[plug] Which wiki is the wiki for me

[Patrick Coleman]

On 10/31/06, Ian Kent <raven at themaw.net> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to put together a Wiki for Linux autofs documentation.
>
> But I don't know much about Wikis so I was hoping that people on the
> list have had some experience with the different packages available.
>
> So what is the best Wiki to use?

Mediawiki isn't too bad; my experience is that it is fairly easy to
install and get going. Because its fairly popular, reasonable amounts
of documentation exist.

However it is utterly uncustomisable. Like, I spent days and days on
it and I think I managed to remove a few links from the side menu.
This may have changed, but I certainly wouldn't recommend it if you
want to change the style.

It also has quite a few features - this might be a con for you if you
just want a bit of text and a few links.

At the other end of the spectrum, phpwiki is what we use at
http://www.ld.net.au/support. Its pretty small and very easy to
customise, but from memory the docs are nothing fancy.

--Patrick