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<articleinfo>
  <volumenum>2005</volumenum>
  <issuenum>26</issuenum>
  <publisher><publishername>The Linux Documentation Project</publishername></publisher>
  <pubdate>2005-09-14</pubdate>
  <title>The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News</title>
</articleinfo>

<sect1 id="tldp-world-news">
<title>News in The LDP world</title>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem>

<para>Checking for inactive maintainers</para>

<para>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 asked if they planned to update
their documents any time soon.  The <ulink
url="http://tille.xalasys.com/training/tldp/authors.php">results of the
effort</ulink> are available.  In case you can 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
<email>feedback@en.tldp.org</email> address.  </para>

</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="tldp-discussions">
<title>Discussions on The LDP lists</title>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem>

<para>Modernizing TLDP:</para>

<para>August was a busy month on the <email>discuss@en.tldp.org</email>
mailinglist. The pros and cons of a wiki for TLDP 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 <ulink url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:sss:9637:200509:fgndlpjndkplofokbege">a summary</ulink> of <ulink url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:9574:200508:jakplipchbmiecnannjm">the discussion</ulink>.</para>

</listitem>

<listitem>

<para>HOWTOs for Hardware</para>

<para>While on the discussion about the demo page that was setup by jdd at
<ulink url="http://dodin.org/~tldp/mw/index.php/Main_Page" />, 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 anymore, since the
linux
distros and other opensource apps have started producing excellent
documentation.  David Lawyer <ulink
url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:9643:200509:claiepedajakajhoajgg">responded</ulink>
saying <quote>There is more need than ever for HOWTOs covering hardware.
The apps
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 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, there's only
limited coverage of hardware by HOWTOs and much of it is
out-of-date.</quote></para>

</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="new-released">

<title>New documents @ The LDP</title>

<para></para>
  
<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para>Gaurav Prasad described the <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Oracle-9i-Fedora-3-Install-HOWTO/">installation procedures</ulink> of Oracle 9i on Fedora Core 3.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>The Linux Laptop HOWTO was archived and replaced with Werner Heuser's <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Mobile-Guide/html/index.html">Linux on the Road</ulink> or 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. 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, 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 resources.</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="new-review">

<title>Documents submitted for review</title>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para>Nicolas Dufour submitted the <ulink url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:9435:200507:lcehlpkapofdffllaknl">Linux Aviation HOWTO</ulink>, containing a summary of useful software for pilots and navigators.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Review is ongoing for the <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/MP3-HOWTO.html">MP3 HOWTO</ulink> by Phil Kerr.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>A new maintainer was found for the <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Security-Quickstart-Redhat-HOWTO/index.html">Security Quick-Start HOWTO for Red Hat Linux</ulink>, the <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Security-Quickstart-HOWTO/index.html">Security Quick-Start HOWTO for Linux</ulink> and the <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/XWindow-User-HOWTO/index.html">The X Window User HOWTO</ulink>; these are currently <ulink url="http://tldp.org/authors/inprogress.html#review">being reviewed</ulink>.</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="new-proposed">

<title>New document proposals</title>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para>Stuart Ellis <ulink url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:sss:9638:200509:mgngmhhlmnioclinpjnb">proposed an SSH HOWTO</ulink> and got the go-ahead.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Kave Aryan had to write a filesystem as part of his final project at the University of Teheran and wants to <ulink url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:9631:200509:ecdgaahblachpccdgbbk">contribute his documentation about this</ulink>.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Nishant Sharma wants to write something about the <ulink url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:9641:200509:kkablndcmilfaaifeaam">Sierra Wireless PC-Card</ulink> which is offered country-wide by an Indian ISP.</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="updated-docs">
<title>Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides</title>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para>Steven Pritchard: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/">Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Nils Radtke: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Ethernet-Bridge-netfilter-HOWTO.html">Ethernet Bridge + netfilter Howto</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>AJ Lewis: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/">LVM HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Avi Alkalay: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Font-HOWTO/">Optimal Use of Fonts on Linux</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Bryan Henderson: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Module-HOWTO/">Linux Loadable Kernel Module HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Lars Wirzenius, Joanna Oja, Stephen Stafford, and Alex Weeks: <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/sag/html/index.html">The Linux System Administrators' Guide</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Daniel Nofftz: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Athlon-Powersaving-HOWTO/">Athlon Powersaving HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Werner Heuser: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Ecology-HOWTO/">Linux Ecology-HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Ian Ward: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printing/">Debian and Windows Shared Printing mini-HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Chr. Clemens Lee: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Debian-Binary-Package-Building-HOWTO/">Debian Binary Package Building HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>David S.Lawyer: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Plug-and-Play-HOWTO.html">Plug-and-Play-HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Thomas Chiverton: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Compaq-T1500-HOWTO/">CompaqT1500-Linux HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Jean-Philippe Gerard: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Online-Troubleshooting-HOWTO/">Online Troubleshooting Resources: HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Mendel Cooper: <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/index.html">Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Machtelt Garrels: <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/index.html">Bash Beginner's Guide</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>John Eikenberry: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/AI-Alife-HOWTO.html">GNU/Linux AI &amp; Alife HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Ram Samudrala: <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Cluster-HOWTO.html">Linux Cluster HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Machtelt Garrels: <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html">Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide</ulink></para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="tldp-mirrors">
<title>Mirror information update</title>

<para>The following are the latest additions to our <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/mirrors.html">list of mirrors</ulink>:</para>

<itemizedlist>


<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.linuxadm.com/LDP" /> maintained by Tony Escujuri in Mesa, Arizona, USA. </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://slugphils.homelinux.org/LDP" />
maintained by Michael Balcos in Quezon City, Metro Manila, The Philippines. </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.bangladesh-linux-info.org/" />
maintained by Tom Sonsuwan in Texas, USA. </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://tldp.ugm.ac.id" /> maintained by Taufik Suryawan Edyna in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://ldp.oslookup.org" /> maintained by Constantinos Laitsas in Frankfurt, Germany.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://legion.besove.org/ldp/" /> maintained by Peio Popov in Sofia, Bulgaria. </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.linux-diary.net/LDP" />
maintained in Frederick, Maryland, USA. </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://ldp.lug.md/" /> maintained by Grigore Raileanu in Chisinau, Moldavia. </para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="tldp-contribute">
<title>The LDP/LDPWN mini-HOWTO</title>

<para><ulink url="http://tldp.org/">The Linux Documentation
Project</ulink> (TLDP) is working on developing free, high quality
documentation for the GNU/Linux operating system.  If you want to help
TLDP, consider joining <email>discuss-subscribe@en.tldp.org</email> (a
low volume discussion mailing list).  You can also send your suggestions
to <email>feedback@en.tldp.org</email>.  </para>

<para>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 <email>news-subscribe@en.tldp.org</email> mailing list.
Back issues are available at <ulink url="http://tldp.org/ldpwn" />
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<para>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
<email>feedback@en.tldp.org</email>.  </para>

</sect1>

</article>
