On 17/08/17 20:57, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo wrote: > On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 08:24:34PM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> On 17/08/17 20:17, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo wrote: >>> On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 07:52:51PM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> blogger.com and wordpress are well known platforms for people to create >>>> free blogs. Github pages have also become popular with developers >>>> recently. >>>> >>>> What are the recommended alternatives for people who want to adhere to a >>>> more free / libre approach? >>>> >>>> In particular, I'm looking for solutions I can recommend to students >>>> getting into Outreachy and GSoC. They often have a lot of things to >>>> think about at the start of their project and need to start blogging >>>> quite quickly. >>>> >>>> For now, I'm tempted to recommend github pages with Jekyll static >>>> content generation because at least the git repository (and full >>>> history) behind these sites can be easily migrated to any other hosting >>>> platform. Are there other alternatives people recommend? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Daniel >>> I love ikiwiki, and there is branchable [1]. >>> >>> [1] https://www.branchable.com/ >> The fees there - $9.99 per month - are actually quite expensive in some >> of the countries where we attract students and interns >> >> I'm going to a hackathon event this weekend where there will be 25 >> students and it would be great if all 25 start a blog but if they need >> to get out their credit card, I suspect some will be reluctant to try it. >> >> Are there similar options without cost? >> >> Regards, >> >> Daniel > Well, at least I am glad cost is the first issue you have with using > branchable.com. There is ikiwiki-hosting at Debian, so setting up > something that allows all those 25 to use a single cheap VPS host should > not be a year's work. I have no idea how simple it is, but I understand > you don't have time for that, and it's something that you need to be > maintained and involve some money cost. > > Still, there is the first free month, and then you can test how the > migration really works out. > > Also, http://www.branchable.com/news/free_hosting_for_Free_Software/.
Good in principle but the process they describe looks a little bit complicated. > The other way of thinking about it is: what is the sustaining model for > a "free" hosting? Whatever it is, it probably needs to involve bringing together a range of services into a single package, giving a lengthy free trial (2-3 years) for students and potentially being helped by subsidies from some of the non-profit organizations. Regards, Daniel _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
