Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} anyone tried egroupware?

["J. Roeleveld" <joost@antarean.org>]

On Friday, December 21, 2012 12:21:48 PM Grant wrote:
> >>>>Has anyone tried egroupware?  Any opinions on it?
> >>>>
> >>>>- Grant
> >>>>
> >>> Yes. I have been using the community version for several years.
> >>> 
> >>> Originally for the calendar and addressbook. But gradually been using
> >>> the other stuff as well apart from that website module. (not logged in
> >>> at the moment. Can't check the actual name)
> >>> 
> >>> I quite like it. It does what it says on the box.
> >>> It's also easy to set up when you have some experience with other
> >>> webapps. Integrates well with Kontakt from KDE and probably also others
> >>> (but can't comment on it)
> >>> 
> >>> Is there anything in particular you want to know about it?
> >>> 
> >>> --
> >>> Joost
> >> 
> >> I'm just trying to figure out if it's something I should investigate.
> >> A thread like this with people whose opinions I trust saying they like
> >> it is extremely helpful. :)
> > 
> > Is there any specific functionality you are looking for?
> > If yes, we can check if it has it for you.
> 
> Actually I've never used groupware before and I'm hoping to figure out
> which of these packages is most highly recommended and then give it a
> try.  tine20 and egroupware have demos I'm experimenting with.

Use the one you end up feeling most comfortable with and that provides you 
with the functionality and usability that is important to you.

I quite like the usual stuff (email, calendar, addressbook, todolist) and 
extra stuff (projects, bug/feature/support/.... tracker, wiki, knowledgebase, 
bookmarklist) that is in egroupware and the seamless way in which all these 
are integrated together and where you can easily link different items 
together.
(Can't link directly to an email, but you can add an email to the "infolog" 
which can then be linked and/or converted to a todo-item, project, .....)

There are a few things I still want to experiment with, including something I 
think will allow me to automatically create certain items from emails. For 
instance, an email to " support@example.com " would be either merged into an 
existing support-call or a new call created depending on some filter.

But that is something I'll play with over the next few months :)

--
Joost