Web Based Groupware for Linux

[Jason Shein]

Egroupware 1.0 on SME server 6.01-01-custom www.contribs.org

Works flawlessly.

On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 23:53, Marcus Brubaker wrote:
> I've been looking at web based groupware packages and..well, frankly I'm
> floored at how many are out there and just how many of them look quite
> good.  So, I'd like to ask what people's opinions/experiences are with
> the many packages out there.  Just a quick list of the ones I've found:
> 
> http://www.egroupware.org/
> http://www.opengroupware.org/
> http://www.moregroupware.org/
> http://phpgroupware.org/
> http://www.phprojekt.com/
> http://www.sherpath.org/
> http://tikiwiki.org/
> 
> I'm looking at a number of factors.  First it needs to have strong
> collaborative features.  E.G. shared calendaring, address books, etc. 
> Things like a trouble ticket module would also be good.
> 
> Ease of use for non-tech people is important, which includes a nice
> looking interface.  Customization is also important such as being able
> to (easily) add company logos/names at appropriate places, possibly
> selecting from a variety of skins/themes and being to selectively
> enable/disable modules.
> 
> A critical feature is being able to run several distinct services on a
> single machine (a la virtual hosts).  The ability to use native clients
> (such as Evolution, KMail or even Outlook) is nice but not a strict
> requirement.
> 
> So what experiences do people have with these packages?  Anyone to look
> at in particular?  Anyone to avoid?  Without having actually installed
> anything I like the look of the eGroupware suite.  It seems to have the
> features and active development.  OpenGroupware looks promising
> (particularly having native client support) but I'm concerned about how
> strong their development community is.  Plus the lack of significant
> documentation in (non-babelfished) english is troubling.  TikiWiki looks
> to have everything (including the kitchen sink) in terms of features.
> 
> Regards,

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