[Lvlug] Wikis

[Randy Kramer]

<Sorry, this is a resend -- I intended to start a new thread, but took a
shortcut by replying to another message -- it became part of that
thread.>

Have you used a Wiki?  Do you know what it is?  If, not, check out these
links (and follow other links from those pages):

http://c2.com/cgi-bin/wiki?FrontPage
http://www.clug.org/cgi/wiki.cgi?UsingLinuxCommands
http://www.clug.org/cgi/wiki.cgi?FrontPage
http://kernelbook.sourceforge.net/wiki/?FoundationsOfLinux
http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiWikiClones
http://www.clug.org/cgi/wiki.cgi?RandyKramer

I have created some pages on the CLUG Wiki.  I am thinking of proposing
that we set up a Wiki for LVLUG (or "mirror" the CLUG Wiki).  (You can
find some additional rambling about this proposal at the last link
listed above.)

Aside: I have very little information about how to set up a Wiki.  Based
on some reading and the URLs ("cgi") I believe it uses scripts (Perl?).
(And, obviously some data storage -- I suspect that data is stored in a
relational data base, but it might use flat files).  

There is more than one variety of Wiki, probably each with attendant
advantages and disadvantages.  

I believe you can link from a page in one Wiki to a page in a different
Wiki (if you expand the Wiki link to <Wiki>.<WikiPageName>).

Randy Kramer