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  <volumenum>2003</volumenum>

  <issuenum>20</issuenum>

  <publisher><publishername>The Linux Documentation Project</publishername></publisher>

  <pubdate>2003-09-09</pubdate>

  <title>TLDP Weekly News</title>

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<sect1>

<title>New documents</title>

<sect2>

  <title>Fresh@LDP</title>



<para>We're starting this 20th issue with a new document:</para>

  

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<listitem><para>Review this <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Scripting-GUI-TclTk/">Scripting Graphical Commands with Tcl/Tk Mini-HOWTO</ulink> if you want to get started with the Tcl/Tk graphical toolkit.  Salvador J. Peralta is waiting for your comments!</para></listitem>



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<sect2>

<title>Proposed new documents</title>



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<listitem><para>On the same lines as the <ulink url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:5672:200309:mdeognklflhdfhdhjjcb">Disk Encryption HOWTO</ulink> proposed by David Braun last week, Christophe Devine suggest an <ulink url="http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:mss:5751:200309:ffnhpcndnmhkkkjfhkef">Encrypted file system HOWTO</ulink>.  Join us on the <ulink url="discuss-subscribe@en.tldp.org.NOSPAM">LDP discussion mailing-list</ulink> for comments on these proposals.</para></listitem>



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<sect1>  

<title>Updates</title>



<sect2>

<title>HOWTOs</title>

<para>We're getting in full speed again, be prepared!</para>

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<listitem><para>Saqib Ali provided us with v4.1.0 of his <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Apache-WebDAV-LDAP-HOWTO/">Apache based WebDAV Server with LDAP and SSL HOWTO</ulink>.  If you were wondering: WebDAV stands for Web enabled Distributed Authoring and Versioning.  Saqib's objective is to set up an Apache + MySQL + PHP + WebDAV based application server, using LDAP for authentication.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>If you feel like playing a bit with your kernel, here's v1.04 of Bryan Henderson's <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Module-HOWTO/">Linux Loadable Kernel Module HOWTO</ulink>.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>We've got a lot of updates from the VideoLAN project.  VideoLAN is a complete software solution for streaming MPEG video on high-bandwidth networks.  The project consists of VLS, the VideoLAN server and VLC, the client, which can accidentally also serve videos.</para>

<para>The documentation consists of the following:</para>

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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/VideoLAN-HOWTO/">The VideoLAN HOWTO</ulink></para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="http://tldp.org/REF/VideoLAN-Quickstart/">The VideoLAN Quick-start</ulink></para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="http://tldp.org/REF/VLC-User-Guide/">The VLC User Guide</ulink></para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="http://tldp.org/REF/VLS-User-Guide/">The VLS User guide</ulink></para></listitem>

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<para>Many thanks to Alexis de Lattre, Marc Ariberti, Anil Daoud, Clement Stenac, Henri Fallon, Johan Bilien, Mathieu Gautier and all the others volunteering for this project!</para>

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<listitem><para>And Svetoslav Slavtchev mailed us v1.1.1 of his <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree-Local-multi-user-HOWTO/">XFree Local Multi-User HOWTO</ulink>, which explains how to use the Backstreet Ruby kernel for supporting multiple keyboards, mice and monitors on one PC.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>If you want to try an alternative form of wireless connection, check out v1.24 of Miroslav "Misko" Skoric's <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/FBB.html">FBB Packet-radio BBS mini-HOWTO</ulink>, covering the installation and use of the popular amateur packet-radio BBS server software <quote>FBB</quote>.  </para></listitem>

<listitem><para>v3.13 of Miroslav "Misko" Skoric's <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LILO.html">LILO mini-HOWTO</ulink>.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>The <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+WinNT.html">Linux+WindowsNT mini-HOWTO</ulink> v2.13. from Miroslav "Misko" Skoric.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Daniel Quintiliani sent in v1.1 of the <ulink url="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Xnews-under-Linux-HOWTO/">Xnews under Linux HOWTO</ulink>, describing how to set up and use the Windows client Xnews running <ulink url="http://www.winehq.com/">Wine</ulink> emulator.</para></listitem>

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<title>Guides</title>



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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://tldp.org/REF/VLC-User-Guide/">The VLC User Guide</ulink> and the <ulink url="http://tldp.org/REF/VLS-User-Guide/">the VLS User guide</ulink>, see VideoLAN in the previous section</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Binh Nguyen posted v0.11 of the <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/">Linux Dictionary</ulink>.</para></listitem>

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<sect2><title>Various</title>

<para>Over at TLDP-ES, it was decided to have <ulink url="http://www.lisa.org/tbx/">TBX</ulink>, an XML-based open standard for storing terminological data, for the unified Spanish glossary they're working on.</para> 

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<sect1 id="feedback">

<title>Feedback and Contributions</title>



<para>

You can help The Linux Documentation Project by:

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<listitem><para>Reviewing one of the draft versions of the <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/authors/inprogress.html">documents in progress</ulink>.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Picking up one of the <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/authors/unmaint.html">unmaintained documents</ulink>.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Providing assistance with <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/authors/markup.html">markup</ulink>.</para></listitem>

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<para>Please help us create this weekly newsletter. Seen a site putting

in a story with a link to the LDP? Completed the translation of any

HOWTO?  Know of any articles about the LDP published in newspapers or

magazines? You can update us by sending in links and information at

<email>feedback@en.tldp.org</email>.</para>



<para>LDP Weekly News is edited by

Machtelt Garrels, Torsten Schlabach and Y Giridhar Appaji Nag

with help from several other people.</para>

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