If you are installing in a business environment I think being able to use both and know the benefits of both are pretty essential.
FreePBX is a great tool and should be used to its potential because it has some great features. It can also lessen the time it takes to do an install. Some have said that FreePBX is a control freak and wants control of everything. This is not true. If you know how to manipulate freepbx properly then you shouldn't have any trouble adding in custom features as well as using the main features built into FreePBX. Trixbox can have some problems with hardware because it is a prebuilt RPM. If you can't install asterisk and other components from source you really shouldn't be doing production installs. Being able to patch the source with different features is also very essential. Regards Mark Brooker T: 02 4959 8670 M: 0415 846 865 F: 02 4950 5609 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: http://www.mbit.com.au -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of shadowym Sent: Tuesday, 13 February 2007 11:23 AM To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] Re: Trixbox vs. Custom install IMHO, If you don't know enough about Linux/Asterisk/FreePBX to be able to set it up yourself you should not be doing it for a Production install in a business environment. NOTE: Production install in a business environment does NOT include setting it up in your house with extensions for the kids and wife! That is what Trixbox is for. -----Original Message----- From: Edward Halman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 12:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [asterisk-users] Re: Trixbox vs. Custom install Hi Stefano, I am a proponent of the "step-by-step" installation on a complete linux distribution. Like someone said in another posting, the GUIs are nice, but isolate you from the .conf files to the point where customization can be a bit tricky. However, Trixbox w/ FreePBX and A2Billing works out of the box with very little patching or configuration needed. If A2Billing is all he/she anticipates needing to do, FreePBX is a mature and stable and he/she will probably be happy with it. FreePBX is a bit of a chore to install and configure without Trixbox, if you don't have a solid understanding of dependencies, linux security, apache and MySQL. Same with A2Billing. Edward Halman (718) 705-7451 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Message: 12 Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:42:15 +0100 From: Stefano Corsi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [asterisk-users] Trixbox vs. Custom install To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion <[email protected]> Message-ID: <45CB1BDE00381960@> (added by [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Hello, I'm following the thread "[EMAIL PROTECTED] vs Trixbox", and I have a similar question: if someone is going to install Asterisk, FreePBX and A2Billing, should you advice him/her to use Trixbox ... or a custom "step by step" installation on a distribution of his/her choice? Thanks Stefano ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ --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
