[Asterisk-Users] Small Linux Distro

[Nik Martin]

Philipp von Klitzing wrote:
> Hi!
> 
>> Does anyone have a current, stripped linux distro which has only
>> asterisk and net drivers?
> 
> Look here: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+installation+tips
> 
> and you'll find a link to the "Asterisk Live! CD-ROM".
> 
> If you have a moment I guess the list (and certainly me) would be
> interested to hear about your experiences with this. :-)
> 
> Cheers, Philipp
> 
> P.S.: You might also want to look at this:
> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+linux+distributions 
> 

IMHO, A Slackware setup CD is as good as it gets.  You can install the dev
tools, bison, a shell, ssh, and kernel headers and have a nice, lean system
without all the fluff.  I got my asterisk server up in < 2 hours from
scratch that way, and am a newcomer to Linux.