If you are really new to linux then go for trixbox . I started with trixbox and eventually went away from it by removing extra stuff and putting custom compiled asterisk's and removing their rpm's . If you are good at linux then definitely go for debian + asterisk or centos+asterisk and put freepbx on it for some ease of use . For production server fop server and all are not at all required .. Trixbox is good for newbies but it saves lot of time :) .
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 17/12/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Carla Schroder</b> <<a href="mailto:carla@bratgrrl.com">carla@bratgrrl.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Saturday 16 December 2006 5:14 am, Phil Finkler wrote:<br>> Hey all,<br>><br>><br>><br>> I've been doing a lot of playing, and a lot of reading, and it seems<br>> people are split as to whereas if they're running their favorite Linux
<br>> distro and asterisk or Trixbox. I'm getting closer to really looking at<br>> a production environment and I'm just looking for any opinions. I'm<br>> really enjoying learning linux and asterisk, so initial "ease of use"
<br>> isn't really a huge benefit to me. In the end stability and<br>> upgradeability will be my main concerns.<br>><br>><br><br>Trixbox is HUGE. If you need all the bells and whistles- a MySQL backend, the
<br>CentOS operating system, AMP, SugarCRM, Festival, monitoring consoles,<br>everything pointy-clicky, and on and on and on, then Trixbox is for you. It<br>has some disadvantages. There is not a clear correlation between the
<br>graphical admin tools and the underlying text configuration files, so<br>debugging problems is harder, and you have to know two ways of doing things.<br>The documentation sucks rocks- there isn't any to speak of. When
<br>Asterisk@Home changed the name to Trixbox, they moved to a new web site and<br>didn't bring any of the help docs or forums with them. There is a book you<br>can buy, 'Trixbox Made Easy'.<br><br>I think it's better to learn plain-vanilla Asterisk first. Then if you move on
<br>to some other implementation you'll be better prepared to understand what<br>it's doing.<br><br>You might give AstLinux a try. It's a complete Linux distribution + Asterisk<br>1.2.-something, but tiny, about 40 megabytes. No wasted bits. It has a
<br>nicely-organized Web GUI for those who like such. You can switch between the<br>Web interface and editing the config files directly without getting in<br>trouble. It runs on single-board computers and ordinary old PCs. It's my
<br>current fave, though I'm also running Asterisk 1.4/CentOS on a test box.<br><br>--<br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>Carla Schroder<br>Linux geek and random computer tamer<br>check out my Linux Cookbook!
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