[pmwiki-users] Standalone observations on GNU/Linux

[Patrick R. Michaud]

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 07:01:17PM +0200, Jan Erik Moström wrote:
> Reply to Petko Yotov <5ko at free.fr> 07-04-29 04:04:
> 
> >I am absolutely thrilled that I finally managed to start and 
> >use the standalone version of PmWiki!!! Now I can wiki even if 
> >I am lost in a place without the tinyest WiFi access... :-))
> 
> What is the advantage compared to running a local web server on 
> that machine?

The biggest advantage is that it doesn't require installing or
configuring another webserver -- only PHP is needed.  For people
who just want to get a wiki up-and-running for simple use, avoiding
the need to install and configure Apache or some other webserver
is a big plus.

Pm