[Asterisk-Users] Trixbox maunual configuration

[Paul Hales]

One quote from the Melb Asterisk users group - Trixbox is great if you 
like learning things twice.
(once the gui way, then once the right way.....)

PaulH

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Paul Hales
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shadowym wrote:
> Just my opinion and I am no expert.  I took the time to crawl first.  
> I installed basic Linux then I installed basic Asterisk.  After 
> spending some time crawling with this setup I set up some extensions 
> and made some calls and watched the messages on the CLI while Asterisk 
> did it's thing.  After spending some time walking I installed FreePBX 
> and then Trixbox.  Now I feel fairly comfortable running FreePBX and 
> making manual changes via the x_custom.conf abilities in FreePBX.  It 
> is trying to be all things to all people so bloat is inevitable.  So 
> far I have not found any limits that cannot be overcome by manual 
> changes to x_custom.conf files in FreePBX.
>  
> I suspect if someone just jumps in with both feet and runs Trixbox 
> without learning the basics first they are asking for trouble when 
> they want to get serious about it and run into the inevitable snags.  
> Lot's of people are probably doing it this way and working backwards 
> which is quite possible but is probably a much more difficult way to 
> go about it.
>  
> My 2 cents.
>
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>     *From:* Mimmus [mailto:dviggiani at tiscali.it]
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, June 28, 2006 6:05 AM
>     *To:* 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
>     *Subject:* RE: [Asterisk-Users] Trixbox maunual configuration
>
>     I can confirm this.
>     AMP/TrixBox is a wonderful project but if you like to tweak
>     something or you became a more experienced user, it will became
>     soon as a straitjacket.
>     I'm still struggling to clean AMP config files to work with a
>     plain Asterisk install.
>
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>         *From:* asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
>         [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] *On Behalf Of
>         *Jordan Novak
>         *Sent:* Wednesday, June 28, 2006 2:24 PM
>         *To:* asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
>         *Subject:* [Asterisk-Users] Trixbox maunual configuration
>
>         I love the added apps installed with trixbox, ARI, Web-Meetme,
>         FOP, and Reports are great. FreePBX on the other hand, is
>         nearly impossible to do everything with. Trying to edit the
>         configs manually proves impossible due to the excessive use of
>         includes and macros. It is kind of like watching someone try
>         to bite their own ear off. Has anybody tried to wipe all the
>         configs clean and program the switch manually. Will this
>         interfere with the other apps. I would wipe out
>         extensions.conf, voicemail.conf, IAX.conf SIP.conf queues.conf
>         and agents.conf. I do not want to use the FreePBX again after
>         this. I am not trying to put down FreePBX, I know a lot of
>         people have worked very hard on this. It just over complicates
>         things for me.
>
>          
>
>         Jordan Novak
>
>         Communications Technician
>
>          
>
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