[asterisk-users] Best Linux distribution to use in Asterisk server

[Steve Totaro]

On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Drew Gibson <drew at oanda.com> wrote:
> equis software wrote:
>> Hi, I allways use Gentoo y my Asterisk servers and work well, but what
>> do you think about to use Ubuntu or another distibution??
>>
>> Thanks
>
> I have run Asterisk on several Fedora versions, Debian, Unslung (on the
> NSLU2 or "Slug") and recently Ubuntu. My most critical servers are on
> Debian and new ones will be on Ubuntu LTS.
>
> I have had very few OS specific issues. I have always built from source
> except on the Slug but I noticed that Ubuntu has it in the apt
> repository which would be a great convenience if you are new to Linux or
> manage a lot of servers.
>
> For a newbie, I would recommend an Ubuntu LTS release.
>
> Pick the distro you are most comfortable with.
>
> regards,
>
> Drew
>
> --
> Drew Gibson
>
> Systems Administrator
> OANDA Corporation
> www.oanda.com
>

Fedora has a yum install of Asterisk as well.  And while off-topic,
they just added GNURadio to the repos.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro