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| − | * [[FGdb]] | + | * [[FGdb]] -- The database we use for maintaining gizmo inventory, contact information, volunteer work, and sales and donation receipts. Written in PHP against a PostgreSQL database backend. |
| − | * [[FGdiag]] | + | * [[FGdiag]] -- Scripts that our volunteers use to test incoming gizmos. Written in python. (Also updates [[FGdb]].) |
| − | * [[FreekBox]] | + | * [[FreekBox]] -- Our customization of debian that we load on computers we give away. |
Revision as of 14:49, 30 December 2004
There's a lot of open source software available for helping a place like Free Geek run. Here are the choices we made:
Off the shelf software choices
- Base Distribution -- Debian
- Wiki -- MediaWiki
- Issue Tracker -- RT
- Mailing List software -- Mailman
- Web mail -- Squirrelmail
- IMAP -- Courier
- Web server -- Apache
- Database server -- PostgreSQL
Custom software
- FGdb -- The database we use for maintaining gizmo inventory, contact information, volunteer work, and sales and donation receipts. Written in PHP against a PostgreSQL database backend.
- FGdiag -- Scripts that our volunteers use to test incoming gizmos. Written in python. (Also updates FGdb.)
- FreekBox -- Our customization of debian that we load on computers we give away.