RE: [Asterisk-Users] xbox asterisk?

Mon, 16 May 2005 16:43:52 -0700

Actually, for a pre 1.5 xbox gentoox is fairly simple to install once you know the tricks and have a copy of Mechassault <smile>
 
The problem is going to be that the xbox has 64Mb ram, and asterisk is going to have difficulty sharing this with the OS.
 
I have several xbox-en that have had additional USB ports installed and are operating as firewalls with Gentoox and iptables, squid, shorewall, etc... so I have not doubt about the installability of linux on the xbox and the useability of the xbox-linux package (?), but I think that asterisk will have trouble with the memory size.
 
I am willing to give it a go though and report back in a week or so....
 
Regards,
T
 

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Stahl
Sent: Tuesday, 17 May 2005 8:59 AM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] xbox asterisk?

Although getting Linux running on the XBox sounds easy - it's not.  In particular, if you get a ver 1.6 box you will be hard pressed to get Linux installed.  Be prepared to spend $ on a boot chip, a replacement DVD drive (unless you are lucky to get one of the samsung drives), an upgraded hard disk (10gb doesn't hold a lot of voice mail), etc.
 
All in, you will spend $500.  For that money you can go to Best Buy and get a returned/open box PC with more horsepower.
 
Mike

From: Dean Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 10:40 AM
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Subject: [Asterisk-Users] xbox asterisk?

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20050512.html

 

interesting comment this week about the Xbox – any intelligent thoughts here?

 

I know the price point puts it above most users Asterisk outlay (I run mine on a $100 P3 -800)

 

But interesting to see what happens if people start running video conferencing etc on their home asterisk servers, and lets face it where else can you buy this kind of subsidized processing power from at that price.

 

 

Cheers,

Dean

 

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