Tap into Usenet with one of
the news-reading tools discussed here, and then consider hosting your own NNTP server.
More recently, a new collaborative information tool has arisen on the Web. Wikis, short
for WikiWiki Web, are web pages that any registered user can edit. Wikis can be places for
sharing knowledge and brainstorming ideas, within your team or with your audience.
You??™ll learn more about creating your own wiki pages in this chapter, too.
Real-time communication tools have moved from the realm of teenage time wasters into
serious collaboration tools for business. Chat and instant messaging technologies are now
used to provide technical support for computer problems, confirm whether marketing
and development are in agreement about a product, and even engage in complex business
conversations and planning. In this chapter, you??™ll learn about the variety of Linux tools
you can use to engage in this activity.
Getting News from RSS WebFeeds
You learned a little about webfeeds in Chapter 14, ???Creating Basic Websites.??? Feeds are
bits of code that allow websites to notify you when new content is up.
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