I run a MythTV system on a, lowish power, Ubuntu Linux (7.10
(alternate edition) system.
It is running 24/7 and I want to get more value for the electricity I
am paying to run it.
I can't use Trixbox but is there an Asterisk distro  that is EASY to
install and commision on my CURRENT set up - that is, I don't want to
start reformatting my disk etc. It takes ages to get a MythTV box
working properly and I am not set to muck around with that.
I don't want to start adding any cards or anything like that. I
mailnly want to use it for the exchange facilities such as IVR,
callback and callthrough. I would want to use something  with a GUI
interface.
Any recommendations?  FreePBX?




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Brian A wrote:

> I can't use Trixbox but is there an Asterisk distro  that is EASY to
> install and commision on my CURRENT set up - that is, I don't want to
> start reformatting my disk etc. 

> I mailnly want to use it for the exchange facilities such as IVR,
> callback and callthrough. I would want to use something  with a GUI
> interface.

Why GUI? 

> Any recommendations?  FreePBX?

FreePBX is OK. This might be of some help:

http://blog.thegoldfish.net/asterisk-with-freepbx-on-ubuntu-704-desktop-tutorial

There is also AsteriskGUI, but there don't appear to be any releases, which
suggests to me it's not quite ready for the average user.

http://asterisknow.org/install-related

One other possibility is that Trixbox and AsteriskNOW both come as VM
images. If you MythTV box is specced high enough, you might have some luck
with that.

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alexd wrote:

> There is also AsteriskGUI, but there don't appear to be any releases,
> which suggests to me it's not quite ready for the average user.

Here's a howto also.

http://www.howtoforge.com/asterisk_pbx_linux


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Brian A wrote:
> I run a MythTV system on a, lowish power, Ubuntu Linux (7.10
> (alternate edition) system.
> It is running 24/7 and I want to get more value for the electricity I
> am paying to run it.
> I can't use Trixbox but is there an Asterisk distro  that is EASY to
> install and commision on my CURRENT set up - that is, I don't want to
> start reformatting my disk etc. It takes ages to get a MythTV box
> working properly and I am not set to muck around with that.
> I don't want to start adding any cards or anything like that. I
> mailnly want to use it for the exchange facilities such as IVR,
> callback and callthrough. I would want to use something  with a GUI
> interface.
> Any recommendations?  FreePBX?
> 
> 
> 
> 
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just install Asterisk and then the FreePBX GUI.  Not sure if there is a 
Debian/Ubuntu package for FreePBX but it's pretty straight forward to 
install from the web site download.

cheers,
Paul.

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Brian A  wrote in :
> I run a MythTV system on a, lowish power, Ubuntu Linux (7.10
> (alternate edition) system.

> I can't use Trixbox but is there an Asterisk distro  that is EASY to
> install and commision on my CURRENT set up - that is, I don't want to
> start reformatting my disk etc. It takes ages to get a MythTV box
> working properly and I am not set to muck around with that.

Start with 'apt-cache search asterisk' on the command-line (there is
probably a graphical equivalent in ubuntu) to see what asterisk version is
available to install and what extra tools are available.

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Brian A schreef:
> I run a MythTV system on a, lowish power, Ubuntu Linux (7.10
> (alternate edition) system.
> It is running 24/7 and I want to get more value for the electricity I
> am paying to run it.
> I can't use Trixbox but is there an Asterisk distro  that is EASY to
> install and commision on my CURRENT set up - that is, I don't want to
> start reformatting my disk etc. It takes ages to get a MythTV box
> working properly and I am not set to muck around with that.
> I don't want to start adding any cards or anything like that. I
> mailnly want to use it for the exchange facilities such as IVR,
> callback and callthrough. I would want to use something  with a GUI
> interface.
> Any recommendations?  FreePBX?
> 
> 
> 
> 
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What about the Pluto project ? it's an multi-purpose distro, with 
Asterisk and house/media contol...

On 7 Dec, 20:07, Brian A  wrote:
> I run a MythTV system on a, lowish power, Ubuntu Linux (7.10
> (alternate edition) system.
> It is running 24/7 and I want to get more value for the electricity I
> am paying to run it.
> I can't use Trixbox but is there an Asterisk distro  that is EASY to
> install and commision on my CURRENT set up - that is, I don't want to
> start reformatting my disk etc. It takes ages to get a MythTV box
> working properly and I am not set to muck around with that.
> I don't want to start adding any cards or anything like that. I
> mailnly want to use it for the exchange facilities such as IVR,
> callback and callthrough. I would want to use something  with a GUI
> interface.
> Any recommendations?  FreePBX?
>
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I know that miniSipServer can support GUI, but it is run on Windows
not Linux.

On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 05:59:49 -0800 (PST), Hongtian
 wrote:

>On 7 Dec, 20:07, Brian A  wrote:
>> I run a MythTV system on a, lowish power, Ubuntu Linux (7.10
>> (alternate edition) system.
>> It is running 24/7 and I want to get more value for the electricity I
>> am paying to run it.
>> I can't use Trixbox but is there an Asterisk distro  that is EASY to
>> install and commision on my CURRENT set up - that is, I don't want to
>> start reformatting my disk etc. It takes ages to get a MythTV box
>> working properly and I am not set to muck around with that.
>> I don't want to start adding any cards or anything like that. I
>> mailnly want to use it for the exchange facilities such as IVR,
>> callback and callthrough. I would want to use something  with a GUI
>> interface.
>> Any recommendations?  FreePBX?
>>
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>I know that miniSipServer can support GUI, but it is run on Windows
>not Linux.
Thanks for all your suggestions gentlemen. That gives me a few things
to go at.

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