
<para>
Topics covered in this section include:

<simplelist type="vert" columns="1">
<member><xref linkend="miscauthor"> Authoring / Documentation</member>
<member><xref linkend="miscadv"> Linux Advocacy / Getting (and Staying) Involved</member>
<member><xref linkend="miscspecial"> Hobbies and Special Interests</member>
</simplelist>
</para>

<sect2 id="miscauthor">
<title>Authoring / Documentation</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../DocBook-Demystification-HOWTO/index.html">
DocBook-Demystification-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>DocBook Demystification HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Sep 2010</CiteTitle>.
Attempts to clear the fog and mystery surrounding the DocBook markup
system and the tools that go with it. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../DocBook-Install/index.html">
DocBook-Install</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
DocBook Install mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Feb 2002</CiteTitle>.
A detailed practical guide for novices to quickly getting DocBook installed
and processing SGML files into HTML, PostScript and PDF on a GNU/Linux 
system. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../DocBook-OpenJade-SGML-XML-HOWTO/index.html">
DocBook-OpenJade-SGML-XML-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>DocBook XML/SGML Processing Using OpenJade</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jul 2003</CiteTitle>.
Explains setting up OpenJade to process SGML/XML DocBook documents. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../HOWTO-HOWTO/index.html">
HOWTO-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>HOWTO HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
Lists the tools, procedures, and hints to get LDP authors up to
speed and writing. </Para>
<Para>
<EMPHASIS>Replaced by the
<ULINK URL="../../LDP/LDP-Author-Guide/index.html">
LDP Author Guide</ULink>. </EMPHASIS> </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Howtos-with-LinuxDoc.html">
Howtos-with-LinuxDoc</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Howtos-with-LinuxDoc mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Nov 2007</CiteTitle>.
This is about how to write HOWTOs using the simple LinuxDoc markup.
It's primarily for Linux Documentation Project authors (and future
fledging authors who want to get started fast). If you want to use
the more advanced DocBook markup (including XML) see the 
<ULINK URL="../../LDP/LDP-Author-Guide/">LDP Author Guide</ULink>. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../LDP-Reviewer-HOWTO/index.html">
LDP-Reviewer-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Documentation Project Reviewer HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2004</CiteTitle>.
This document will help you review LDP documentation. It includes
procedures, tips and techniques to make the process easier. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../LinuxDoc+Emacs+Ispell-HOWTO.html">
LinuxDoc+Emacs+Ispell-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>LinuxDoc+Emacs+Ispell HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Feb 1998</CiteTitle>.
Aimed at writers and translators of Linux HOWTOs or any other paper
for the Linux Documentation Project. Gives hints at using tools
including Emacs and Ispell. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Linuxdoc-Reference.html">
Linuxdoc-Reference</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linuxdoc Reference - An Introduction to the linuxdoc DTD</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Jan 2000</CiteTitle>.
Intended to be a reference for the SGML document 
type definition linuxdoc. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Man-Page/index.html">
Man-Page</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux Man Page HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Sep 2002</CiteTitle>.
Explains what you should bear in mind when you are going to write
on-line documentation -- a so called man page -- that you want to
make accessible via the man(1) command. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../WikiText-HOWTO/index.html">
WikiText-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>LDP WikiText Editing HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jan 2002</CiteTitle>.
Explains how to use the LDP WikiText editing format 
to create DocBook documents for the LDP. </Para>
</ListItem>

</ItemizedList>

</para>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="miscadv">
<title>Linux Advocacy / Getting (and Staying) Involved</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Advocacy.html">
Advocacy</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux Advocacy mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: May 2000</CiteTitle>.
Suggestions for how the Linux community can effectively
advocate the use of Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Commercial-Port-Advocacy.html">
Commercial-Port-Advocacy</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Commercial Port Advocacy mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Dec 1999</CiteTitle>.
Discusses methods that can be used to approach commercial software
companies to convince them to port their programs to Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<CiteTitle>Linux Consultants HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
A listing of companies providing commercial Linux related support. </Para>
<Para>Replaced by the <ULINK URL="../../guides.html#lcg">Linux Consultants
Guide</ULink>. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/index.html">
Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>HOWTO Encourage Women in Linux</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Oct 2002</CiteTitle>.
Explains some of the difficulties and biases women
face in the Linux community and examines various strategies for 
addressing those difficulties in order to encourage more 
participation by women. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Event-HOWTO/index.html">
Event-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Event HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Nov 2000</CiteTitle>.
The purpose of this document is to show you how to create
good presentations for almost any sort of Linux event. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Installfest-HOWTO/index.html">
Installfest-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Installfest HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jan 2012</CiteTitle>.
Provides some guidelines that should help you run a
successful installfest. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../META-FAQ.html">
META-FAQ</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Meta-FAQ</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Oct 1997</CiteTitle>.
Mainly a list of valuable sources of information for Linux. Use these
sources if you want to learn more about Linux, or have problems
and need help. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Online-Troubleshooting-HOWTO/index.html">
Online-Troubleshooting-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Online Troubleshooting Resources HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2006</CiteTitle>.
Directs Linux users to resources available on the Internet that
provide access to a vast amount of Linux-related information useful
in troubleshooting problems. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Reading-List-HOWTO/index.html">
Reading-List-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Linux Reading List HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Feb 2004</CiteTitle>.
Lists the books the author thinks are most valuable to a person
trying to learn Unix (especially Linux) top to bottom. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Update.html">
Update</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
The Staying Updated mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: May 2002</CiteTitle>.
How to stay updated and abreast of the development that
takes place in the Linux world of development. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../User-Group-HOWTO.html">
User-Group-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux User Group HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jul 2013</CiteTitle>.
A guide to founding, maintaining, and growing a Linux User Group. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../VAR-HOWTO.html">
VAR-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux VAR HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Aug 1999</CiteTitle>.
Contains a listing of service companies which do not manufacture
hardware or create packaged software, but add value to existing
products. </Para>
</ListItem>

</ItemizedList>

</para>

</sect2>


<sect2 id="miscspecial">
<title>Hobbies and Special Interests</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Accessibility-HOWTO/index.html">
Accessibility-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Accessibility HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</PARA> <Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jun 2002</CiteTitle>.
Covers the use of adaptive technologies that are available
for Linux. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Accessibility-Dev-HOWTO/index.html">
Accessibility-Dev-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>How to Develop Accessible Linux Applications</CiteTitle>
</PARA> <Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2002</CiteTitle>.
Provides Linux software developers with guidelines and
test cases for developing accessible Linux applications. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Astronomy-HOWTO/index.html">
Astronomy-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Astronomy HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Apr 2007</CiteTitle>.
Document shares tips and resources to utilize Linux solutions in
the pursuit of Astronomy. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Aviation-HOWTO/index.html">
Aviation-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>GNU/Linux Aviation HOWTO: Flying with GNU/Linux</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Sep 2006</CiteTitle>.
Intended to provide pointers to software packages that run
under GNU/Linux and are usefull to pilots (private, commercial
or military), airlines, airports or any actors in the aeronautical
domain.
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../AX25-HOWTO/index.html">
AX25-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Amateur Radio AX.25 HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Sep 2001</CiteTitle>.
How to install and configure support for the AX. 25 packet radio
protocol utilized by Amateur Radio Operators worldwide. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Coffee.html">
Coffee</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Coffee Making</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Aug 2004</CiteTitle>.
Yes, Linux DOES make coffee, and it tastes good. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Ecology-HOWTO/index.html">
Ecology-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Ecology HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Aug 2009</CiteTitle>.
Discusses ways to make computers less harmful to
our environment and to solve some ecological issues. It explains how to use
Linux to save power and consumables like paper and ink. Since it does not
require big hardware, Linux may be used with old computers to make their life
cycle longer. Games may be used in environmental education and software is
available to simulate ecological processes. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../FBB.html">
FBB</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
FBB Packet-radio BBS mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jul 2010</CiteTitle>.
Covers the installation and use of the most popular amateur packet-radio
BBS software FBB. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Home-Electrical-Control/index.html">
Home-Electrical-Control</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Home Electrical Device Control mini HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Feb 2003</CiteTitle>.
Use Linux to control your home electrical devices. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Medicine-HOWTO/index.html">
Medicine-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Medicine-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Mar 2004</CiteTitle>.
Some pointers to Linux software (mostly GPLed) for the 
medical sciences. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Netrom-Node.html">
Netrom-Node</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Netrom-Node mini-Howto</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Oct 1998</CiteTitle>.
How to setup the ax25-utilities package for Amateur Radio such
that it makes Netrom Nodes for the Node program and the BBS
software from John-Paul Roubelat, F6FBB.  </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Scientific-Computing-with-GNU-Linux/index.html">
Scientific-Computing-with-GNU-Linux</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Scientific Computing with Free GNU/Linux Software HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Oct 2004</CiteTitle>.
Aims to show how a PC running GNU/Linux can be used for
scientific computing. It lists the various available free
software and also links on the world wide web to tutorials
on getting started with the tools. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Wearable-HOWTO.html">
Wearable-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Wearable HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Nov 2000</CiteTitle>.
Nomadism is one of the major trends of our society, now most of the
people can work with a laptop computer, but few did the next step: to
live, or if you prefer to wear one computer - that is a wearable. </Para>
</ListItem>

</ItemizedList>

</para>

</sect2>

