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| − | There's a lot of open source software available for helping a place like Free Geek run. Here | + | There's a lot of open source software available for helping a place like Free Geek run. Here is some software we use and could conceivably offer to a new Free Geek startup to help them get off the ground. |
==Off the shelf software choices== | ==Off the shelf software choices== | ||
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===Wiki=== | ===Wiki=== | ||
| − | A wiki is used to develop documents collaboratively. We've chosen [MediaWiki:MediaWiki|] as our official wiki. | + | A wiki is used to develop documents collaboratively. We've chosen [MediaWiki:MediaWiki|] as our official wiki. For the startup they could go to something like <nowiki>http://wiki.startupname.freegeekintergalactic.org</nowiki>. |
===Issue Tracker=== | ===Issue Tracker=== | ||
| − | An issue tracker helps you keep track of items that need to be followed up on, like a big community todo list. We use [http://bestpractical.com/rt RT] for this. It helps us run tech support, keep track of grants, and even assists us in planning some of our meetings agendas. | + | An issue tracker helps you keep track of items that need to be followed up on, like a big community todo list. We use [http://bestpractical.com/rt RT] for this. It helps us run tech support, keep track of grants, and even assists us in planning some of our meetings agendas. For the startup they could go to something like <nowiki>http://todo.startupname.freegeekintergalactic.org</nowiki>. |
===Email List software=== | ===Email List software=== | ||
| − | This allows us to set up discussion lists for various purposes. In general, each committee or working group has at least one email list. We use [http://mailman.org Mailman]. | + | This allows us to set up discussion lists for various purposes. In general, each committee or working group has at least one email list. We use [http://mailman.org Mailman]. For the startup they could go to something like <nowiki>http://lists.startupname.freegeekintergalactic.org</nowiki>. |
===E-mail=== | ===E-mail=== | ||
| − | We give people email accounts and let them use Squirrelmail to access them. | + | We give people email accounts or aliases and let them use Squirrelmail to access them. An IMAP allows us to offer this server. We use Courier Our SMTP server is [http://postfix.org Postfix]. For the startup they could get email addresses like <nowiki>yourname@startupname.freegeekintergalactic.org</nowiki>. |
| − | An IMAP allows us to offer this server. We use Courier | ||
| − | Our SMTP server is [http://postfix.org Postfix]. | ||
===Web server=== | ===Web server=== | ||
| − | To serve up our web pages, we use [http://apache.org Apache HTTP server]. | + | To serve up our web pages, we use [http://apache.org Apache HTTP server]. For the startup they could go to something like <nowiki>http://startupname.freegeekintergalactic.org</nowiki>. |
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Revision as of 17:35, 11 September 2008
There's a lot of open source software available for helping a place like Free Geek run. Here is some software we use and could conceivably offer to a new Free Geek startup to help them get off the ground.
Off the shelf software choices
Wiki
A wiki is used to develop documents collaboratively. We've chosen [MediaWiki:MediaWiki|] as our official wiki. For the startup they could go to something like http://wiki.startupname.freegeekintergalactic.org.
Issue Tracker
An issue tracker helps you keep track of items that need to be followed up on, like a big community todo list. We use RT for this. It helps us run tech support, keep track of grants, and even assists us in planning some of our meetings agendas. For the startup they could go to something like http://todo.startupname.freegeekintergalactic.org.
Email List software
This allows us to set up discussion lists for various purposes. In general, each committee or working group has at least one email list. We use Mailman. For the startup they could go to something like http://lists.startupname.freegeekintergalactic.org.
We give people email accounts or aliases and let them use Squirrelmail to access them. An IMAP allows us to offer this server. We use Courier Our SMTP server is Postfix. For the startup they could get email addresses like yourname@startupname.freegeekintergalactic.org.
Web server
To serve up our web pages, we use Apache HTTP server. For the startup they could go to something like http://startupname.freegeekintergalactic.org.