On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Steve Totaro <[email protected]>wrote:
> See comments inline. > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 2:21 PM, linux guy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm about to start building my asterisk server and I can't seem to find >> anything that discusses the pros and cons of installing the OS (Fedora 15) >> as console only or GUI, ie install KDE as well. >> >> > If you want an OS that is going to be supported a year from now, don't use > Fedora. > > Go for CentOS which is essentially Red Hat Enterprise, Fedora is pretty > much beta RHEL. It's EOL is one year from my understanding. > > You want to install the very minimum as most people would agree, why do you > think you need a GUI. > > Best practice is to only install the bare minimum on a server. > > >> So, other than a bit of disk space, is there any reason why I shouldn't >> install KDE when I set it up ? >> > > It has and will cause issues. I have installed KDE or whatever but booted > to init 3 for a couple of machines. I could go to init 5 if I had to, but I > never did had to. I don't see a single pro, but there are many cons. > > What benefit do you get from KDE? Why do you want it. Is this just going > to be an asterisk server or a desktop? > > >> >> Is there any great disadvantage to running the server in init level 5 (ie >> KDE, xorg, etc) running in the background, but not being logged in, versus >> init level 3 ? (Or whatever they call these things these days..., ie F15 >> uses systemd...) >> >> FWIW, my server hardware will sit on a server rack in the utility room. I >> might drag a display and keyboard down there once in a while to troubleshoot >> and/or do maintenance, but mostly I'd ssh in and probably use a remote >> desktop app to work on it. > > > How does remote desktop help you over an SSH CLI? > > >> FWIW, I'm OK doing things via the CLI, but sometimes its really nice to >> have graphical tools. >> >> > Ok, I can understand, I used to be like this for a while. I am a huge fan > of Webmin for a GUI. It allows for almost everything and for me, it is > better than KDE or anything else. It is just a webpage with tools > attached. No big potential problem there. > > >> I look forward to your input. >> >> Thanks >> >> I have been using Vyatta (paid for with phone support.) It makes for the most powerful Asterisk platform you can imagine. There is a learning curve but I love what I have put together. There are howtos everywhere and if you buy licenses, you get excellent support and online training courses. It is a very firewall/Router. It handles everything from OpenVPN, awesome security features, IPS, and even QoS, wireshark. I put webmin and NTOP on these machines as well. Vyatta has become my new platform for Asterisk. Check it out http://www.vyatta.org/documentation There is very little you cannot do, but don't have to use the features if you don't want to. Vyatta is also a company like Asterisk. Vyatta is the baby of former bigtime corporate Cisco guys. Asterisk is the baby of former Adtran execs. Thanks, Steve T Thanks, Steve T
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