[Asterisk-Users] Trixbox maunual configuration

[shadowym]

Just my opinion and I am no expert.  I took the time to crawl first.  I
installed basic Linux then I installed basic Asterisk.  After spending some
time crawling with this setup I set up some extensions and made some calls
and watched the messages on the CLI while Asterisk did it's thing.  After
spending some time walking I installed FreePBX and then Trixbox.  Now I feel
fairly comfortable running FreePBX and making manual changes via the
x_custom.conf abilities in FreePBX.  It is trying to be all things to all
people so bloat is inevitable.  So far I have not found any limits that
cannot be overcome by manual changes to x_custom.conf files in FreePBX.
 
I suspect if someone just jumps in with both feet and runs Trixbox without
learning the basics first they are asking for trouble when they want to get
serious about it and run into the inevitable snags.  Lot's of people are
probably doing it this way and working backwards which is quite possible but
is probably a much more difficult way to go about it.
 
My 2 cents.


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From: Mimmus [mailto:dviggiani at tiscali.it] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 6:05 AM
To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Trixbox maunual configuration


I can confirm this. 
AMP/TrixBox is a wonderful project but if you like to tweak something or you
became a more experienced user, it will became soon as a straitjacket. 
I'm still struggling to clean AMP config files to work with a plain Asterisk
install.


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From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Jordan Novak
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 2:24 PM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Trixbox maunual configuration



I love the added apps installed with trixbox, ARI, Web-Meetme, FOP, and
Reports are great. FreePBX on the other hand, is nearly impossible to do
everything with. Trying to edit the configs manually proves impossible due
to the excessive use of includes and macros. It is kind of like watching
someone try to bite their own ear off. Has anybody tried to wipe all the
configs clean and program the switch manually. Will this interfere with the
other apps. I would wipe out extensions.conf, voicemail.conf, IAX.conf
SIP.conf queues.conf and agents.conf. I do not want to use the FreePBX again
after this. I am not trying to put down FreePBX, I know a lot of people have
worked very hard on this. It just over complicates things for me.

 

Jordan Novak

Communications Technician

 

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