[Mac-telephony-list] Asterisk & Linux on Intel Mac (was: Re:Apple USB modem dongle)

[Tom Rymes via List]

On Dec 20, 2006, at 1:28 PM, Edward Eigerman via List wrote:

> Well, since you bring that up...
>
> Has anyone gotten a linux based set up working on an Intel Mac? I
> really wanted to do Trixbox, but that seems to be no-go.
>
> Ed

Ed,

I haven't installed linux on an intel mac via boot camp or something  
similar, but I am fairly certain that it is quite possible to install  
Linux onto Intel Mac hardware.

Anyhow, I have installed Trixbox, Asterisk 1.4 Beta, Bicom Systems'  
PBXWare, and other Linux software in Parallels Virtual Machines on my  
MacBook.) All have worked quite well, though I use them mostly for  
testing purposes. Using this solution, instead of building directly  
on OS X still has the inherent issues of no PCI hardware, but it's  
possible that the Astribank hardware would work with a virtual  
machine, and you wouldn't have to worry about non-functional music on  
hold or conferencing, because you would have a real, live Linux kernel.

If you are bound and determined to install a production PBX on Mac  
hardware, then this is probably the route I would take. (I would also  
explore booting linux directly, of course. That way you would have  
PCI support, too.) In the end, however, as much as I wish I could  
recommend using Apple hardware and OS X, I still would recommend  
Linux on Standard PC hardware.

Tom