[asterisk-users] Summary of "Trixbox vs. custom install"

[Stefano Corsi]

At 20.13 18/02/2007, you wrote:
>You can just install CentOS with RAID and whatever you want, then use
>the Trixbox tar package instead of the ISO.

Very useful information. Thanks!

>Still, why on earth did
>the Trixbox team didn't leave the option of doing a custom install
>with the ISO ?

I agree. There's probably a choice behind it, but it's obscure to me.

>>2) How easy it is to find Trixbox SRPMS?  Is it possible to compile
>>new software (i.e. Asterisk or FreePBX, etc..) on Trixbox without
>>having to rewrite all the configuration files, changing all paths,
>>all permissions, and so on...
>You can update Asterisk/zaptel/whatever by just downloading the source
>and compiling it. My home system was installed with A at home on version
>0.8 (if memory serves me right) and I upgraded Asterisk and Zaptel to
>version 1.0.10 by downloading and compiling. I know, this is a really
>old version and I should upgrade, but hey, it is doing everything I
>need and it is stable (uptime of 315 days).

You mean compiling raw tar.gz or SRPMS? And where do you download 
them from? Trixbox site or the original vendors' sites?

Thanks
Stefano