The LDP Weekly News

The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News

Issue Number : 31 & 32
Publication Date : 2004-08-11
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Table of Contents
1. Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides
2. News in The LDP world
3. HOWTO contribute to The LDP

1. Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides

  * Bin Nguyen sent in updates for the [http://tldp.org/guides.html] Linux
    Dictionary (v0.15) and for the Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Guide (v0.65).
    This guide now has updates to describe the changes incorporated by
    FHS2.3.
   
  * Peter Jay Salzman sent in the v1.0.2 of the [http://tldp.org/HOWTO/
    Linux-Gamers-HOWTO/] Linux Gamers HOWTO. The document contains
    descriptions of available games on Linux, an overview of gaming
    libraries, information about your X settings in order to obtain optimal
    graphics performance, and details on audio configuration.
   
  * Lionel Bouchpan-Lerust-Ju&233;ry submitted updates to the SPARC HOWTO,
    the document is now at v0.0.7. Lionel explains that there is more to this
    story than the Sun implementation of the RISC design and lists Linux
    distros supporting this platform. Apart from that, this document contains
    many tips and tricks for the do-it-yourself reader.
   
  * Ram Samudrala, one of our authors who works for the acceptance of Linux
    in enterprise environments, published v1.3 of the [http://tldp.org/HOWTO/
    Cluster-HOWTO.html] Linux Cluster HOWTO and v1.62 of the [http://tldp.org
    /HOWTO/DPT-Hardware-RAID-HOWTO.html] Linux DPT Hardware RAID HOWTO. This
    last one had a slight name change to better reflect that it is focussing
    on the DPT RAID controllers - even though the information is fairly
    applicable on other RAID cards as well.
   
  * The latest evolutions in neural networks, artificial life simulations and
    intelligent agents can be found in v2.1 of John Eikenberry's [http://
    tldp.org/HOWTO/AI-Alife-HOWTO.html] GNU/Linux AI & Alife HOWTO.
   
  * David Lawyer keeps finding new subjects for his [http://tldp.org/HOWTO/
    Modem-HOWTO.html] Modem HOWTO. New in v0.33 are some interesting remarks
    on how your modem is powered and why it says in some manuals that the
    modem is only supported on MS Windows systems.
   

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2. News in The LDP world

  * New Malaysian mirror
   
    Ami Shamril volunteered to set up the [http://mirror.oscc.org.my/ldp/]
    second Malaysian mirror site. Five to go and TLDP will have 300 official
    mirror sites, thanks to the efforts of hundreds of admins locally
    providing copies.
   

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3. 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>.

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(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.