HI All, 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. 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. 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. Can someone suggest a starting point on learning Linux? Thanks in advance, Mark No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.20/919 - Release Date: 26/07/2007 9:56 AM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20070726/e7abf111/attachment.htm
Mark Burrows wrote:> HI All, > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > Can someone suggest a starting point on learning Linux? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.20/919 - Release Date: > 26/07/2007 9:56 AM > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-usershttp://www.trixbox.org 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
Mark, Welcome to the club. Learning Linux can be a daunting task. After working with it for the last decade, I am still learning. My best recommendation is to "play" with it on a test box, and post questions to a related community forum if you get stuck on something. If you are looking for something more "intense" and less time-consuming, check your local colleges. The colleges in my area offer several classes on Linux as part of a degree in Network Administration. HTH, John Beaman Telecom Specialist Voice Telecommunications Services Department. Good Samaritan National Campus 605-362-3331>>> burrows.mark at gmail.com 7/26/2007 3:08:36 PM >>>HI All, 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. 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. 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. Can someone suggest a starting point on learning Linux? Thanks in advance, Mark No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.20/919 - Release Date: 26/07/2007 9:56 AM -------------- next part -------------- ------------------------------------------------- This email transmission and any documents, files or previous email messages attached to it may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, printing, distributing or use of this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify the sender by telephone or return email and delete the original transmission and its attachments without reading or saving in any manner. The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society. ---------------------------------------------------------
Hello Mark, On 7/27/07, Mark Burrows <burrows.mark at gmail.com> wrote:> > > Can someone suggest a starting point on learning Linux? >First of all, welcome to the community! =) I may consider myself as an experienced systems/network administrator but with Asterisk and telephony, I am still newbie to it. For me, Asterisk and telephony in general is a totally different world. If I may suggest to you, try to check Trixbox <http://www.trixbox.org/> because it's a pretty easy to setup VoIP software appliance in one distribution. Although I must admit that I didn't tried installing it and I installed Asterisk instead "the-hard-way" TM on my Debian Etch <http://www.debian.org/> so that I would learn (hopefully) this technology. Anyway, my setup here is only on my home PBX so nothing to worry. If you would like to learn GNU/Linux systems and/or network administration, you will have to choose a "distribution" to start with. You can choose GNU/Linux distributions at the DistroWatch website < http://www.distrowatch.com/>. I use Debian GNU/Linux Etch here as my OS. You can also find useful information on GNU/Linux and F/OSS in general at The Linux Documentation Project website <http://www.tldp.org/>. Your distribution of choice might have a good documentation specially the systems and network administration. Good luck! GNUbie -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20070727/5fe799f0/attachment.htm