<kissing up some more> FYI, you both are right! Getting started with AAH/Trixbox can be very valuable, but relying upon it can be very limiting. </kissing up some more>
I started w/ AAH, then went back and learned the dialplan apps, scripting, etc. For some guys like me, it's easier to start with a working (if limited) system, and then tinker with it, break it, etc. After breaking a few systems I then went back and did a vanilla install to learn some more. I ended up settling on a compromise: I load Trixbox and then make a bunch of manual mods. I get the best of both worlds - a system that has all of the prereqs loaded for me, plus a GUI for stuff that I don't want to do a cmd line and also the power and flexibility of hand-editing my .conf files to get exactly what I want out of the dialplan. For those wondering how to get started, I can highly recommend STARTING with Trixbox, but definitely don't STOP with Trixbox. After you play with a pre-installed, working system, go out and get your hands dirty on a plain install. You'll be better off for it in the long run. Having both GUI and cmd line experience will make you a well-rounded Asterisk user. -MC > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dovid Bender > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 11:22 AM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk with PABX > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric "ManxPower" Wieling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 1:47 PM > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk with PABX > > > > Dean Collins wrote: > >> Yes it is possible. > >> > >> May I suggest you spend more time with www.voip-info.org Or even better > >> download www.trixbox.org on an old server to get an idea of how configs > >> work. > > > > Getting Trixbox would help him understand how Trixbox configs work, not > > how Asterisk configs work. > <rant> > There are lots of "Guru's" out there that know asterisk. They dont. They > know trixbox. I used to tell people to use it as a stepping stone however > now I see that its not worth it because they will rely on the gui and only > be able to do what it allwos them. > </rant> > <kissing up> > Thank you to all those on this list (about two years ago) that when I > asked > about a GUI they all told me to learn asterisk scripting myself. It was > worth the agony. > </kissing up> > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
