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===Hi, and welcome to contribs.org !===

===Hi, and welcome to contribs.org !===

* Be respectful. A persons judgement on you is based on who you are and on your attitude, not on what you think you know, or who you know

*Be respectful. A persons judgement on you is based on who you are and on your attitude, not on what you think you know, or who you know

* No harsh/foul/profanity language or flaming

*No harsh/foul/profanity language or flaming

* No political, religious  or sexual related topics or expressions

*No political, religious  or sexual related topics or expressions

* contribs.org is a global community. Time Zones, workdays, holidays and available time may differ from yours. Be patient.

*contribs.org is a global community. Time Zones, workdays, holidays and available time may differ from yours. Be patient.

* Be brief, but be as complete as possible with information

*Be brief, but be as complete as possible with information

* Skills and understanding of things from one person to another may differ. Be patient and helpful

*Skills and understanding of things from one person to another may differ. Be patient and helpful

* The default language on contribs.org is English. We do try to catch other languages, but that's no guarantee

*The default language on contribs.org is English. We do try to catch other languages, but that's no guarantee

* Please share and help, don't hold back

*Please share and help, don't hold back

* Sentiment and enthusiasm are not to be confused. We love enthusiasm

*Sentiment and enthusiasm are not to be confused. We love enthusiasm

* Finish your conversations and wrap them up. On the forums, on our Bugzilla and on our mailing lists.

*Finish your conversations and wrap them up. On the forums, on our Bugzilla and on our mailing lists.

* The only stupid question is the question that you did not ask

*The only stupid question is the question that you did not ask

* Have fun!

*Have fun!

Next to our hardware infrastructure, obviously we have our applications. As for the applications and software systems, we are solely using Open Source solutions. Here is what we currently have deployed:

Next to our hardware infrastructure, obviously we have our applications. As for the applications and software systems, we are solely using Open Source solutions. Here is what we currently have deployed:

* [http://www.centos.org/ CentOS] and [http://www.redhat.com/en Redhat] as our base for Koozali SME Server itself as a server distribution, and as our infra and hosting platform for contribs.org

 

* [http://www.zabbix.com/ Zabbix] as our infrastructure and services monitoring and alerting platform

*[http://www.centos.org/ CentOS] and [http://www.redhat.com/en Redhat] as our base for Koozali SME Server itself as a server distribution, and as our infra and hosting platform for contribs.org

* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki Mediawiki] as our wiki

*[http://www.zabbix.com/ Zabbix] as our infrastructure and services monitoring and alerting platform

* [http://www.simplemachines.org/ Simple Machines Forum] as our forums platform

*[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki Mediawiki] as our wiki

* [http://www.bugzilla.org/ Bugzilla] as our bug tracker platform

*[http://www.simplemachines.org/ Simple Machines Forum] as our forums platform

* [http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/ Mailman] as our Mailing Lists manager

*[http://www.bugzilla.org/ Bugzilla] as our bug tracker platform

* [http://pootle.translatehouse.org/ Pootle] as our translation management platform

*[http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/ Mailman] as our Mailing Lists manager

* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/smeserver/ SourceForge CVS] as our source code and patch management platform

*[http://pootle.translatehouse.org/ Pootle] as our translation management platform

* [http://yum.baseurl.org/ Yum] as the Koozali SME Server maintenance and update mechanism  

*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/smeserver/ SourceForge CVS] as our source code and patch management platform

* [http://rsync.samba.org/ Rsync] to update our voluntarily download and updates mirrors.

*[http://yum.baseurl.org/ Yum] as the Koozali SME Server maintenance and update mechanism

* [http://webchat.freenode.net/ Freenode] as our IRC channel provider (#SME_Server)

*[http://rsync.samba.org/ Rsync] to update our voluntarily download and updates mirrors.

* [http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ BackupPC] as our backup tool

*[http://webchat.freenode.net/ Freenode] as our IRC channel provider (#SME_Server)

* and a lot more tools are used internally such as [http://lemonldap-ng.org/welcome/ Lemonldap::NG], [http://phpmyadmin.org/ phpMyAdmin], [http://phpldapadmin.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page phpLDAPAdmin], [https://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki DokuWiki], [https://www.fusiondirectory.org/ Fusion Directory], [http://piwik.org/ Piwik], [http://shorewall.net/ Shorewall], [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Plague Plague].

*[http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ BackupPC] as our backup tool

*and a lot more tools are used internally such as [http://lemonldap-ng.org/welcome/ Lemonldap::NG], [http://phpmyadmin.org/ phpMyAdmin], [http://phpldapadmin.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page phpLDAPAdmin], [https://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki DokuWiki], [https://www.fusiondirectory.org/ Fusion Directory], [http://piwik.org/ Piwik], [http://shorewall.net/ Shorewall], [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Plague Plague].

 

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Unfortunately we do not have a transparent authentication back end across all services provided  yet. So we kindly ask you to register for the individual services of your choice. It's a bit annoying, we know, but it is only a one time, one minute action.

Unfortunately we do not have a transparent authentication back end across all services provided  yet. So we kindly ask you to register for the individual services of your choice. It's a bit annoying, we know, but it is only a one time, one minute action.

As mentioned above, for our documentation and logging our knowledge, we are using [http://mediawiki.org Mediawiki], one of the most widely used and professional wiki engines available.

As mentioned above, for our documentation and logging our knowledge, we are using [http://mediawiki.org Mediawiki], one of the most widely used and professional wiki engines available.

Yep, we know, our wiki does not qualify as 'fine art' nor is it one of the most appealing wiki sites out there, but we ''are'' getting the job done. With over 27 million hits to date (since 2007), and currently with over ten thousand hits a day, we are doing a pretty good and people tend to find their answer on our wiki. See our [[Wiki_statistics|'''wiki statistics''']] page for some more numbers on how we are doing.

Yep, we know, our wiki does not qualify as 'fine art' nor is it one of the most appealing wiki sites out there, but we ''are'' getting the job done. With over 27 million hits to date (since 2007), and currently with over ten thousand hits a day, we are doing a pretty good job and people tend to find their answer on our wiki. See our [[Wiki_statistics|'''wiki statistics''']] page for some more numbers on how we are doing.

Navigating our wiki or searching our wiki for your topic of interest can be a bit confusing (and we are working very hard to get that simplified). However we have categorized our wiki to assist you is your searches for the correct information.

Navigating our wiki or searching our wiki for your topic of interest can be a bit confusing (and we are working very hard to get that simplified). However we have categorized our wiki to assist you is your searches for the correct information.

Most noticeable categories (but not all, a complete list is [[Special:Categories|here]]) are the:

Most noticeable categories (but not all, a complete list is [[Special:Categories|here]]) are the:

* [[SME_Server:Documentation|Manuals]]

 

* [[SME_Server:Documentation:FAQ|FAQ]]

*[[SME_Server:Documentation|Manuals]]

* [[Category:Contrib]]

*[[SME_Server:Documentation:FAQ|FAQ]]

* [[Category:Howto]]

*[[Category:Contrib]]

*[[Category:Howto]]

TBA, WIP

TBA, WIP