[asterisk-users] Newbie Advice on Asterisk and Linux

[Jonn Taylor]

Mark Burrows wrote:
> HI All,
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> I’m new to Asterisk and also to Linux.  I have a large IVR project that 
> I’m about to embark on.  I’m new to programming; new to Linux and new to 
> Asterisk.  I think I’m about to climb a steep learning curve.  I have an 
> existing IVR which is getting on for nine years old and is no longer 
> supported by my vendor.  I intend to replicate the system almost as is 
> and then add additional features and functions. 
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> I have been looking for a developer to put together my project and while 
> doing so have done lots of research and spoken to many people.  The 
> people who seem to understand my needs have recommended Asterisk.  For 
> the last couple of days I’ve been trying to look into Asterisk and learn 
> as much as I can; this has got me excited, motivated and a little 
> confused. Asterisk sounds like a great project and a great community.  I 
> think I have as much of an overview as I can.  Now I need to set up a 
> Linux system and get Asterisk running on it.
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> I’ve started to read the book Asterisk: The Future Of Telephony and 
> would like to now setup up a hobby computer to do some hands on 
> learning.  The book covers Red Hat Linux so I thought I’d look for a 
> ‘Red Had for Dummies’ book.  Even that got confusing. There’s Linux 
> Fedora, Enterprise Linux 4 and others.
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> Can someone suggest a starting point on learning Linux?
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> Thanks in advance,
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This is "one" of the many standard configs for aterisk. This uses CentOS 
4, Asterisk 1.2, FreePBX 2.2. You can setup a fully working system in 
about 30 min. Need help you can email me off list.

Jonn Taylor