The LDP Weekly News

The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News

Issue Number : 18
Publication Date : 2005-05-04
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Table of Contents
1. News in The LDP world
2. New documents @ The LDP
3. Documents submitted for review
4. Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides
5. Mirror information update
6. The LDP/LDPWN mini-HOWTO

1. News in The LDP world

  * Local links
   
    Several people already pointed out that our [http://www.tldp.org/
    docs.html] docs page has absolute pointers back to iBiblio, whether you
    use the main site or a mirror. Because the mirrors do have the complete
    collection, having absolute links is rather pointless. The issue is now
    being dealt with and local links will be made available soon.
   
  * The LDP history
   
    Greg Ferguson put up an article [http://www.tldp.org/history.html] TLDP
    history that was published earlier in LinuxJournal. Some feedback,
    however, still needs to be incorporated to make it accurately reflect
    what happened during the last 10 years.
   
  * Unmaintained Documents
   
    Guido Gonzato sent in a mail indicating that he doesn't have the time to
    maintain the Configuration HOWTO, From DOS/Windows to Linux HOWTO, From
    VMS to Linux HOWTO and the Saving Space mini-HOWTO. If you would like to
    maintain any of these documents, send a mail to the <discuss@en.tldp.org>
    list. Thank you Guido for writing and maintaining these documents so far.
   
  * OpenSource XML authoring tools
   
    Saqib Ali is covering VEX and ButterflyXML in his article for Free
    Software Magazine. The article might be interesting for HOWTO authors and
    editors. The HTML version is at [http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/
    free_issues/issue_03/practical_applications_xml/] http://
    www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/free_issues/issue_03/
    practical_applications_xml/.
   

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2. New documents @ The LDP

  * Trevor Harmon finalized the TimeSys Linux Install mini-HOWTO, which is a
    quick-start guide for installing TimeSys Linux on a typical desktop
    workstation. In the words of the author "TimeSys Linux is a derivative of
    Linux created by TimeSys Corporation. It includes a fully preemptible
    kernel, a constant-time scheduler, fully schedulable interrupt handlers,
    fully schedulable soft-IRQs, and reduced interrupt disable times. These
    features reduce latency to a point where TimeSys Linux can be used as a
    Real-Time Operating System (RTOS).".
   

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3. Documents submitted for review

  * Nicolas Dufour prepares submission of the Linux Aviation HOWTO, listing
    useful software for private, commercial and military pilots, airlines,
    airports and anything having to do with aeronautics.
   
  * Machtelt Garrels proposes new versions of the flowcharts explaining TLDP
    workings. Yaroslaw Fedevych helped making them more accessible by
    re-styling the Publishing Process Flowchart and the Maintenance Process
    Flowchart. Yaroslaw's versions are put forward for publication.
   

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4. Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides

  * David Ranch updated the Linux IP Masquerade HOWTO. It has now more
    comments in the example rulesets. Apart from that lots of polishing has
    been done to streamline this HOWTO. The the rc.firewall-iptables-stronger
    ruleset was updated to fix a typo.
   
  * Avi Alkalay updated the Managing Accurate Date and Time to v1.0.9. This
    update includes a link to french translation.
   

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5. Mirror information update

The following are the latest additions to our [http://www.tldp.org/
mirrors.html] list of mirrors:

  * [http://xsteadfastx.is-a-geek.org/LDP] http://xsteadfastx.is-a-geek.org/
    LDP by Marvin Preuss, in Wolfsburg, Germany.
   
  * [http://tldp.attrition.jp/] http://tldp.attrition.jp/ by Ryan, in Tokyo,
    Japan. This is our first Japanese mirror, thank you Ryan!
   
  * [http://tldp.corporacionlinux.cl] http://tldp.corporacionlinux.cl by
    Rodrigo Henriquez M., in Santiago, Chili.
   
  * [http://www.linux.org.py/LDP/] http://www.linux.org.py/LDP/ by Oliver
    Schultze, the first mirror in Paraguay. It is located in the city of
    Asuncion. Thank you, Oliver!
   
  * [http://ldp.mirrorplus.org] http://ldp.mirrorplus.org by the admins of
    MirrorPlus, Munich, Germany.
   
  * [http://debian.phys.hacettepe.edu.tr/LDP] http://
    debian.phys.hacettepe.edu.tr/LDP by Mustafa Bayramgil, in Ankara, Turkey.
   
  * [http://ldp.mirrors.asianbaptist.org/] http://
    ldp.mirrors.asianbaptist.org/ by Matthew Isam, first mirror in the state
    of Oklahoma, USA. Congratulations!
   
  * [http://viveka.math.hr/LDP/] http://viveka.math.hr/LDP/ by Vedran Sego,
    in Zagreb, Croatia. First Croatian mirror, well done!
   
  * [http://viveka.math.hr/LDP/] http://viveka.math.hr/LDP/ by Marius David,
    Timisoara, Romania.
   
  * [http://gcwilhelm.dynalias.com/ldp/] http://gcwilhelm.dynalias.com/ldp/
    by Gunter Wilhelm, Kirschhausen, Germany.
   

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6. The LDP/LDPWN mini-HOWTO

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