zealous git convert determined to set up git server

From: Joshua Stoutenburg <jehoshua02@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 15, 2011, 11:38 UTC
Message-ID: <CAOZxsTqtW=DD7zFwQLjknJR8g0nnh0WPUPna6_np4bVoGnSntQ@mail.gmail.com>

Breaking away from previous conversation "Anybody home?"

2011/9/15 Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>:

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> I think that either "Pro Git" book, or "The Git Community Book"
> would be a best source to learn about setting-up git server.
>
> I think the simplest solution for git hosting management would be to
> use gitolite (there are other git repository management software:
> Gitosis, SCM Manager, Gitblit).
>
> If you want to host something like GitHub, there are open source
> solutions too: Gitorious, InDefero, Girocco + gitweb,...
>
> HTH
> --
> Jakub Narębski
>
>

I totally didn't see "The Git Community Book". There's no link for it where I was looking: http://git-scm.com/documentation

As for setting up a work station, I found a pretty good guide at GitHub:
Windows: http://help.github.com/win-set-up-git/
Linux: http://help.github.com/linux-set-up-git/

Question 1: With both "Pro Git" and "The Git Community Book", has anybody noticed any major discrepancies between the pdf and online versions? I'd like to place the pdf versions on my mobile device for travel reading.

Question 2: It seems gitolite is the popular choice for git user management. Any reason why?

Question 3: So, Gitorious is more than just a repository hosting website? It's also an open source repository hosting platform, which powers the Gitorious website? That's pretty cool.