Beginner's Wiki Luminotes Goes Open Source [Notes]

Luminotes, a personal wiki in the vein of PBWiki or TiddlyWiki but with a focus on helping beginners get started, has made its portable wiki package and desktop clients free and open source for all.

We previously peeked at Luminotes when it was a partially free service, but desktop clients, self-hosting, and other features were locked behind a pay wall. Many commenters noted a preference for the already free alternatives like PBWiki, but with Luminotes now free and available for use in browsers, off thumb drives, and from Windows-based clients, it's perhaps a more intriguing package for anyone who wants one place to drop all their thoughts, links, ideas and images, but finds Wikipedia-style markup a bit too intimidating to dive right into.

big news: Luminotes is now free! [Luminotes via Web Worker Daily]