The LDP Weekly News

The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News

Issue Number : 30
Publication Date : 2004-07-28
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Table of Contents
1. New documents @ The LDP
2. New document proposals
3. Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides
4. News in The LDP world
5. HOWTO contribute to The LDP

1. New documents @ The LDP

The summer holidays (for some at least) are a very productive season:

  * The [http://www.tldp.org/guides.html] Linux Kernel Module Programming
    Guide is now split up into two branches, one for the [http://www.tldp.org
    /LDP/lkmpg/2.4/html/index.html] 2.4 and one for the [http://www.tldp.org/
    LDP/lkmpg/2.6/html/index.html] 2.6 kernels. Peter Jay Salzman, Ori
    Pomerantz and Michael Burian have put a lot of work into this, each
    covering a stable kernel branch starting from the 2.2 kernels.
   
  * Our colleagues over at [http://es.tldp.org/] http://es.tldp.org/ have
    published a document about Linux/MS Windows integration using OpenLDAP,
    Samba, CUPS and Python. It is entitled [http://es.tldp.org/Tutoriales/
    doc-openldap-samba-cups-python/html/ldap+samba+cups+pykota.html]
    Integración de redes con OpenLDAP, Samba, CUPS y PyKota; other formats
    are available [http://es.tldp.org/Tutoriales/
    doc-openldap-samba-cups-python/] here.
   
  * The French have translated the Event HOWTO by Mark Komarinski into a
    document entitled [http://www.traduc.org/docs/HOWTO/lecture/
    Event-HOWTO.html] Réaliser une présentation sur les logiciels libres.
   
  * Pawel (McGiwer) Sadowski intends to write a HOWTO about installation
    modem SpeedTouch 330 USB on Fedora Core 2. He did not find any document
    on The LDP site discussing the same.
   

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2. New document proposals

  * Trevor Thompson proposed to submit a [http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?5:
    mss:9179:200407:kcddneldichebnimjnak] Kernel Compile HOWTO; however, Emma
    Jane suggested to check with Kwan Lowe's [http://cvs.tldp.org/index.cgi/
    LDP/howto/docbook/Kernel-Build-HOWTO/] start for a Kernel Build HOWTO
    documenting the 2.6 kernel build process.
   
  * Chadley Wilson would like to write a [http://lists.tldp.org/index.cgi?1:
    mss:7743:200407:gobnkhhckbaodjmlhcjc] 10-page Linux introduction.
   

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3. Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides

  * John Tapsell, Thomas Spellman and Matthias Grimm contributed to v.0.09 of
    the [http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Masquerading-Simple-HOWTO/] Masquerading Made
    Simple HOWTO. This document is a complement to the original [http://
    www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO/index.html] Linux IP
    Masquerade HOWTO by David A. Ranch.
   
  * Peter Jay Salzman published v1.3 of the [http://tldp.org/HOWTO/
    Debian-Jigdo/] Debian Jigdo HOWTO, explaining how you can make your own
    Debian installation CDs or DVDs, now including info on how to make ISO
    images on MS Windows machines.
   

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4. News in The LDP world

  * LQ Wiki to include TLDP docs
   
    Members of the LinuxQuestions Wiki have expressed [http://lists.tldp.org/
    index.cgi?7:msp:10327:200407:dapncggfnodfolcejkmd] their interest in
    including TLDP docs into the [http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/] LQ Wiki.
    Since many of our documents are published under the free licenses, this
    initiative can only be encouraged.
   
  * Mirror updates
   
    Richard Mitchell lets us know that his New Zealand mirrors will be
    available at [http://ldp.yaksha.ath.cx:8001] http://ldp.yaksha.ath.cx:
    8001 and [http://yaksha.ath.cx:8000/ldp/] http://yaksha.ath.cx:8000/ldp/
    instead of at http://www.yaksha.co.nz/ldp as previously announced.
   
    Sadit Sathianpaisarn is hosting the second official Thai mirror located
    in Bangkok at [http://pubnet.ngi.nectec.or.th/LDP] http://
    pubnet.ngi.nectec.or.th/LDP, updated daily, courtesy of NECTEC.
   

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5. HOWTO contribute to The LDP

The Linux Documentation Project (TLDP) is working on developing free, high
quality documentation for the GNU/Linux operating system. If you want to help
TLDP, consider joining <discuss-subscribe@en.tldp.org>.

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 <feedback@en.tldp.org>.

The LDP Weekly News is compiled and edited by Machtelt Garrels and Y Giridhar
Appaji Nag with help from several other people.