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<p class=MsoNormal>HI All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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.
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Can someone suggest a starting point on learning Linux?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks in advance,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Mark<o:p></o:p></p>
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