Hi, I'd second CentOS, it's stable and very well supported.
Robert Jenkins. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Carla Schroder > Sent: 06 December 2006 00:00 > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Switching from FreeBSD to Linux > - which distro? > > On Tuesday 05 December 2006 15:36, Phil Finkler wrote: > > Does there seem to be a popular Linux distro folks use specifically > > for Asterisk? I'd like to move off of FreeBSD but I'm not too > > familiar with Linux distros. In particular, I'm looking > for a free, > > stable, well supported distro that has a friendly > community. Any advice appreciated. > > Sorry for asking a question that I'm sure has been asked > thousands of > > times. > > > > > > Debian is my fave, but for Asterisk I use CentOS. It's a > free-of-cost clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, so it's very > stable and reliable, and Asterisk runs great on it. Debian is > good too. They have Asterisk packages, but they're generally > a little bit old. Source installations work fine. Both have > large, active developer and user communities. > > Avoid Fedora- it's too much of a moving target, and Asterisk > installations are always a nightmare. Ubuntu is the darling > of the Linux world, but I've had problems with Asterisk on it too. > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Carla Schroder > Linux geek and random computer tamer > check out my Linux Cookbook! > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxckbk/ > best book for sysadmins and power users > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
