Hi TWV,
My question is about which Linux distribution to choose for Asterisk.
(/me holds breath) OK, hopefully you’re still reading, because
whatever you were thinking now, you’re thinking wrong! ;)
Still, my question was not answered! Mainly because the same answer
always came back: “Use the one you are most comfortable with”. Well, I
already knew that (linux is linux), but it doesn’t apply to my
situation at all!
[..]
Having explained all this, it should sound logical that I chose the
AsteriskWin32 version for learning Asterisk. Of course, I realize that
we can’t put any production system on AsteriskWin32… So before we can
go live with Asterisk servers and services, this last issue remains to
be resolved: what Linux distribution should I choose (and learn)?
As I explained, I see Linux merely as a “necessary evil” (because of
my lack of knowledge) for running Asterisk. So I’m asking about the
best linux distribution only to put up asterisk servers. I’m NOT
asking for the easiest one or so (I always enjoy challenges and
learning new things), I’m asking for the best choice to build a
carrier grade telecom system, having to support thousands of users
each and every day. So it must be reliable and easy to maintain and
upgrade. We are going to use Asterisk in our own datacenters
(supporting nation-wide services), as well as in servers that we sell
to corporations and callcenters for use as an advanced PBX/CTI system).
So it should be clear that I’m not talking about a hobby or home
deployment here. Our central asterisk systems for example will have to
manage DS3 or (lots of) E1 trunks…
We use a special adaprion of Gentoo-Linux with Asterisk compiled against
mlibc. I think, for professional use it is the best way to make your own
distribution. However, there are asterisk-specialized Linuxdistris in
the net at all. If you need a distri for beginning, but not for gamers,
i would recommend debian.
Hth,
Oliver
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