LDP Weekly News

TLDP Weekly News

Issue Number : 8
Publication Date : 2003-06-10
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Table of Contents
1. The LDP Weekly News - RSS Feed
2. New documents
    2.1. Fresh@LDP
    2.2. Proposed new documents
    2.3. Submitted for review
   
   
3. Updates
    3.1. HOWTOs
   
   
4. Happenings in the LDP world
    4.1. Anti-Spam-HOWTO
   
   
5. Feedback and Contributions

1. The LDP Weekly News - RSS Feed

The LDP Weekly News now has a [http://www.webreference.com/authoring/
languages/xml/rss/intro/] RSS style XML newsfeed. The newsfeed can be
accessed from the "Feed" link on the [http://www.tldp.org/] TLDP home page.
Thanks to Chris Karakas for his technical assistance with this.
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2. New documents

2.1. Fresh@LDP

  * Claudio Erba, Chris Karakas, Andre Purfield and Fortunato Matarazzo wrote
    a [http://tldp.org/HOWTO/PHP-Nuke-HOWTO/] PHP-Nuke: Management and
    Programming HOWTO.
   
       
         There has always been the necessity to have a definitive guide on
        PHP-Nuke. This tutorial describes the installation and structure of
        PHP-Nuke and the details of customizing the front end to suit the
        users' needs. The architecture of PHP-Nuke, with its modules, blocks,
        topics and themes is presented in detail, as well as the interplay of
        PHP and MySQL for the creation of a mighty content management system
        (CMS).It also delves into more advanced issues, like the programming
        of PHP-Nuke blocks and modules.
       
   
  * Ian Ward's Debian and Windows Shared Printing mini-HOWTO has been
    released
   
       
         This HOWTO will demonstrate how to use command-line tools to
        configure your Debian system for printing. It will explain how to
        send documents from Linux to Windows printers and how to share Linux
        printers with Windows PCs. Some troubleshooting examples are also
        given.
       
   
  * Mark Hubbard's VB6 To Tcl mini-HOWTO has been added to the LDP collection
   
       
         A 15 Minute Tcl Tour For Visual Basic and VBScript Programmers.
       
   

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2.2. Proposed new documents

  * Chris Albert proposed to write an [http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:
    4468:200305:oalgiegalcmfindiabbc] Anti-Spam-HOWTO
   
  * Gerardo Arnaez would like to write a HOWTO on qmail, vpopmail, qmailadmin
    server (on Debian) that allows stmp after POP authentication.
   

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2.3. Submitted for review

  * Jorje Bernal submitted a [http://tuxland.servebeer.com/koke/howtos/
    Coloring-HOWTO/] Linux Coloring mini-HOWTO.
   
       
         Mini-HOWTO to use the ansi sequences to put colors in the shell.
       
   
  * Gerardo Arnaez submitted a Qmail, Vpopmail, Qmailadmin HOWTO for review.
   
       
         A cookbook to set up a DEBIAN based Qmail servers that allows
        virtual emails and SMTP after POP authentication.
       
   
  * Howard Shane submitted a [http://ibiblio.org/gferg/ldp/
    Scanner-HOWTO.html] Scanner-HOWTO for review.
   
       
         This document was written to assist the linux user in setting up
        their raster image scanner device, including flatbed, hand-held,
        video- and still-cameras, frame-grabbers and so on. It includes
        information on interface types, kernel support, making and accessing
        the necessary devices, and finally brief descriptions of applications
        available for use both at the command line and within X-windows to
        access scanner hardware.
       
   

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3. Updates

3.1. HOWTOs

  * Miroslav "Misko" Skoric's FBB Packet-radio BBS mini-HOWTO has been
    updated to v1.18
   
  * David Horton's [http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Pocket-Linux-Guide/html/] Pocket
    Linux Guide is now at v1.2
   
  * The [http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bangla-HOWTO/] Bengali in GNU/Linux HOWTO has
    been updated to v1.1.2
   
  * Ingvar Hagelund's [http://tldp.org/HOWTO/IBM7248-HOWTO/] Installing GNU/
    Linux on the IBM RS/6000 43P model 7248 HOWTO is now at v2.0
   
  * Peter Bieringer's [http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+IPv6-HOWTO/] Linux IPv6
    HOWTO is at v0.43
   
  * Eric Steven Raymond's [http://tldp.org/HOWTO/
    Linksys-Blue-Box-Router-HOWTO/] Linksys Blue Box Router HOWTO is at v1.3
   

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4. Happenings in the LDP world

4.1. Anti-Spam-HOWTO

 Chris Albert asked if the discussion last year regarding writing an
Anti-Spam-HOWTO got off ground and offered to help. Quite a few others were
interested in helping. Greg Ferguson [http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:
4494:200306:loceblldbelajghaloeg] said that he has been following the
discussion with interest and noted that collaborative authoring using CVS is
the direction what he hopes the LDP would move.

 Hal Burgiss [http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:mss:4542:200306:
hnngjagkpgjpnacjkpjd] announced that Chris had set up a mailing list for
anyone who is interested in contributing, or just hanging out. To subscribe,
send a message to:

 <LISTSERV@LISTS.MCGILL.CA>

 with a blank subject line , and body without signature:

 SUB ANTI-SPAM-HOWTO firstname lastname

 Chris is working on the list archives for the ANTI-SPAM-HOWTO list, but the
list is already discussing the content of the HOWTO and an outline draft is
in the CVS.
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5. Feedback and Contributions

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