> Of course, you should take this with a grain of salt since I tried [EMAIL > PROTECTED] > (now TrixBox) for a total of 2 weeks before gutting it. Now, I just use > my own GUI for everything from graphical setup to scripting. >
There is nothing wrong with starting out with Trixbox. I still use it because I like the Linux distro (CentOS) and I like the fact that it sets up lots of stuff that I don't have to bother with. I used Trixbox to learn a lot about how to use Asterisk, then I went back and did a clean install on a separate machine to learn about setting up and installing Asterisk. For me, having a working system first, playing with it, breaking it, etc. was very useful because it gave me perspective when setting up a system from scratch. Now I actually have two systems to play with: one Trixbox and one scratch * install. (I get the best of both worlds, but I have nothing in production just yet. I'll decide later which way to go once I'm doing playing with my two 'sandboxes.') Bottom line is this: you need to start somewhere. Would you rather start by using a working system or by building from the ground up? Neither way is perfect for everyone. If you have the luxury of doing both then I can highly recommend it - each method has taught me valuable lessons that the other method didn't. HTH... -MC _______________________________________________ --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