<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><br>Greetings,<br><br>I have a question for those who have done a few professional installs of Asterisk. Is it taboo to use something like AsteriskNow/FreePBX/Trixbox to get a base installation of Asterisk installed and functional for a small office? If not then do you always compile from scratch or use CentOS and the yum repositories? I setup FreePBX for a friend of mine who runs a small call center and I feel guilty profiting from something that so many other people have worked so hard to create. <br><br>Ironically www.asterisknow.org has a 'Download - Free" link but I don't see a 'donate' link. I wouldn't mind demanding my friend contribute some amount to help Asterisk grow but I'm not exactly sure how to do that and what the appropriate amount should be. I know Digium is a proud sponsor so I buy my phones, cards and refer people to their site if they need to buy equipment or an appliance. <br><br>Has this topic come up for conversation in the past and if so then what was the outcome?<br><br>Thanks!<br>Dave<br></span></body></html>
Not a taboo at all, you are providing your knowledge to setup the call center for example, and i your support in future. It is commen practice. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20090509/1fa5979f/attachment.htm
On Fri, 8 May 2009, Dave Walker wrote:> I have a question for those who have done a few professional installs of > Asterisk. Is it taboo to use something like AsteriskNow/FreePBX/Trixbox > to get a base installation of Asterisk installed and functional for a > small office? If not then do you always compile from scratch or use > CentOS and the yum repositories?I used Asterisk At Home (predecessor of Trixbox) for my first couple of installs. I didn't need most of the cruft included and never took the time to understand all the funny little things that were done behind my back to make life easy for someone with little to no Linux skills. Fortunately, I was able to replace those systems before they were hacked by default passwords and buggy code. Now, I install a minimal CentOS (de-selecting every single package) and yum in just what I need. Then I install Zaptel, Libpri, and Asterisk from source. (I'm a 1.2 Luddite.) "Parts left out don't get broke." Thanks in advance, ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Edwards sedwards at sedwards.com Voice: +1-760-468-3867 PST Newline Fax: +1-760-731-3000
Hmm words professional and trixbox don?t go together.. Did they actually fix the part where they put register -> lines in between stanzas ? Trixbox , etc is nice to play around in your home , behind a firewall.. Anything that runs daemons like that, and vicidials shaddy little irc server.. is something to fear, i like to think they make it on purpose to make it hard to clone the systems they make , again, when it will break , you?ll need to fully understand the underlying spaghetti code , or be forced to tell your client to go buy trixbox support@ $$$$ a year.. I personally HATE anything with trixbox in the name, but hey , it brings lots of paid support business.. Learn asterisk from scratch , you?ll save time in the long wrong.. You can make shell scripts to automate your installs, it?s probably faster than using a live cd that trixbox supply From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Dave Walker Sent: May-09-09 1:56 AM To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com Subject: [asterisk-users] Professional Setup.. Greetings, I have a question for those who have done a few professional installs of Asterisk. Is it taboo to use something like AsteriskNow/FreePBX/Trixbox to get a base installation of Asterisk installed and functional for a small office? If not then do you always compile from scratch or use CentOS and the yum repositories? I setup FreePBX for a friend of mine who runs a small call center and I feel guilty profiting from something that so many other people have worked so hard to create. Ironically www.asterisknow.org has a 'Download - Free" link but I don't see a 'donate' link. I wouldn't mind demanding my friend contribute some amount to help Asterisk grow but I'm not exactly sure how to do that and what the appropriate amount should be. I know Digium is a proud sponsor so I buy my phones, cards and refer people to their site if they need to buy equipment or an appliance. Has this topic come up for conversation in the past and if so then what was the outcome? Thanks! Dave -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20090509/4b4e9ae7/attachment.htm
On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 1:56 AM, Dave Walker <dave at damcconsulting.com> wrote:> > Greetings, > > I have a question for those who have done a few professional installs of > Asterisk. Is it taboo to use something like AsteriskNow/FreePBX/Trixbox to > get a base installation of Asterisk installed and functional for a small > office? If not then do you always compile from scratch or use CentOS and > the yum repositories? I setup FreePBX for a friend of mine who runs a > small call center and I feel guilty profiting from something that so many > other people have worked so hard to create. > > Ironically www.asterisknow.org has a 'Download - Free" link but I don't > see a 'donate' link. I wouldn't mind demanding my friend contribute some > amount to help Asterisk grow but I'm not exactly sure how to do that and > what the appropriate amount should be. I know Digium is a proud sponsor so > I buy my phones, cards and refer people to their site if they need to buy > equipment or an appliance. > > Has this topic come up for conversation in the past and if so then what was > the outcome? > > Thanks! > Dave >I like EVB (Easy Vox Box) much better than Trixbox. It doesn't have a the bloat. -- Thanks, Steve Totaro +18887771888 (Toll Free) +12409381212 (Cell) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20090509/0138817f/attachment.htm
<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><br>I was not endorsing a particular product or asking for recommendations about specific products. I personally tried Trixbox and was not really satisfied with the results. The last time I was asked about an appliance I referred the person to Switchvox. <br><br>There were a few other responses that seemed to answer my question. The vote tally so far (both on and off this list) seems to lean towards CentOS, download/compile of source then yum for the rest. For properly configured/secured small systems behind a firewall then FreePBX or AsteriskNow is fine. <br><br>Nobody has commented on my question regarding monetary contributions for FreePBX, AsteriskNow or any other project that helps encourage support for Asterisk. I have contributed to the CentOS project. Their recommended contributions are $25 per installation, per year which is fine. <br><br><br><blockquote webmail="1" style="border-left: 2px solid blue; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: verdana;"><div ><div class="Section1"><div><font style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Hmm words professional and trixbox don’t go together.. <o:p></o:p></font></div> <div><font style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></font></div><div style="border-style: none none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color blue; border-width: medium medium medium 1.5pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4pt;"><div><font style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";" size="2" color="black" face="Verdana,sans-serif"> I have a question for those who have done a few professional installs of Asterisk. Is it taboo to use something like AsteriskNow/FreePBX/Trixbox to get a base installation of Asterisk installed and functional for a small office? If not then do you always compile from scratch or use CentOS and the yum repositories? I setup FreePBX for a friend of mine who runs a small call center and I feel guilty profiting from something that so many other people have worked so hard to create. <br> <br></font></div></div></div><a href="http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users" target="_blank" mce_href="http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users"></a> </div> </blockquote></span></body></html>