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class=127125716-28052009>It has been suggested that I should do my Asterisk
tutorial (<A
href="http://qvlweb.blogspot.com/2009/04/asterisk-pbx-install-index.html">http://qvlweb.blogspot.com/2009/04/asterisk-pbx-install-index.html</A>)
using newer software, OK. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=127125716-28052009>I hope this is not opening a big can of worms, as
I am sure there are a lot of different opinions about this,
but:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=127125716-28052009>For a low/no growth company looking for a long term,
low maintance, basic phone system (Calls, Hold, Transfer, Park, Conference),
what is the best stable release of Asterisk to use?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=127125716-28052009>Even worse question to ask, what is the best Linux
ditro to run Asterisk on?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jimmy
Ezell<BR></SPAN></B></P></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>Jonathan
Thurman<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 20, 2009 4:33 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
asterisk-users@lists.digium.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [asterisk-users]
Step-by-Step Asterisk and MeetMe Help<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>From the front page ( <A
href="http://wiki.centos.org/FrontPage">http://wiki.centos.org/FrontPage</A>
):<BR><BR>"<STRONG>What is CentOS?</STRONG> <BR>CentOS is an Enterprise Linux
distribution based on the <A class=ftp
href="ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/">freely available
sources from Red Hat Enterprise Linux</A>. Each CentOS version is supported
for 7 years (by means of security updates). A new CentOS version is released
every 2 years and each CentOS version is regularly updated (every 6 months) to
support newer hardware. This results in a secure, low-maintenance, reliable,
predictable and reproducible Linux environment."<BR><BR>CentOS 4 ( <A
href="http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/CentOS4">http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/CentOS4</A>
):<BR>"We intend to support CentOS-4 updates until Feb 29, 2012"<BR><BR>CentOS
5 ( <A
href="http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/CentOS5">http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/CentOS5</A>
):<BR>"We intend to support CentOS 5 until Mar 31st, 2014"<BR><BR><BR>So if
you don't want major upgrades for a while you might want to go with the latest
version. To put it into Microsoft terms... the minor version is
like a service pack. So CentOS 4.7 is really a base lined version 4,
service pack 7. You get the new features in major releases (like there
are no more "smp" kernels in 5 to deal with)<BR><BR>-Jonathan<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Jimmy Ezell <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:jezell@hmhca.com">jezell@hmhca.com</A>></SPAN>
wrote:<BR>
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<DIV class=im><BR>>On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 01:07:25PM -0700, Jimmy Ezell
wrote:<BR>><BR>>> multi-processor machine ( I had to remember
to specify smp<BR>>for the kernel)<BR>><BR>>I repeat: why bother
with such an old system? Really?<BR>><BR>>Recall the comment from the
book. That book had nothing really specific<BR>>to Centos 4. Why do you
shoot yourself in the foot by<BR>>installing
Centos4<BR>>now?<BR>><BR>>(not to mention
Zaptel)<BR>><BR>>--<BR>>
Tzafrir Cohen<BR><BR></DIV>Tzafrir thanks for the comments. I
am not done playing with this and in the end I may well use newer software
as you suggest.<BR><BR>According to wikipedia CentOS 4.7 was released OCT.
2008 (7 months ago) is that really consider that old? I am looking to
setup a phone system that I would hope would not require any major software
upgrades for many years.<BR><FONT color=#888888><BR><BR>Jimmy<BR></FONT>
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