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<artheader>
   <title>OSWG: Documents Catalog</title>

   <author>
      <firstname>Deb</firstname>
      <surname>Richardson</surname>
      <affiliation>
         <address>
            <email>deb@oswg.org</email>
         </address>
      </affiliation>
   </author>

   <revhistory>
      <revision>
         <revnumber>1.1</revnumber>
         <date>Jan 31, 2000</date>
         <authorinitials>dlr</authorinitials>
      </revision>
   </revhistory>

   <abstract>
      <para>
      This catalog is an organized listing of the documents currently
      available through the Open Source Writers Group.  Updates are 
      made as often as possible.
      </para>
   </abstract>
 
</artheader>

<sect1 id="copyright">
<title>Copyright and Licensing</title>
<para>
Copyright (c) 1999 by Deb Richardson.  This material may be distributed
only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open
Publication License v0.4 (8 June 1999) or later.  The current version of
the License is available at <ulink
url="http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/">http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/</ulink>.
</para>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="organization">
<title>Catalog organization and feedback</title>
<para>
This catalog is organized according to the subject matter of the
documents, then listed alphabetically according to title.  Later
versions of this document may contain additional organizational
structures.
</para>
<para>
If you notice any information in this catalog that is inaccurate or out
of date, please send a note to <email>deb@oswg.org</email>.  
</para>
<para>
Contributions, additions, or updates are always welcome, and can also be
sent to <email>deb@oswg.org</email>.
</para>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="documentation">
<title>Documentation and documentation tools</title>

<sect2>
<title>DocBook, A Practical Introduction</title>

<para>

[<ulink url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/DocBook-Intro/docbook-intro.html">HTML (single page)</ulink>]

[<ulink url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/DocBook-Intro/docbook-intro/index.html">HTML (multiple pages)</ulink>]

[<ulink url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/docbook-intro.html">Other formats</ulink>]

</para>

   <itemizedlist>
   <listitem><para>Author: Deb Richardson
<email>deb@oswg.org</email></para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Version: 0.1 incomplete</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Last Revised: November 14, 1999</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
<para>
A practical introduction to using the DocBook SGML DTD for marking up
technical (and other) documentation, written with the new user in mind.
</para>
</sect2>

</sect1>


<sect1 id="linuxdeveloper">
<title>Linux developer documentation</title>

<sect2>
<title>GCC HOWTO</title>

<para>

[<ulink url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_GB.ISO_8859-1/books/linux-c-programming/GCC-HOWTO.html">HTML (single page)</ulink>]

[<ulink url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_GB.ISO_8859-1/books/linux-c-programming/GCC-HOWTO/t1.html">HTML (multiple pages)</ulink>]

[<ulink url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/GCC-HOWTO.html">Other formats</ulink>]

</para>

   <itemizedlist>
   <listitem><para>Author: Dan Barlow <email>dan@telent.net</email></para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Version: n/a</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Last Revised: May, 1999</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
<para>
This document covers how to set up the GNU C compiler and development
libraries under Linux, and gives an overview of compiling, linking,
running and debugging programs under it.
</para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>PA-RISC/Linux Boot HOWTO</title>

<para>

[<ulink
url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/parisc-linux/parisc-linux-boot.html">HTML (single page)</ulink>]

[<ulink
url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/parisc-linux/parisc-linux-boot/index.html">HTML (multiple pages)</ulink>]

[<ulink url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/parisc-linux-boot.html">Other formats</ulink>]

</para>

   <itemizedlist>
   <listitem><para>Author: Deb Richardson
<email>deb@thepuffingroup.com</email></para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Version: 0.3 (draft)</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Last Revised: November 25, 1999</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
<para>
This document outlines the procedure for getting the current
PA-RISC/Linux development kernel to boot on your PA-RISC system.
This HOWTO does not currently include the information needed for booting
your system from disk.  The booting from disk procedures will be added
as soon as they are available.
</para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>RPM HOWTO, aka: RPM at Idle</title>

<para>

[<ulink url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/RPM-HOWTO/RPM-HOWTO.html">HTML (single page)</ulink>]

[<ulink url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/RPM-HOWTO/RPM-HOWTO/index.html">HTML (multiple pages)</ulink>]

[<ulink url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/RPM-HOWTO.html">Other formats</ulink>]

</para>

   <itemizedlist>
   <listitem><para>Author: Donnie Barnes
<email>djb@redhat.com</email></para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Version: 3.0</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Last Revised: November, 1999</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
<para>
RPM is the "RPM Package Manager".  It is an open packaging system
available for anyone to use.  This document describes how to use RPM to
manage software packages on your system, as well as how to use RPM to
package your software for use with RPM.
</para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>SCSI Drivers, An Introduction to</title>

<para>

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</para>
   <itemizedlist>
   <listitem><para>Author: Alan Cox <email>alan@redhat.com</email></para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Version: n/a</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Last Revised: 1999</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
<para>
Writing a driver for a simple SCSI controller under Linux.  The Linux
kernel does most of the work for SCSI devices, so a "dumb" SCSI
interface can usually be relatively painless to write.
</para>
</sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="linuxuser">
<title>Linux user documentation</title>

<sect2>
<title>Booting the Kernel</title>

<para>

[<ulink
url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/alessandro-rubini/boot/boot.html">HTML (single page)</ulink>]

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url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/alessandro-rubini/boot/boot/index.html">HTML (multiple pages)</ulink>]

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</para>

   <itemizedlist>
   <listitem><para>Author: Alessandro Rubini <email>rubini@linux.it</email></para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Version: n/a</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Last Revised: 1999</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
<para>
This article describes the steps that are performed to boot the Linux
kernel.  While this kind of information is not relevant to the system's
functionality, it's interesting to see how the different architectures
bring the system up.
</para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Cable Modem Providers HOWTO</title>

<para>

[<ulink url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/Cable-Modem/Cable-Modem.html">HTML (single page)</ulink>]

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</para>

   <itemizedlist>
   <listitem><para>Author: Vladimir Vuksan <email>vuksan@veus.hr</email></para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Version: 4.8</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Last Revised: 24 November, 1999</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
<para>
This document attempts to answer basic questions on how to connect your Linux box to a cable modem or cable Internet provider.
</para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>DHCP mini-HOWTO</title>

<para>

[<ulink url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/DHCP/DHCP.html">HTML (single page)</ulink>]

[<ulink url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/DHCP/DHCP/t1.html">HTML (multiple pages)</ulink>]

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</para>

   <itemizedlist>
   <listitem><para>Authors: Vladimir Vuksan <email>vuksan@veus.hr</email></para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Version: 4.6</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Last Revised: 17 November, 1999</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
<para>
This document attempts to answer basic questions on how to set up your Linux box to serve as a DHCP server or a DHCP client.
</para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Exchange Server Replacement HOWTO</title>

<para>

[<ulink
url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/exchange-replacement-howto/exchange-replacement-howto.html">HTML (single page)</ulink>]

[<ulink
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</para>

   <itemizedlist>
   <listitem><para>Author: Curt Johnson
<email>cjohnson@arrayservices.com</email></para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Version: n/a</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Last Revised: January, 2000</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
<para>
This document describes the installation and configuration of an IMAP
and POP3 mail server using LDAP as the user database. 
</para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Gnome Display Manager Reference Manual</title>

<para>

[<ulink url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/gdm-reference/gdm-reference.html">HTML (single page)</ulink>]

[<ulink url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/gdm-reference/gdm-reference/index.html">HTML (multiple pages)</ulink>]

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</para>

   <itemizedlist>
   <listitem><para>Author: Martin K. Petersen <email>mkp@mkp.net</email></para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Version: n/a</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Last Revised: November, 1999</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
<para>
GDM is a replacement for XDM, the X Display Manager.  Unlike its competitors (X3DM, KDM, WDM) GDM was written from scratch and does not contain any original XDM / X Consortium code.
</para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Lilo mini-HOWTO</title>

<para>

[<ulink url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/Lilo-Mini-Howto/lilo-mini-howto.html">HTML (single page)</ulink>]

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[<ulink url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/lilo-mini-howto.html">Other formats</ulink>]

</para>

   <itemizedlist>
   <listitem><para>Authors: Cameron Spitzer
<email>cls@truffula.sj.ca.us</email>, Alessandro Rubini
<email>rubini@linux.it</email></para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Version: 2.03</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Last Revised: 7 November, 1999</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
<para>
LILO is the most used Linux Loader for the x86 flavour of Linux.  This
mini-HOWTO describes some typical LILO installations, and is intended as
a supplement to the LILO User's Guide.
</para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>LVS Cluster Configuration HOWTO</title>

<para>

[<ulink url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/cluster-howto/cluster-howto.html">HTML (single page)</ulink>]

[<ulink url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/cluster-howto/cluster-howto/index.html">HTML (multiple pages)</ulink>]

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</para>

   <itemizedlist>
   <listitem><para>Author: Wayne Sherrill <email>sherrill@redhat.com</email></para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Version: n/a</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Last Revised: 18 November, 1999</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
<para>
This document explains how to set up and administer a Linux Virtual Server (LVS) cluster that provides highly available Web and FTP services.
</para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Online Troubleshooting Resources: HOWTO</title>

<para>

[<ulink url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/tronlineDOC/tronlineDOC.html">HTML (single page)</ulink>]

[<ulink url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/tronlineDOC/tronlineDOC/t1.html">HTML (multiple pages)</ulink>]

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</para>

   <itemizedlist>
   <listitem><para>Author: Howard Mann
<email>howardm@xmission.com</email></para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Version: 1.1</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Last Revised: 8 November, 1999</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
<para>
This document directs Linux users to resources available on the Internet that provide access to a vast amount of Linux-related information useful in troubleshooting problems.
</para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>PHHTTPD</title>

<para>

[<ulink
url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/phhttpd/phhttpd.html">HTML (single page)</ulink>]

[<ulink
url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/phhttpd/phhttpd/index.html">HTML (multiple pages)</ulink>]

[<ulink url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/phhttpd.html">Other formats</ulink>]

</para>

   <itemizedlist>
   <listitem><para>Author: Zach Brown
<email>zab@zabbo.net</email></para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Version: n/a</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Last Revised: January, 2000</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
<para>
phhttpd is an HTTP acclerator.  It serves fast static HTTP fetches from
a local file-system and passes slower dynamic requests back to a waiting
server.  It features a lean networking I/O core and an aggressive
content cache that helps it perform its job efficiently.
</para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>RPM HOWTO, aka: RPM at Idle</title>

<para>

[<ulink url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/RPM-HOWTO/RPM-HOWTO.html">HTML (single page)</ulink>]

[<ulink url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/RPM-HOWTO/RPM-HOWTO/index.html">HTML (multiple pages)</ulink>]

[<ulink url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/RPM-HOWTO.html">Other formats</ulink>]

</para>

   <itemizedlist>
   <listitem><para>Author: Donnie Barnes
<email>djb@redhat.com</email></para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Version: 3.0</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Last Revised: November, 1999</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
<para>
RPM is the "RPM Package Manager".  It is an open packaging system
available for anyone to use.  This document describes how to use RPM to
manage software packages on your system, as well as how to use RPM to
package your software for use with RPM.
</para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Visual Bell HOWTO</title>

<para>

[<ulink
url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/alessandro-rubini/visual-bell/visual-bell-howto.html">HTML (single page)</ulink>]

[<ulink
url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/alessandro-rubini/visual-bell/visual-bell-howto/index.html">HTML (multiple pages)</ulink>]

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</para>

   <itemizedlist>
   <listitem><para>Author: Alessandro Rubini
<email>rubini@linux.it</email></para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Version: 2.2</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Last Revised: November, 1999</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
<para>
This document explains how to use termcap to configure a visual bell on
one's system and describes how to disable audible bells on demand.
</para>
</sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="mailinglist">
<title>Mailing list software and related documentation</title>

<sect2>
<title>Advice for Mailing List Owners</title>

<para>

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</para>

   <itemizedlist>
   <listitem><para>Author: Kirrily Robert
<email>skud@netizen.com.au</email></para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
<para>
"This is a collection of advice for mailing list owners based on my
experience of running technical and social lists of all sizes since
1994.  It's not a technical document, and you won't find out how to
configure your mailing list software here.  Instead, you'll learn some
general techniques to help you make your mailing list run smoothly and
keep yourself sane in the process."
</para>
</sect2>
 
</sect1>

<sect1 id="oswg">
<title>Open Source Writers Group: project documentation</title>

<sect2>
<title>OSWG: Document Catalog</title>

<para>

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</para>

   <itemizedlist>
   <listitem><para>Author: Deb Richardson
<email>deb@oswg.org</email></para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Version: 1.0</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Last Revised: November 15, 1999</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
<para>
An organized listing of the documents currently available through the
Open Source Writers Group.  Updated as often as possible and/or
required.
</para>
</sect2>
 
<sect2>
<title>OSWG: Licensing Policy</title>

<para>

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</para>


   <itemizedlist>
   <listitem><para>Author: Deb Richardson
<email>deb@oswg.org</email></para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Version: 0.1</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Last Revised: November, 1999</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
<para>
This document has been written in order to simplify the process of
deciding which licenses are allowable for documents that are to be
included as part of the OSWG documentation set.
</para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>OSWG: Mission Statement</title>

<para>

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</para>

   <itemizedlist>
   <listitem><para>Author: Deb Richardson
<email>deb@oswg.org</email></para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Version: 0.1</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Last Revised: November, 1999</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
<para>
The OSWG Mission Statement has been written to clarify the purpose,
goals, and future of the OSWG.  This document exists to help other
projects understand what the OSWG is about, and to help current and
future OSWG members understand what we're trying to do.
</para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>OSWG: Roadmap</title>

<para>

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</para>

   <itemizedlist>
   <listitem><para>Author: Deb Richardson
<email>deb@oswg.org</email></para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Version: 0.1</para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Last Revised: November, 1999</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
<para>
This document outlines the major short-term and long-term goals and
plans of the Open Source Writers Group.
</para>
</sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="philosophy">
<title>Open Source: Philosophy, Theory, Practice, and History</title>

<sect2>
<title>Cathedrals, Bazaars, and the Town Council</title>

<para>

[<ulink url="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/alan-cox/town-council/tcouncil.html">HTML (single page)</ulink>]

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</para>

   <itemizedlist>
   <listitem><para>Author: Alan Cox
<email>alan@redhat.com</email></para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Year Published: 1999</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
<para>
"These are some of my thoughts on the Bazaar model that I figure are
worth sharing.  It's also a guide to how to completely screw up a free
software project."
</para>
</sect2>

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<title>I don't care if space aliens ate my mouse (Porting Linux to the
Apple Macintosh)</title>

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   <listitem><para>Year Published: 1999</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
<para>
"A study in both the technical and human issues in porting the Linux OS
to a new M68K target platform.  And an analysis of the effectiveness of
the platform independant features of the Macintosh.  Mostly however an
essay on the dangers of saying "Well all you need to do is..."
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<title>The Risks of Closed Source Computing</title>

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   <listitem><para>Author: Alan Cox
<email>alan@redhat.com</email></para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Year Published: 1999</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
<para>
One large vendor likes to talk about the risks of Open Source software,
but the strange thing is, the risk is actually in closed technologies.
This article looks at the real risks in following a proprietary software
path.
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<title>Software Libre and Commercial Viability</title>

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   <listitem><para>Author: Alessandro Rubini
<email>rubini@linux.it</email></para></listitem>
   <listitem><para>Year Published: 1998</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
<para>
An article that addresses some of the social and commercial implications of free software.
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