Bruce, The most famously simple way to get Asterisk going is to download Asterisk at Home, burn it to a CD, and boot a spare PC from it (warning - this will erase whatever is on that system, so don't do it on any production system).
That is not what I recommend, because you will not learn Asterisk that way. The simple fact is that Linux is something you will need to learn to some degree if you really want to be able to understand Asterisk. This does not need to be daunting; Linux is actually quite user friendly, believe it or not (it is a labour of love, and the more you look into it, the more it makes you smile). The thing is that it is so feature-rich there's simply tons to learn. One of my favourite books to recommend to Linux newbies is O'Reilly's Running Linux. That book has been around since for ever (I have a 1st edition from 1996), and they just recently released the 5th edition. It teaches Linux the way you need to learn it: from the ground up. It shocks me how many Linux books nowadays teach Linux as a different flavour of Windows, and only get into the shell as a kind of utility. This is wrong. Linux has nothing to do with the X Windowing System, and Running Linux teaches you this. Anyhow, the point I'm trying to get across is that Linux is easier to learn than you might think, and having learned it, Asterisk will become much friendlier and accesible to you. Regards, Jim. -- Jim Van Meggelen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2177 "A child is the ultimate startup, and I have three. This makes me rich." Guy Kawasaki -- > -----Original Message----- > From: B Nik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: February 26, 2006 2:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [on-asterisk] Asterisk installation guides > > Hello guys, > > I am playing around with this live linux CD here: ubuntu > Wanted to install asterisk. I am not very familiar with linux > so I need a bit detailed instructions on where to get the > simplest Asterisk server and how to install it. If you guide > me to a URL that would be great. > > Regards, > Bruce > > _________________________________________________________________ > Powerful Parental Controls Let your child discover the best > the Internet has to offer. > http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&; DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines > Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now > and get the first two months FREE*. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.0/269 - Release > Date: 24/02/2006 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.0/269 - Release Date: 24/02/2006
