[Asterisk-Users] couple basic questions

[Chris Shaw]

Linux will run on a variety of boxes with many different processors... Linux
will even run on PocketPC and PALM! If you have an old machine lying around
it will work perfectly for running Linux...

However... I hate to tell you this, but Asterisk is not well suited to
someone who doesn't know Linux... By your question I can tell that you DO
NOT know Linux... I'm not trying to be nasty or anything, seriously, you
just need to learn Linux or know someone who knows Linux. There are several
good books on Linux, Sams and O'Reilly publishers have several of them...
Learning Linux will not only help you with Asterisk, but Linux in itself can
do many many cool things that you may not have even thought of...

I really don't mean to discourage you from using Asterisk, quite the
contrary, but you really will have a hard time making it work properly if
you don't know Linux...

    -Chris


----- Original Message -----
From: John Williams
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 11:37 AM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] couple basic questions


My desire to run Asterisk is finally giving me the reason to install a Linux
box at home.

Is RH9 the only distro that Asterisk will run on, and can anyone recommend a
good source for a cheap Linux (RH9)  box?

For example, walmart.com has microtel boxes with no OS.  Will RH9 and
Asterisk run on these boxes?

Thanks!