[vox] wiki recommendations

Rod Roark vox@lists.lugod.org
Thu, 26 Jun 2003 20:31:21 -0700


On Thursday 26 June 2003 06:38 pm, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> i'm thinking of using a wiki to organize certain types of information i
> want to keep track of and add to time goes on.  more for personal
> consumption than collaboration.
>
> 1. is a wiki suitable for this use (i'm not too hip on wikis ATM).

I think so, especially if anyone else is involved.

> 2. any recommendations for which one i should install?  i don't want to
>    read docs if i can help it.  i want to install, read a quickstart,
>    maybe google once or twice when the inevitable problem creeps up, and
>    then just use.  prolly don't need advanced features.

TWiki is the best I've found.  However I don't think you'll
be very successful with that (or any other wiki) without
reading the docs.  The main thing is to understand Apache
configuration.

>    there are a few wikis available in debian.  kwiki looks good, but i'd
>    like some recommendations too.
>
> thanks,
> pete

Cheers,
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