We're running Media Wiki here and it's caught on very well. We document everything from build processes to infrastructure there.
On 10/11/06, Mathew Branyon <mat.branyon at gmail.com> wrote: > > I doubt you would notice a difference in either machine. > > I have used ubuntu as a server (simply because I had install disks lying > around), and it is very easy to use. I specifically set up lamp with > drupal (content management), which was very straight forward. > > As far as books, I've always found that the online documentation has > always been more than adequate (and if all else fails, look at gentoo's > online documentation). > > --mat > > > Joe Fruchey wrote: > > Wow, I'm excited! > > > > At work, we have this crappy helpdesk web app that hosts > > text-file-based help documents. I set up MediaWiki on my hosted server > > and whipped up a few articles to pitch the idea to my boss that we > > really need something a lot more robust. He loved it! > > > > Problem is, all our servers are pretty much in constant use, so he'd > > like to see a dedicated server for this purpose. I've been trying to > > get *something* to run Linux at this MS-loving joint for years. Bingo! > > LAMP server. > > > > I've been using desktop Linux for a while, but I've never done any > server admin. > > > > What type of machine should I use? My choices are pretty much limited > > to a Dell Optiplex GX240 with a 2.6GHz P4 (and as much RAM as I want) > > or a PowerEdge 1400SC server with dual 1GHz P3s and SCSI drives. The > > sole purpose of this machine will be to run MediaWiki, so which one > > would perform better? (I'd rather use the GX240) > > > > I know most server installs don't bother with X. But I was thinking... > > I have this extra monitor on my desk, and I was thinking about playing > > around with Synergy through maybe a dumb terminal... What do you > > think? > > > > And the big question... What distro? I'm thinking Ubuntu Server, just > > 'cause I've heard It's easy to set up a LAMP server on. Opinions > > welcome. > > > > Book suggestions welcome as well, as I could probably get work to buy > them! =) > > > > Wish me luck! > > > > Joe > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General at brlug.net > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/general_brlug.net/attachments/20061011/41abedc6/attachment-0001.html
