Re: [asterisk-users] Switching from FreeBSD to Linux - which distro?

2006-12-05 Thread Mike Garey
I recommend debian, been using it for years now, it was a no brainer to choose this for my asterisk deployments.. A few other people I know have used debian with asterisk with no problems either. On 12/5/06, Phil Finkler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Does there seem to be a popular Linux distro

Re: [asterisk-users] Switching from FreeBSD to Linux - which distro?

2006-12-05 Thread Guillermo Salas M.
On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 18:47 -0500, Mike Garey wrote: > I recommend debian, been using it for years now, it was a no brainer > to choose this for my asterisk deployments.. A few other people I know > have used debian with asterisk with no problems either. > Choose Debian, is easy to maintain.. apt

Re: [asterisk-users] Switching from FreeBSD to Linux - which distro?

2006-12-05 Thread Carla Schroder
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 h

Re: [asterisk-users] Switching from FreeBSD to Linux - which distro?

2006-12-06 Thread Norbert Zawodsky
Hi Carla, Carla Schroder wrote: > 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 bi

RE: [asterisk-users] Switching from FreeBSD to Linux - which distro?

2006-12-06 Thread Robert Jenkins
t; 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&#

Re: [asterisk-users] Switching from FreeBSD to Linux - which distro?

2006-12-06 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 09:37:17AM +0100, Norbert Zawodsky wrote: > Hi Carla, > > Carla Schroder wrote: > > 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.

Re: [asterisk-users] Switching from FreeBSD to Linux - which distro?

2006-12-06 Thread Darrick Hartman
What do you think about Slackware? Slackware is nice if you want to use a full distro because they use a pretty much vanilla kernel. Additional benefits is very few services are started by default. I use CentOS on almost all general server setups for small businesses and find that ther

Re: [asterisk-users] Switching from FreeBSD to Linux - which distro?

2006-12-06 Thread Andrew Joakimsen
SuSE works well On 12/5/06, Phil Finkler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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

Re: [asterisk-users] Switching from FreeBSD to Linux - which distro?

2006-12-06 Thread John Novack
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

Re: [asterisk-users] Switching from FreeBSD to Linux - which distro?

2006-12-06 Thread Lacy Moore - Aspendora
On 12/6/06, John Novack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Go get the ISO's, and remember to INSTALL EVERYTHING, then you won't run into some "gotcha" down the road where there is some missing file that needs to be put who knows where. Wow! Are you sure about that?

Re: [asterisk-users] Switching from FreeBSD to Linux - which distro?

2006-12-07 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 10:12:25PM -0600, Lacy Moore - Aspendora wrote: > On 12/6/06, John Novack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Go get the ISO's, and remember to INSTALL EVERYTHING, then you won't run > >into some "gotcha" down the road where there is some missing file that > >needs to be put w

Re: [asterisk-users] Switching from FreeBSD to Linux - which distro?

2006-12-07 Thread Carla Schroder
On Wednesday 06 December 2006 20:12, Lacy Moore - Aspendora wrote: > On 12/6/06, John Novack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Go get the ISO's, and remember to INSTALL EVERYTHING, then you won't run > > into some "gotcha" down the road where there is some missing file that > > needs to be put who kno

Re: [asterisk-users] Switching from FreeBSD to Linux - which distro?

2006-12-07 Thread John Novack
Carla Schroder wrote: On Wednesday 06 December 2006 20:12, Lacy Moore - Aspendora wrote: On 12/6/06, John Novack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Go get the ISO's, and remember to INSTALL EVERYTHING, then you won't run into some "gotcha" down the road where there is some missing file that n

Re: [asterisk-users] Switching from FreeBSD to Linux - which distro?

2006-12-07 Thread Carla Schroder
On Thursday 07 December 2006 17:42, John Novack wrote: > Carla Schroder wrote: > > On Wednesday 06 December 2006 20:12, Lacy Moore - Aspendora wrote: > >> On 12/6/06, John Novack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Go get the ISO's, and remember to INSTALL EVERYTHING, then you won't > >>> run into som

Re: [asterisk-users] Switching from FreeBSD to Linux - which distro?

2006-12-08 Thread Derek Whitten
John Novack wrote: > > > Carla Schroder wrote: >> On Wednesday 06 December 2006 20:12, Lacy Moore - Aspendora wrote: >> >>> On 12/6/06, John Novack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Go get the ISO's, and remember to INSTALL EVERYTHING, then you won't run into some "gotcha" down

Re: [asterisk-users] Switching from FreeBSD to Linux - which distro?

2006-12-08 Thread lists
L PROTECTED]> Sent: Thu, December 7, 2006 8:42 pm To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Switching from FreeBSD to Linux - which distro? Carla Schroder wrote: > On Wednesday 06 December 2006 20:12, Lacy Moore - Aspendora wrote: > >> On 12/6/06, John Novac

Re: [asterisk-users] Switching from FreeBSD to Linux - which distro?

2006-12-08 Thread John Novack
Derek Whitten wrote: John Novack wrote: That sounds like a microsoft way of doing things.. install 25X more crap than you will ever use. What ever happened to planning and RTFM? I guess it all depends on what the objective is. One can sit around and RTFM and play with oneself or one

Re: [asterisk-users] Switching from FreeBSD to Linux - which distro?

2006-12-08 Thread Time Bandit
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. CentOS work