On Sun, 2007-02-18 at 14:05 -0500, Gary H. Thompson wrote: > Hi, [snip] > I understand what a broad scope I am asking about so would appreciate > any tips to help me get started. Since there are many ‘brands’ of > Linux what is the best one to start with? Which Linux will be better > when I get to the point of working with Asterisk? Any tips or ideas on > books, online tutors, discussions or anything of this nature would be > much appreciated. [snip]
Welcome Gary. A few suggestions. Get the Asterisk book. You can either order it online (support the cause) or download it for free at http://www.asteriskdocs.org If you don't have prior experience with Linux than you should probably download a Linux distribution that is relatively easy to start with. Two of such distributions that come to mind are Fedora Core 6 and Ubuntu. The advantage of Fedora Core is that there are ready made Asterisk packages available from atrpms.net and laimbock.com/asterisk/ I don't know if that is also the case with Ubuntu. Prepare for a bit of a steep learning curve. If you need help, read the Asterisk book, read pretty much every article on voip-info.org, ask on irc (server freennode.net channel #asterisk) and browse the asterisk mailing list archives. Good luck! Regards, Patrick _______________________________________________ --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
