1. Discussions on The LDP lists

• Updated man-pages.
  

  Michael Kerrisk has updated the man-pages to version 2.28. You can find them at http://tldp.org/docs.html#man.

• Docbook version:
  

  There was some misunderstanding about the preferred docbook version in this discussion. But people... it is still version 4.2!

• Conversion of docbook to pdf is not optimal:
  

  There is a discussion going on on what the best manner is to convert your docbook xml document into pdf. A few different manners are mentioned. But there is still no winner! That is normal, because it is also a matter of taste.

• Chris Karakas has made a new version of his lyxtox-scripts. These can be used when creating docbook sgml documents with Lyx.
• A discussion is going on about two documents. Fran Literio is creating the "Bash Scripting Introduction HOWTO", but is not sure if it worth the time and energy because there is also the "Bash Guide for Beginners" of Machtelt Garrels. After a few tips Fran is probably renaming her document and converts it into a Bash Scripting Quick Start HOWTO. The audience is different for both documents so it is probably worth writing it.

2. Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides

• Mendel Cooper's Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is updated to version 3.8. He find it mostly a bugfix update, but with a fair amount of new material.
• Bryan Henderson's Module HOWTO is updated to version 1.08.
• David Lawyer had some changes for the manifesto page.
• Machtelt Garrels has updated her Introduction to Linux - A hands on Guide to version 1.21
• Machtelt Garrels also updated her Bash-Beginners-Guide to version 1.8
• Eric Steven Raymond has updated his Fedora Multimedia Installation HOWTO to version 5.0
• Avi Alkalay, Donovan Rebbechi and Hal Burgiss has updated the Optimal Use of Fonts on Linux document.

3. Mirror information update

The following are the latest additions to our list of mirrors:

• http://www.studioinf.com/LDP/ maintained by Andrea Gedda in Nürnberg, Germany. Updated daily.
• http://ldp.cdmon.org/ maintained by Monedas del Mundo in Alicante, Spain. Updated on a weekly base.
• http://ldp.ods.org maintained by Emilio Petrozzi in Verona, Wisconsin USA. Updated daily.
• http://LDP.tantrum.org maintained by Orlando Ortiz in Clifton, NJ - USA. Updated daily.
• http://www.stathy.com/LDP/ maintained by Stathy G Touloumis in Chicago, IL, USA. Updated daily.
• http://www.tldp.mirroarrr.de/ maintained by Karsten Krienke in Berlin, Germany. Updated twice a day.

4. The LDP/LDPWN mini-HOWTO

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