Hi all i'm just starting to setup my "own" asterisk. My first question is, if there is any reason to choose a special linux distribution or if it doesn't mater which distribution i chosse. Is there anything i should be aware of? Thanks a lot for your help! Greetings Frank -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20050318/5de6746f/attachment.htm
If it's your very first * setup, use Asterisk@Home -- comes on an ISO with its own distro of CentOS and should make initial setup quite easy. Other than that, search the list archives (google with site:digium.com) for your favorite distro and see what issues you uncover. Right up front -- if you don't have digium hardware nor a "proper" USB port (search for "ztdummy"), you may want a 2.6 kernel such as found in FC3. -----Original Message----- From: Frank Fischer [mailto:frank.fischer@digitalnomads.ch] Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 7:57 AM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Which linux distribution Hi all i'm just starting to setup my "own" asterisk. My first question is, if there is any reason to choose a special linux distribution or if it doesn't mater which distribution i chosse. Is there anything i should be aware of? Thanks a lot for your help! Greetings Frank
asterisk@stephenamadei.com
2005-Mar-18 11:04 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] Which linux distribution
On Fri, 18 Mar 2005, Frank Fischer wrote:> i'm just starting to setup my "own" asterisk. My first question is, if there > is any reason to choose a special linux distribution or if it doesn't mater > which distribution i chosse. Is there anything i should be aware of?I don't think so. Most Linux distribs have all the tools necessary. I'm running Asterisk on a stripped down Slackware 10.1 distrib with a custom kernel. The total system takes on 89 megs of my 80 Gig drive. If Asterisk is happy with that, it'll be happy with anything. ;-) ----Steve Stephen Amadei 5114 Harbor Beach Blvd Brigantine Beach, NJ 08203
On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 02:57:11PM +0100, Frank Fischer wrote:> Hi all > > i'm just starting to setup my "own" asterisk. My first question is, if there > is any reason to choose a special linux distribution or if it doesn't mater > which distribution i chosse. Is there anything i should be aware of?If you want a proper distribution with Asterisk as a part of it, and not just asterisk (an a handful of supporting libraries) slapped on top of an existing distro, you should try Xorcom Rapid, or Debian in General. Xorcom Rapid is a Debian-based minimal installation of Debian Sarge with the stable version of Asterisk. -- Tzafrir Cohen | New signature for new address and | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | new homepage | a Mutt's tzafrir@cohens.org.il | | best ICQ# 16849755 | Space reserved for other protocols | friend