[Asterisk-Users] Best Linux for Asterisk

[Sebastian Nocetti]

I think same...

All  distributions are based on same kernels... And in my opinion, Kernel is
who does all work in an operative systemm.. I am wrong?...

Actually I am running 3 * boxes in 3 Machines with Redhat 9.0, all are
Athlon based.

I had some problems, but generally those problem was related to bugs on *
and not on Linux..

I have some friends that test Asterisk using Gentoo and Debian, with success
results... So just select distro what you feel more comfortable...

Regards

Sebastian Nocetti 

-----Mensaje original-----
De: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] En nombre de Walt Reed
Enviado el: Jueves, 29 de Julio de 2004 10:12 a.m.
Para: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Asunto: Re: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Best Linux for Asterisk

On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 10:23:41PM +0000, Mark Woods said:
> 
> > > No, it won't be the absolute latest code, but the Debian community 
> > > is pretty good about keeping packages updated.
> > ah! ah! ah!
> > really... oh oh, so why debian is eons later in releasing new 
> > packages...
> > 
> > perhaps you're speaking of -unstable debian... that's waaaay too 
> > unstable.
> 
> Ahhhh...but I *am* running unstable!  And it's been quite, well, 
> stable!
> 
> :)

There is a huge misconception about stable vs unstable. FWIW, I have found
debian unstable to be more stable than most other distro's "stable"
releases. For a truely unstable version, "experimental" would be it.
Most of the "unstable" behavior has been in GUI based parts: Gnome in
particular. Since no sane person runs * on a machine that is also running X,
it's a non-issue. I've been running * on unstable for about 6 months now
with zero downtime other than a few upgrades. Ditto for about a dozen other
servers doing high-volume mail, web serving, etc.

I find "stable" unsuitable for most things as all the packages and libraries
are too outdated. Yes, the backports help, but then you are not really
running stable anymore are you? There are too many dependancies now on other
software that needs to be up to date in order to function properly and have
the features needed.

Anyway, I don't think that it's possible to have a "best linux" to run any
kind of server on. They are all damn good. The core of any linux distro
handling non-gui based server applications is virtually identical. Most of
the differences are package versions, minor configuration tweaks, package
management, and other non-important (when it comes to
stability) factors. Do your own research and find one you are comfortable
with.

For a platform with long-term stability where packages are not constantly
changing, maybe something like WhiteBox Linux which is based on the RedHat
Enterprise would be appropriate.

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