Hello, I am just starting to research Asterisk and I would like to install it on a PC to try out. I have looked around quite a bit but I haven't found much information on the Linux part. I know you need to put Linux on the PC first but what version or flavor of Linux do you recommend? I contacted Red Hat and they had not heard of Asterisk and they said Asterisk is not certified for Red Hat. Are there any Linux installation instructions that you would recommend? If there are any other getting started suggestions, I sure would appreciate it. Thanks, Jim Guy Billings, MT --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20041210/7f69a891/attachment.htm
Wow...I am not sure you are ready for the leap you are about to take, if you have no prior Linux experience. At any rate... Best thing for you to do is go to the Redhat/Fedora site, download the FC ISO images, burn them to CD, and install Fedora just like you would install Windows. Boot from CD, follow the instructions, and accept the defaults wherever possible. Redhat has plenty of documentation on their site for installing their distribution. It's fairly painless. I would suggest you install a GUI (KDE or Gnome) as well, and use the GUI text editors to edit text files; VI is about as steep a learning curve there is. Greg Jim Guy wrote:> Hello, > > I am just starting to research Asterisk and I would like to install it > on a PC to try out. I have looked around quite a bit but I haven't found > much information on the Linux part. I know you need to put Linux on the > PC first but what version or flavor of Linux do you recommend? I > contacted Red Hat and they had not heard of Asterisk and they said > Asterisk is not certified for Red Hat. Are there any Linux installation > instructions that you would recommend? If there are any other getting > started suggestions, I sure would appreciate it. > > Thanks, > > Jim Guy > Billings, MT > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Do you Yahoo!? > Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/spamguard/*http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail/static/protection.html>. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
I have had good luck with Slackware. You can really use any distribution as long as it fulfils the requirements. Check out this page in the wiki: HYPERLINK "http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+installation+tips"http://www.voi p-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+installation+tips -Chris -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Jim Guy Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 1:30 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Linux basics Hello, I am just starting to research Asterisk and I would like to install it on a PC to try out. I have looked around quite a bit but I haven't found much information on the Linux part. I know you need to put Linux on the PC first but what version or flavor of Linux do you recommend? I contacted Red Hat and they had not heard of Asterisk and they said Asterisk is not certified for Red Hat. Are there any Linux installation instructions that you would recommend? If there are any other getting started suggestions, I sure would appreciate it. Thanks, Jim Guy Billings, MT _____ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - HYPERLINK "http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/spamguard/*http:/promotions.yah oo.com/new_mail/static/protection.html"Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.5.0 - Release Date: 12/9/2004 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.5.0 - Release Date: 12/9/2004 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20041210/dc31fe48/attachment.htm
Jim Guy wrote:> Hello, > > I am just starting to research Asterisk and I would like to install it > on a PC to try out. I have looked around quite a bit but I haven't > found much information on the Linux part. I know you need to put Linux > on the PC first but what version or flavor of Linux do you recommend?Hi Jim, I highly recomment knoppix. You can boot it and use it from the CD which means that you can get used to the system without formatting anything on your computer, and you can subscribe to the friendly debian-users mailing list (make sure you google when you have a question though...). Once you feel confident you can install the system on your hard disk by launching a terminal and using the tool 'knx2hd'. Once that's done, update your system with the commands: apt-get update apt-get upgrade configure your network interface with 'netcardconfig'. Once that's done, to install asterisk type: apt-get install asterisk asterisk-sounds asterisk-docs zaptel This should be get you going. Don't forget to check for the asterisk handbook (pdf) and the voip-info.org wiki. I also recommend you buy a couple of budgetone sip phones for testing purposes. Best Regards, Jean-Michel.
On Fri, 2004-12-10 at 16:29, Jim Guy wrote:> Hello, > > I am just starting to research Asterisk and I would like to install it > on a PC to try out. I have looked around quite a bit but I haven't > found much information on the Linux part. I know you need to put Linux > on the PC first but what version or flavor of Linux do you recommend? > I contacted Red Hat and they had not heard of Asterisk and they said > Asterisk is not certified for Red Hat. Are there any Linux > installation instructions that you would recommend? If there are any > other getting started suggestions, I sure would appreciate it.I see you got a lot of replies that assume a significant head start. You might want to get one of the typical "learn xxx in 7 days" or "running xxx" or "The xxx Bible" books. Many come with CD's of RedHat or other distribution. The particular distribution is unimportant, but many instructions/examples assume RedHat. You should note that any of the BSD's are not Linux and won't work. I recommend you learn the OS and not the GUI. There is nothing to fear - its really simple. If you have a Windows background then it's just new words for things you should already know (mostly). Since Asterisk runs from the command line you might as well learn the command line first. Almost anything you want to do you will/can do from the command line. And no, vi (a text editor) is not hard to learn, mostly there are only 3 "commands" you will ever use anyways (save file, quit and search). In Linux (and Unix) there is no escaping the command line (nor in Windows Server, either), so you might as well conquer it first. Build a system, get it on a network and learn to manipulate files (copy, move, permissions, deletion, directories etc.). Everything else you can do by following Asterisk recipes you will find on the 'net.