What did he mean by RH9 is no longer available? I just downloaded it yesterday and burned it to CD. You can get on ftp.redhat.com and download every version RedHat ever made.
Matthew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Goryachev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 8:34 AM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Advice on OS Choice > On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 23:10, Alex Barnes wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am currently trying to decide what Operating System is best to go > > for on a customer site. Server will only be running Asterisk / MySQL > > / Apache / PHP but nothing else. > > > > I have only tested Asterisk on SLES 8.1 however I do have experience > > with RedHat 9 as well. > > > > However SLES 8 = Â599 ex vat and with so many free Linux OS's out > > there I am tempted to deploy something else on customer sites. > > RedHat 9 is no longer available so although I probably have CD's > > somewhere I assume that I cannot actually legally install this now for > > NEW installs???? > > > As for distributions, I'm tending to like debian at the moment, mainly > because it has simple, easy to use management tools (apt), and, well, it > is free... > > Really though, they are all the same... So I would usually say, use > whatever you know the best. > > Oh, you can probably 'legally' install RH9 in another 20 years, I doubt > there was any sort of time limit on installation for it... (not that I > would know)... > > [snip] > > > Sorry for the many questions but I am not particularly experienced > > with Linux to know what the real difference is with the umpteen > > versions. > > You did ask for advice, so: > If you don't know linux well enough to be comfortable with any specific > distribution, to the point that really all of them are mostly the same, > just a few extra GUI's/tools that they throw in. The biggest difference > is usually in the install process, but again, I don't really know much > about this, since I've never actually purchased a copy of any linux > distro.... > So, what I would suggest is that if you don't know linux that well, > perhaps you should pause and think again about selling a linux based > solution to a customer. I mean, stuffing around with something yourself > is different to actually selling a *solution*... Perhaps you might talk > to another local asterisk consultant (or even just a linux consultant).. > > Just my 0.02c.... > > > thanks as always for any advice > > [delete silly, very long signature, incl stupid disclaimer...] > > Please please don't start any huge threads about the best linux > distro, and extra please don't take offence about my comments, they will > hopefully make you think about it. What you do from there is entirely > up to you. > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
