From: David Merrill <david@lupercalia.net> To: Linux Weekly News <lwn@lwn.net>, Michael Hall <mhall@internet.com>, LDP Weekly News <news@linuxdoc.org> Subject: LDPWN for 2002-01-29 Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 01:27:46 -0500 LDP Weekly News 2002-01-29 by David Merrill New Documents * LDP WikiText Editing HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/WikiText-HOWTO/ Version 1.1, David Merrill, david@lupercalia.net * Linux MIDI HOWTO http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/MIDI-HOWTO.html Version 1.00, Phil Kerr, phil@plus24.com Updated Documents * Belgian HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Belgian-HOWTO/ Version 1.1.5, Dag Wieers, dag@mind.be * C++ Programming HOW-TO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/C++Programming-HOWTO.html Version 41.1, Al Dev, alavoor@yahoo.com * CVS-RCS- HOW-TO document for Linux (Source Code Control System) http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/CVS-RCS-HOWTO.html Version 21.9, Al Dev, alavoor@yahoo.com * LDP Author Guide http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/LDP-Author-Guide/ Version 3.11, David Merrill, david@lupercalia.net, Jorge Godoy, godoy@metalab.unc.edu, Mark F. Komarinski, markk@linuxdoc.org * Linux IPv6 HOWTO http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Linux+IPv6-HOWTO/ Version 0.19, Peter Bieringer * Text-Terminal-HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Text-Terminal-HOWTO.html Version 1.28, David S. Lawyer, dave@lafn.org * The Linux 2.4 SCSI subsystem HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/SCSI-2.4-HOWTO/index.html Version 1.6, Douglas Gilbert, dgilbert@interlog.com * The Linux Gamers HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Linux-Gamers-HOWTO/ Version 0.9.8, Peter Jay Salzman, p@dirac.org * The Linux Kernel HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html Version 3.2, Brian Ward, bri@cs.uchicago.edu * The Linux SCSI Generic (sg) HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/SCSI-Generic-HOWTO/ Version 1.1, Douglas Gilbert, dgilbert@interlog.com * VPN PPP-SSH Mini-HOWTO http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/ppp-ssh/ Version 1.0, Scott Bronson, bronson@trestle.com Unmaintained Documents These documents have been abandoned by their maintainers and many of them have not been updated in some time. If you're willing to become the maintainer for one of them, please join the LDP discussion list at lists.linuxdoc.org and post a message indicating your interest. * Battery Powered Linux Mini-HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Battery-Powered.html Version * Brief Introduction to Alpha Systems and Processors http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Alpha-HOWTO.html Version 0.11 * Enterprise Java for Linux HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Enterprise-Java-for-Linux-HOWTO.html Version 0.2 * HOW-TO for inHouse IntraNet http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Netscape+Proxy.html Version * Installing Linux on ZIP disk using ppa ZIP Drive Mini-Howto http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Install-From-ZIP.html Version 0.7 * LINUX PLIP MINI-HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/PLIP.html Version 2.1 * Linux Benchmarking HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Benchmarking-HOWTO.html Version 0.12 * Linux Swap Space Mini-HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Swap-Space.html Version 1.42 * Linux Threads Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) http://www.linuxdoc.org/FAQ/Threads-FAQ/ Version * Linux simple fax printer server mini-HOWTO (faxsrv-mini-HOWTO) http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Fax-Server.html Version 1.0 * NFS-Root Mini-Howto http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/NFS-Root.html Version 8 * News Leafsite mini-HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/News-Leafsite.html Version 0.4 * SoundBlaster AWE 32/64 HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Soundblaster-AWE.html Version 1.2 * Spanish Linux HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Spanish-HOWTO.html Version 0.1 * The Ftape FAQ http://www.linuxdoc.org/FAQ/Ftape-FAQ.html Version 0.2 * The Hebrew HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Hebrew-HOWTO.html Version 0.4 * The LBX Mini-HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/LBX.html Version 1.04 * The Linux ""Linux-DOS-Win95-OS2"" mini-HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Linux+DOS+Win95+OS2.html Version 1.3.1 * The Linux 3Dfx HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/3Dfx-HOWTO.html Version 1.16 * The Linux Busmouse HOWTO http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/unmaintained/Busmouse- HOWTO/ Version 2.0 * The Linux Intranet Server HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Intranet-Server-HOWTO.html Version 2.12 * The dosemu HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/DOSEMU-HOWTO.html Version * Token-Ring mini-HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Token-Ring.html Version 4.1 * UMSDOS HOW-TO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/UMSDOS-HOWTO.html Version 1.2 * Visible bell mini-Howto http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Visual-Bell.html Version 2.3 * X11-big-cursor MINIHOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/X-Big-Cursor.html Version 2 * mini-HOWTO install qmail with MH http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Qmail+MH.html Version 1.4 -- David C. Merrill http://www.lupercalia.net Linux Documentation Project david@lupercalia.net Collection Editor & Coordinator http://www.linuxdoc.org Stop being paranoid. Gates is always whining about how any minute he can be out of business because things change so fast in the software business. The only companies put out of business in the software industry have been put out either by their own incompetence or by Microsoft. Give it a rest. I'm personally sick of listening to this one. In the early 1980s before Microsoft was public, Gates would go on and on about how he could always fall back on being a programmer if Microsoft went broke. Let's see, he's up to $50 billion in net worth. When does this thinking end? At this point it's pathological and unhealthy. --John C. Dvorak, PC Magazine