[asterisk-users] RAW asterisk!

[Barry L. Kline]

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Bill Andersen wrote:
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> Would I be better off starting with:
> 
> a) Plain old asterisk from asterisk.org?
>   (tutorial suggestions?)
> 
> b) AsteriskNow
> 
> c) Trixbox (not Pro)
> 
> d) other suggestions.
> 

Hi Bill.

My first deployment was TrixBox.  The two I am currently working on are
"Plain Old Asterisk".  Keep in mind that I'm an old Linux jock, and a
30-year veteran of programming, so the only thing I had to learn was
Asterisk.  If you pick that route, you'll need to learn Linux (or BSD,
or whatever you're going to us as an OS) as well as Asterisk.

As far as tutorials, just pick up a copy of "Asterisk:  The Future of
Telephony."  Most of the "howto" for compilation is there, albeit
somewhat dated until the newer version of the book hits the press.

I will say that I don't ever intend on using a GUI again.  I'm so used
to text files for configuration of everything else I use Linux for that
the manual configuration seems so much more natural.

That's my two cents.

Barry
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