I've never seen a linux based distro where you didn't need to do some tweaking. No GUI handles everything.
However, since the text files you need to edit by hand are those not handled by the GUI, it's usually safe provided you get it right. Those files control the associated programs running under linux, and the GUI will reflect the changes when it can, but it's not affected otherwise. The GUI is nothing more than a form that reads, and then writes your changes. By the way, when you open those files, there's usually a warning at the top telling you not to edit them by hand when you shouldn't. And I wouldn't really call it 'hacking'. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Load Testing Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 5:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [asterisknow] Can the GUI configure everything? Hi, We are investigating using Asterisk to replace the Mitel voip solution we have here in the office. I've been impressed so far with asterisk, but I was wondering how far can you configure the asterisk server with the GUI supplied in AsteriskNOW. I'm getting the impression that I will have to start hacking the config files by hand to accomplish what this office requires. So my questions are: 1) Do others start using the GUI then migrate to hacking the config files by hand? 2) If you change the config files by hand, does it confuse the GUI ? 3) Is changing the files by hand the best approach to take once comfortable with the layout of the file structure? Thanks for any feedback regards Darryl
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