Textpattern user, contributor and server grease monkey here. >Is it a Wordpress replacement? Textpattern is a content management system. It's not as fully-fea

Textpattern user, contributor and server grease monkey here. >Is it a Wordpress replacement? Textpattern is a content management system. It's not as fully-featured or as widely-deployed as Wordpress, but it can be used as a "write stuff and share files" CMS in the way that a lot of alternative content management systems can. >If so, what differentiates it? It's lightweight, agile, and works readily on most MySQL (or store brand derivative) + PHP servers. We like it. The community around it is excellent, too. >Does it provide a GUI for non technical users? Yes. Again, not as full-fat as Wordpress, and as with any CMS it takes a little while to learn the lingo, but it's a thoughtful interface with considerations given to workflow, efficiency and suchlike.