[VoIP] Linux Problem

[Greg Blakely]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: voip-bounces at ckts.info [mailto:voip-bounces at ckts.info] On Behalf
Of
> John Novack
> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 7:36 AM
> To: Voice Over IP Tandem for Analog Switches
> Subject: Re: [VoIP] Linux Problem
> 
> For a GUI, Windows is 10 years ahead, and if you use Win2K or XP, very
> stable
> Linux is a great server, but the GUI, Asterisk running or not, very
poor.
> 
> Just my 2 cents worth
> 
> 
> John Novack
> 
Any GUI running on any *NIX requires a lot of horsepower from the
computer.  Linux's main advantage over Windows has traditionally been
its stability, and the availability of server-level programs on the
cheap, or for free.

For the past three or four years, Windows has approached the stability
of Linux, especially in the server arena.  I have a copy of Windows
Server 2003 running, and it has not gone south on me once.  I would have
a three-year record of no spontaneous reboots, except that a number of
its updates have required reboots in order to complete.

So, that leaves Linux with just a slight bit more stability over
Windows, and the ability to run programs that do not exist in the
Windows world, such as Asterisk; and programs that would cost an arm and
a leg in the Windows world (like mail servers, etc).

All that said, I agree with John 100% about any of the X GUIs available,
including Gnome.  They are just not very intuitive, and they tend to
slow down a decent server.  In the very beginnings of our CNET, it was
discovered that, in order to have a smooth-running Asterisk server, the
GUI should be taken out of the startup sequence.

What works for me is SSHing in to a Linux shell when I need to
administer Asterisk.  For desktop applications, I use Windows XP.