moodle alternatives and/or documentation

[Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@freegeek.org>]

as there are currently two RC bugs against moodle and it is not in
lenny, it makes me want to strongly consider if there are any viable
alternatives, preferrably within debian etch and/or lenny.

meanwhile, i'm having all sorts of trouble with moving moodle from one
server to another (mostly due to lack of understanding of php and mysql
conventions).

anyone have any really solid documentation on installing moodle from
debian packages? moving from one server to another?  restoring from
backups? other pages i've found seem to assume a lot about how to
configure mysql (or postgres) and /usr/share/doc/moodle/README.Debian
assumes postgres: 

  http://docs.moodle.org/en/Debian_GNU/Linux_installation
  http://docs.moodle.org/en/Step-by-step_Install_Guide_for_Debian
 
live well,
  vagrant