Linux based forum software

On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 6:00 PM, T o n g wrote:

Hi,

Do you know any Linux based forum software that is good?

The word "forum" is the worst to search, I've managed to find
http://www.simplemachines.org/, but was wondering of your opinion on it
and what else are good.

SimpleMachines is more of a CMS+Forum rolled into one, IIRC, they bundle
phpBB with it ... as for it's security, I have no idea. You can also use
phpbb
by itself, w/o the CMS bundle of SimpleMachines. there is also vBulitain
which
is not free (and not cheap either.) I'm unaware of any other alternatives
that
offer this rather traditional layout...

Chris Brennan
A: Yes.
>Q: Are you sure?
>>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?
http://xkcd.com/84/ | http://xkcd.com/149/ | http://xkcd.com/549/
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<pre><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;white-space:normal">On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 6:00 PM, T o n g </span><span dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial;white-space:normal">&lt;<a href="mailto:"></a>&gt;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;white-space:normal"> wrote:</span></pre>

<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
Do you know any Linux based forum software that is good?<br>
<br>
The word &quot;forum&quot; is the worst to search, I&#39;ve managed to find<br>
<a href="http://www.simplemachines.org/" target="_blank">http://www.simplemachines.org/</a>, but was wondering of your opinion on it<br>
and what else are good.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>SimpleMachines is more of a CMS+Forum rolled into one, IIRC, they bundle </div><div>phpBB with it ... as for it&#39;s security, I have no idea. You can also use phpbb </div>

<div>by itself, w/o the CMS bundle of SimpleMachines. there is also vBulitain which</div><div>is not free (and not cheap either.) I&#39;m unaware of any other alternatives that</div><div>offer this rather traditional layout...</div>

<div><br></div><pre><font color="#c0c0c0" face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace" size="1">&gt; --
&gt; Chris Brennan
&gt; A: Yes.
&gt; &gt;Q: Are you sure?
&gt; &gt;&gt;A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
&gt; &gt;&gt;&gt;Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?
&gt; <a href="http://xkcd.com/84/" target="_blank">http://xkcd.com/84/</a> | <a href="http://xkcd.com/149/" target="_blank">http://xkcd.com/149/</a> | <a href="http://xkcd.com/549/" target="_blank">http://xkcd.com/549/</a>
&gt; GPG: D5B20C0C (6741 8EE4 6C7D 11FB 8DA8 9E4A EECD 9A84 D5B2 0C0C) </font></pre><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:rgb(192,192,192);font-family:&#39;courier new&#39;,monospace;white-space:pre;font-size:x-small"></span> </div>

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PHPbb forum is the best, by far.

It has colored backgrounds of alternate colors, which makes reading
posts a light on my eyes plus very easy navigation. (I have low
vision, but see PHPbb perfectly). Also has built-in admin panel and
search bar for users.
Admin control panel (ACP) takes time to get used to.
But the user side of things is perfect.

In other forums I need much more concentration and effort to read text
and to find stuff.

bonus: PHPbb is part of Debian. (+u need to install mysql-server to
get it going)

-Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"


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On Fri 23 Dec 2011 at 23:00:43 +0000, T o n g wrote:

Do you know any Linux based forum software that is good?

The word "forum" is the worst to search, I've managed to find
http://www.simplemachines.org/, but was wondering of your opinion on it
and what else are good.

You will have to use your own judgement on what is 'good' but would be
better off searching with 'bulletin board software'. forums.debian.net
uses phpBB - which should be a recommendation to take notice of.


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T o n g wrote:

Hi,

Do you know any Linux based forum software that is good?

The word "forum" is the worst to search, I've managed to find
http://www.simplemachines.org/, but was wondering of your opinion on it
and what else are good.

It's been a while, but I had good luck with Phorum (www.phorum.org).



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In practice, there is. Yogi Berra



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On Fri, 2011-12-23 at 23:00 +0000, T o n g wrote:

Hi,

Do you know any Linux based forum software that is good?

The word "forum" is the worst to search, I've managed to find
http://www.simplemachines.org/, but was wondering of your opinion on it
and what else are good.

Thanks

Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply)
http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/
http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

phpbb is the easiest and best I've used. I have it running on a moderate
use server now with no issues at all for several years.
frosty


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