"Baji Panchumarti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Nov 13, 2007 3:13 PM, Zaheer K. Master wrote: > >> OK Thanks! >> If I'm building a new Asterisk system from scratch, is >> there any downside to using CentOS 4 instead of 5? > > some of the packages in 4 (4.5) are pretty old, eg. sox > that is bundled with 4.5 does not recognize several > common audio formats. You can upgrade some of the > packages to more current versions. > > If you plan to do any asterisk-AGI using php, centos 4.5 > installs php4, most of the new php stuff is written in php5. > > I would also suggest evaluating debian as an alternative > to centos 4 & 5 for your * box. > > In my limited experience, I have found debian 4.0 (Etch) > to be a better platform for * than centos 4.5 & 5. > But please, I don't want to start a distro flame war here. > > YMMV.
The nice thing about CentOS (as opposed to Redhat proper) is that they provide the CentOS Plus repository, so installing PHP5/MySQL would be something like: # yum --enablerepo=centosplus install php php-mysql -- Kyle Sexton _______________________________________________ --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-users