Barry L. Kline wrote: > My first deployment was TrixBox. The two I am currently working on are > "Plain Old Asterisk". Keep in mind that I'm an old Linux jock, and a > 30-year veteran of programming, so the only thing I had to learn was > Asterisk. If you pick that route, you'll need to learn Linux (or BSD, > or whatever you're going to us as an OS) as well as Asterisk.
Well, I'm no Linux guru by any means, but I've been working with it for 7-8 years. I'm not an "RPM" guy. I always compile from source. Apache, MySQL, qmail, etc. I configure manually and don't even have KDE or Gnome on my boxes. I compiled asterisk about 5 years ago and have to admit, without any telephone background, I had a hard time getting into it. Now, after administering a commercial asterisk box that was already set up, I at least understand the terminology and see how to get what I want - asterisk is pretty cool. > As far as tutorials, just pick up a copy of "Asterisk: The Future of > Telephony." Most of the "howto" for compilation is there, albeit > somewhat dated until the newer version of the book hits the press. Thanks. I'll get my hands on a copy. > I will say that I don't ever intend on using a GUI again. I'm so used > to text files for configuration of everything else I use Linux for that > the manual configuration seems so much more natural. Well, that's good news to me. I'd rather edit config files than use a GUI anyway. That way I understand what is going on and if things break, that "understanding" is what helps me figure out what is wrong. Bill _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
