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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alex use the one you like best or know best. I use
RH 9 and Fedora Core 1 due to they work and I know them well. Asterisk will run
on most linux distro with the proper setups.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=abarnes@ubiquitysoftware.com
href="mailto:abarnes@ubiquitysoftware.com">Alex Barnes</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
href="mailto:asterisk-users@lists.digium.com">asterisk-users@lists.digium.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 14, 2004 9:10
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Asterisk-Users] Advice on OS
Choice</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=206220013-14102004>Hi
all,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=206220013-14102004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=206220013-14102004>I am currently
trying to decide what Operating System is best to go for on a customer
site. Server will only be running Asterisk / MySQL / Apache / PHP but
nothing else.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=206220013-14102004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=206220013-14102004>I have only tested
Asterisk on SLES 8.1 however I do have experience with RedHat 9 as
well.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=206220013-14102004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=206220013-14102004>However SLES 8 =
£599 ex vat and with so many free Linux OS's out there I am tempted to deploy
something else on customer sites.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=206220013-14102004>RedHat 9 is no
longer available so although I probably have CD's somewhere I assume that I
cannot actually legally install this now for NEW
installs????</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=206220013-14102004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=206220013-14102004>I dont think I
will get any value from support contracts so if there is anyone out there that
has done some customer / 3rd party deployments could you offer some advice on
what you have used and why?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=206220013-14102004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=206220013-14102004>Also is there
really any difference between using a Standard / Enterprise or Destop SUSE
(Will never require more than two CPUs). Does SLES 8 bring £599 worth of
enhancements to the table over SUSE Desktop or Fedora et
al?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=206220013-14102004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=206220013-14102004>Is Fedora a good
choice?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=206220013-14102004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=206220013-14102004>Sorry for the many
questions but I am not particularly experienced with Linux to know what the
real difference is with the umpteen versions.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=206220013-14102004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=206220013-14102004>thanks as always
for any advice</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=206220013-14102004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=206220013-14102004>Alex</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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size=2>--------------------------------------------</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2>|</FONT><FONT face="Courier New" color=#800000
size=2>Alex Barnes </FONT><BR><FONT face="Courier New" color=#000000
size=2>|</FONT><FONT face="Courier New" color=#000080 size=2>SQA
Engineer
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href="http://www.ubiquitysoftware.com/">http://www.ubiquitysoftware.com</A>
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