The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News

Issue Number : 5
Publication Date : 2004-02-04

Table of Contents
1. New documents @ TLDP
2. New document proposals
3. Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides
4. News in The LDP world
4.1. ISBN numbers for TLDP documents
5. HOWTO contribute to TLDP

1. New documents @ TLDP

As Eric S. Raymond, author of the Fedora Multimedia Installation HOWTO puts it, this document explains "how to get various proprietary and restricted multimedia Damned Things working" under Fedora Core. If you have problems getting MPEG, Flash, Java applications, RealMedia or MP3 to run, here's the place to start. Eric documents the standard tools and various free packages that you can add to your system.


2. New document proposals


3. Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides


4. News in The LDP world

4.1. ISBN numbers for TLDP documents

Machtelt Garrels posted the procedure for obtaining an ISBN number for a document of hers in Belgium. She hopes this will add to TLDP credentials give it a more serious look.


5. HOWTO contribute to TLDP

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 .

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