Are Social Networking Sites Reducing Activity on This List?

[Michael Havens]

Maybe you could do it at an insztallfest.
:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:

> I would love to see an asterisk talk, but it's a HUGE subject that would
> be best broken up into multiple shorter talks.
>
> Perhaps start with what is asterisk and what can it do for me, perhaps
> with some use cases.  That alone could easily fill an hour.
>
> Then maybe do a talk on, how to make an answering machine that is way
> overkill for my house.
>
> Then maybe go into setting up a simple, no frills, SOHO phone system.
>
> ...etc...etc..  keep them down to an hour or less and that way they are
> easier to prepare for and easier to digest for the audience.
>
> Asterisk is one of those subjects that is very easy to feel like you took
> a drink from the fire hose.
>
> Brian Cluff
>
>
> On 05/01/2013 04:52 PM, JD Austin wrote:
>
>> I'd love to do an Asterisk/Freepbx presentation again; when I have
>> 'spare time'.
>> I did one a long time ago but I'd want to have a lot longer since it is
>> way too much material to cram into 2 hours; ideally I think it would be
>> more fun if it were hands on and the participants actually set up their
>> own PBX in a virtual machine.  Asterisk and AMP (2004) have come a long
>> way since 2003... some distributions such as PBXinaFlash and Elastix
>> (Trixbox doesn't keep up) make it a lot easier to get started and much
>> easier to manage.   I have enough telephony hardware in my home office
>> to set up a couple PBX systems on real hardware; would need space to lay
>> it all out.
>>
>> Anyway.. something that I've had on my mind for awhile.
>>
>> JD
>>
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>> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com
>> <mailto:brian at snaptek.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     On 05/01/2013 03:33 PM, JD Austin wrote:
>>
>>         I've always wanted to get more involved with plug since I have a
>>         passion
>>         for and have been using Linux since '93; I've mostly lurked on
>>         this list
>>         for years.  Linux is 10000% easier to install, use, and
>>
>>
>>     I think we could come up with 25 floppy disks full of slackware if
>>     you want to check the math on that... at least of the the disks will
>>     probably be bad causing you to have to start from scratch too :)
>>
>>
>>            configure than it was when I started; rock solid stable too.
>>           I manage
>>         to load up my life with work, business, teaching, and taking
>>         classes so
>>         I have no time to attend :(
>>         I need to make time :)
>>
>>
>>     At least make time to join us at the dinner (aka C.A.T Chat About
>>     Technology) after the regular meeting or at Stammtisch... you do
>>     leave time in your life to eat, don't you hehehe
>>
>>     Brian
>>
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