3. Linux

Some texts from my ongoing project " Sleepless Chris" belong here. For example:

• document processing with LyX and SGML: describes my LyX-to-X project, a collection of sed, awk and shell scripts and DSSSL stylesheets that let you write in LyX, then publish in HTML, PDF, PS, RTF and TXT formats automatically. But that's not all: the scripts enable the use of Mathematics, bibliographic databases and automatic Index generation procedures, transparently for the user, all controlled from one source and one click of a button. If you ever wondered how the documents on this website are made, this 200 page guide will tell you all the gory details. Moreover, now you can grab your free copy of the LyX-to-X scripts and start producing professionally formatted documents yourself!

• Jade installation notes: describes my first steps, back in 2001, in creating a document processing system with Jade and SGML on Linux. It is this frustrating experience that gave birth to the collection of scripts that comprise my LyX-to-X project above.

• Linux Tips and Tricks: A loose collection of subjects that have more or less to do with Linux.

• GNU/Linux Tools Summary: A work in progress, by Gareth Anderson, to become a HOWTO of the Linux Documentation Project. I host the official, “ bleeding edge” version and I help with the conversion to DocBook SGML (and other formats) from the LyX sources as described in document processing with LyX and SGML.

• Using AMANDA to backup vfat filesystems.

• My self-compiled RPM packages, see Section 3.1.