[asterisk-users] Switching from FreeBSD to Linux - which distro?

[Robert Jenkins]

Hi,

I'd second CentOS, it's stable and very well supported.

Robert Jenkins.
 

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> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 
> Carla Schroder
> Sent: 06 December 2006 00:00
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Switching from FreeBSD to Linux 
> - which distro?
> 
> On Tuesday 05 December 2006 15:36, Phil Finkler wrote:
> > Does there seem to be a popular Linux distro folks use specifically 
> > for Asterisk?  I'd like to move off of FreeBSD but I'm not too 
> > familiar with Linux distros.  In particular, I'm looking 
> for a free, 
> > stable, well supported distro that has a friendly 
> community.  Any advice appreciated.
> > Sorry for asking a question that I'm sure has been asked 
> thousands of 
> > times.
> >
> >
> 
> Debian is my fave, but for Asterisk I use CentOS. It's a 
> free-of-cost clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, so it's very 
> stable and reliable, and Asterisk runs great on it. Debian is 
> good too. They have Asterisk packages, but they're generally 
> a little bit old. Source installations work fine. Both have 
> large, active developer and user communities.
> 
> Avoid Fedora- it's too much of a moving target, and Asterisk 
> installations are always a nightmare. Ubuntu is the darling 
> of the Linux world, but I've had problems with Asterisk on it too.
> 
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