On Sat, 2006-07-29 at 12:23 +0100, Paul Smith wrote: > On 7/29/06, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I am looking for a simple knowbase application to use for my IT > > > > department at work. Right now we are looking at phpbb which is good > > > > but I not too sure how good of a knowledge base it would make. I have > > > > googled around but would like some opinions from you all. > > > > > > A wiki would probably be a better knowledgebase than a forum system. > > > > > > Try MediaWiki. I set it up for documentation in my previous workplace, and > > > it worked very well. > > > > > > http://www.mediawiki.org/ > > > > We use a wiki for this too, in our case "moin". > > > > Both moin and mediawiki are available in Extras. > > I am also looking for something similar for private use, i.e., not to > be published on the web. Is there such a tool? And since I am not a > programmer, I would like to have something simple regarding its > operation. Wikis don't have to run on public web servers; you could run it equally well on your desktop box for your own private use. Paul.
