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Thanks to WikipediaFS, Wikipedia fiends tired of reloading pages in the browser can now, provided they're using Linux, mount the site as a virtual filesystem.
[WikipediaFS][1] is a mountable Linux virtual file system that enables you to view and edit Wikipedia (or any Mediawiki-based site) articles as if they were real files.
That means you can view and edit articles within your favorite text editor, which is much better equipped for such tasks than a browser window.
I stumbled across WikipediaFS this morning via the [Hackszine blog][2] and while I haven't actually tried to use WikipediaFS, I do have a couple warning for you. First off the project page on Sourceforge lists WikipediaFS as pre-alpha, which means that there will most likely be some issues.
The other warning to temper your enthusiasm is simply that the project doesn't seem to be very active. The last update in the version control system is a couple months old and the project seems a bit stalled.
However, given that the idea is a great one, perhaps some Compiler readers with a few [cycles to spare][3], might like to lend a hand.
[1]: http://wikipediafs.sourceforge.net/ "WikipediaFS"
[2]: http://www.hackszine.com/blog/archive/2007/05/wikipediafs_a_linux_mediawiki.html?CMP=OTC-7G2N43923558 "Hackszine"
[3]: http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2007/05/the_awesome_pow.html "The Awesome Power of Spare Cycles"
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