[Asterisk-Users] Which linux distribution

[Kris Edwards]

Like any other Distro war, it's all a matter of personal taste.  For me,
I prefer gentoo (although I never have any luck with the asterisk ebuild
and end up building myself.. but typically, the package managment is
great).

If you have 0 linux experience, there are some distros that are much
easier for beginners.  (e.g. Mandrake or Redhat.. and I say those are
"easier" than gentoo simply because the install is much simpler and in
fact there is a step by step guide on installing Redhat w/ asterisk (not
sure how up to date it is):

http://www.automated.it/guidetoasterisk.htm





Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 02:57:11PM +0100, Frank Fischer wrote:
> 
>>Hi all
>> 
>>i'm just starting to setup my "own" asterisk. My first question is, if there
>>is any reason to choose a special linux distribution or if it doesn't mater
>>which distribution i chosse. Is there anything i should be aware of?
> 
> 
> If you want a proper distribution with Asterisk as a part of it, and not
> just asterisk (an a handful of supporting libraries) slapped on top of
> an existing distro, you should try Xorcom Rapid, or Debian in General.
> 
> Xorcom Rapid is a Debian-based minimal installation of Debian Sarge with 
> the stable version of Asterisk.
>