teheran and wants to <a href=
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"http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:9631:200509:ecdgaahblachpccdgbbk" target="_top">contribute his documentation about this</a>.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Nishant Sharma wants to write something about the <a href="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:9641:200509:kkablndcmilfaaifeaam" target="_top">Sierra Wireless PC-Card</a>
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which is offered country-wide by an Indian ISP.</span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="updated-docs"></a>6. Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides</h1>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Steven Pritchard: <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/" target="_top">Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO</a></span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Nils Radtke: <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Ethernet-Bridge-netfilter-HOWTO.html" target="_top">Ethernet Bridge + netfilter Howto</a></span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">AJ Lewis: <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/" target="_top">LVM HOWTO</a></span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Avi Alkalay: <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Font-HOWTO/" target="_top">Optimal Use of Fonts on Linux</a></span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Bryan Henderson: <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Module-HOWTO/" target="_top">Linux Loadable Kernel Module HOWTO</a></span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Lars Wirzenius, Joanna Oja, Stephen Stafford, and Alex Weeks: <a href="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/sag/html/index.html" target="_top">The Linux System Administrators'
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Guide</a></span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Daniel Nofftz: <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Athlon-Powersaving-HOWTO/" target="_top">Athlon Powersaving HOWTO</a></span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Werner Heuser: <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Ecology-HOWTO/" target="_top">Linux Ecology-HOWTO</a></span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Ian Ward: <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printing/" target="_top">Debian and Windows Shared Printing mini-HOWTO</a></span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Chr. Clemens Lee: <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Debian-Binary-Package-Building-HOWTO/" target="_top">Debian Binary Package Building HOWTO</a></span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">David S.Lawyer: <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Plug-and-Play-HOWTO.html" target="_top">Plug-and-Play-HOWTO</a></span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Thomas Chiverton: <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Compaq-T1500-HOWTO/" target="_top">CompaqT1500-Linux HOWTO</a></span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Jean-Philippe Gerard: <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Online-Troubleshooting-HOWTO/" target="_top">Online Troubleshooting Resources: HOWTO</a></span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Mendel Cooper: <a href="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/index.html" target="_top">Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide</a></span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Machtelt Garrels: <a href="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/index.html" target="_top">Bash Beginner's Guide</a></span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">John Eikenberry: <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/AI-Alife-HOWTO.html" target="_top">GNU/Linux AI & Alife HOWTO</a></span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Ram Samudrala: <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Cluster-HOWTO.html" target="_top">Linux Cluster HOWTO</a></span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item">Machtelt Garrels: <a href="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html" target="_top">Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide</a></span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="tldp-mirrors"></a>7. Mirror information update</h1>
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<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://www.linuxadm.com/LDP" target="_top">http://www.linuxadm.com/LDP</a> maintained by Tony Escujuri in Mesa, Arizona, USA.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item"><a href="http://slugphils.homelinux.org/LDP" target="_top">http://slugphils.homelinux.org/LDP</a> maintained by Michael Balcos in Quezon City, Metro Manila, The
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Philippines.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item"><a href="http://www.bangladesh-linux-info.org/" target="_top">http://www.bangladesh-linux-info.org/</a> maintained by Tom Sonsuwan in Texas, USA.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item"><a href="http://tldp.ugm.ac.id" target="_top">http://tldp.ugm.ac.id</a> maintained by Taufik Suryawan Edyna in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item"><a href="http://ldp.oslookup.org" target="_top">http://ldp.oslookup.org</a> maintained by Constantinos Laitsas in Frankfurt, Germany.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item"><a href="http://legion.besove.org/ldp/" target="_top">http://legion.besove.org/ldp/</a> maintained by Peio Popov in Sofia, Bulgaria.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item"><a href="http://www.linux-diary.net/LDP" target="_top">http://www.linux-diary.net/LDP</a> maintained in Frederick, Maryland, USA.</span></li>
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<li><span class="rss:item"><a href="http://ldp.lug.md/" target="_top">http://ldp.lug.md/</a> maintained by Grigore Raileanu in Chisinau, Moldavia.</span></li>
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<h1 class="sect1"><a name="tldp-contribute"></a>8. The LDP/LDPWN mini-HOWTO</h1>
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<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
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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> (a low volume discussion mailing list). You can also send
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your suggestions to <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, 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
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mailbox, subscribe to the <tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:news-subscribe@en.tldp.org">news-subscribe@en.tldp.org</a>></tt> mailing list. Back issues are available at <a href=
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"http://tldp.org/ldpwn" target="_top">http://tldp.org/ldpwn</a></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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