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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=562101620-28062006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=562101620-28062006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>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</FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=562101620-28062006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>My 2 cents.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Mimmus [mailto:dviggiani@tiscali.it]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 28, 2006 6:05 AM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Asterisk
Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
[Asterisk-Users] Trixbox maunual configuration<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=779100213-28062006><FONT
face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>I can confirm this.
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=779100213-28062006><FONT
face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>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. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=779100213-28062006><FONT
face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>I'm still struggling to clean AMP
config files to work with a plain Asterisk install.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jordan
Novak<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 28, 2006 2:24 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
asterisk-users@lists.digium.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Asterisk-Users] Trixbox
maunual configuration<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jordan
Novak<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Communications
Technician<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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