You can now download wikipedia to your computer

[Agent11]

http://xowa.sourceforge.net/

Takes about 100gb to get it all including pictures. I'm downloading now.

 

[DesiPower]

good for post apocalyptic scenario, dont see it needing anytime soon. These are the times when everything is moving TO the cloud, Why would anybody want to download something to his personal storage and be stuck with outdated version...

 

[lxskllr]

Pretty cool. It would be nice to sync edits with the online version, and mirror it on a couple darknets.

 

[Agent11]

good for post apocalyptic scenario, dont see it needing anytime soon. These are the times when everything is moving TO the cloud, Why would anybody want to download something to his personal storage and be stuck with outdated version...

I go off the grid with my travel trailer occasionally, it will be nice to have access to wikipedia.

 

[ImpulsE69]

Not seeing the point. You would miss out on all the fake updates.

 

[Rakehellion]

How many gigabytes per day does it cost to keep it up to date?

 

[IronWing]

The nerd screams do it! But then I can't think of a single compelling reason. Besides I would miss out on all the Pakistan vs India edit wars.

 

[gophertron]

The nerd screams do it! But then I can't think of a single compelling reason. Besides I would miss out on all the Pakistan vs India edit wars.

Do tell...do I just have to look up India or Pakistan to find these? Reminds me of the Russian edits of their / US fighter jets.

 

[Printer Bandit]

nice to download a stick in a time capsule.

 

[ForumMaster]

this isn't new. you've been able to download the source for years.
link to wikipedia dumps

in my previous job, we had a closed network, and the admins imported the wikipedia site as well.

 

[TridenT]

this isn't new. you've been able to download the source for years.
link to wikipedia dumps

in my previous job, we had a closed network, and the admins imported the wikipedia site as well.

Came here to say this...

 

[TheVrolok]

Could see myself downloading it. To have that much information in a folder on a drive would be really fascinating for me.

 

[wholesalestunna]

Does it update automatically?

 

[John Connor]

Seems interesting to have when my Comcrap goes out.

 

[CZroe]

Just want it in a mobile app for looking things up when I have no signal, PLZKTHX.

 

[mmntech]

It would take a rediculously long time to download it for me. It makes a lot of sense if you're in a country where Wikipedia is censored. A way to smuggle it in on a USB key without relying on public networks to access information.

 

[lxskllr]

Just want it in a mobile app for looking things up when I have no signal, PLZKTHX.

https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=wikipedia&fdid=org.wikipedia

Point it to your personal repo. You might have to do a little coding, but it should be trivial.