Re: [Asterisk-Users] What is the best Linux for asterisk

2004-08-16 Thread Shawn Parker
Although I haven't tried it for Asterisk yet, I use Archlinux (http://archlinux.org/) in my production environments. It's similar to Gentoo. It as a minute disk footprint, most popular software packages are available via it's *pacman* package manager, and you can get it in 2.4 or 2.6 kernel f

Re: [Asterisk-Users] What is the best Linux for asterisk

2004-08-16 Thread Johnathan Bunn
I would disagree, in any type of server environment you should be able to gain huge boosts from a properly tweaked kernel, I would suggest a lean distro like console-only gentoo setup with a custom tweaked kernel, and if compiling a kernel is hard just find some linux-geek who can ssh to you and bu

Re: [Asterisk-Users] What is the best Linux for asterisk

2004-08-16 Thread Vlok Stone
When deciding on Linux you decide which kernel to use. Linux IS the kernel part. After that it's what tools you're most comfortable with. That's where distros vary. In a biz environment you won't probably won't use a GUI. At home (less users) you may want it as a dual function server/ end user pc.

Re: [Asterisk-Users] What is the best Linux for asterisk

2004-08-16 Thread Lyle Giese
Start a new thread on this.  This subject is not a nice subject.   But Suse 9.1 uses a 2.6.x kernal.  Did you use the 2.6 directives in compiling your source? Did you put in the symlink to the kernal sources as has been documented previously in this forum?  If not, start there.    If you d

RE: [Asterisk-Users] What is the best Linux for asterisk

2004-08-16 Thread Matt Schulte
Title: Message I've installed Asterisk on redhat 9 before, this of course can be a chipset issue with your board? I love Asus personally but haven't ever compiled Asterisk on one. What errors do you get? And on which make (asterisk, zaptel, ...) Redhat 9 is a little dated, if you're thinking