Pidgin is certainly good, won't go wrong there.

@stacksofplates i will try it and tell you the result 🙂

@JaredBusch said in Moving to Domain from Workgroup. How to be prepared ?:

@openit said in Moving to Domain from Workgroup. How to be prepared ?:

@scottalanmiller said in Moving to Domain from Workgroup. How to be prepared ?:

@openit said in Moving to Domain from Workgroup. How to be prepared ?:

@Dashrender said in Moving to Domain from Workgroup. How to be prepared ?:

Heck, considering that - I have what I consider a better situation, though I'm sure others will disagree with me.

Since you're making some pretty big changes, now might be a good time to rebuild all of these computers. If you you can move them all to the same OS.
Not sure you're aware, but all of the machines you listed (7/8/8.1/10) qualify to be on Windows 10. Any reason they weren't upgraded during the free upgrade window?

Personally, I'd take an image of each system using Clonezilla, and upgrade them to Windows 10. Assuming the machines are granted a free upgrade to Windows 10, then I would purchase one Windows 10 Open License granting you imaging rights, purchase the needed upgrades for your home licensed computers bringing them legally to Windows 10 Pro, then create and deploy a Windows 10 image.

I skipped a lot of steps here, ask if you want, need more details.

Why I didn't upgraded all to Windows 10 ?

Yes, we upgraded so many computers to Wins 10. But mostly preferred to upgrade Windows 8/8.1. Not upgraded for all, because it was still 1 year old, cannot say how stable it is and don't want to do at that much quantity (100pcs). And some users are happy with Windows 7, better to not touch them if they are going fine.

That's a very bad was to think about software. Windows 10 is not "one year old", it is the update to Windows 8.1 which is the update to Windows 8 which is the update to Windows 7 which was the update to Windows Vista. Windows 10 is the most mature of that family. Windows 7 is the "one year old" release (but patched since then.) Windows 10 is the one with the most time of people testing the code because it is a decade old. You are actually doing the opposite of what you are thinking... you are staying on young "immature" code and avoiding the most stable, most tested code. And you are not trusting a vendor on whom you have decided to depend. That's a bad combination.

http://www.smbitjournal.com/2014/04/software-versions/

I see, so I was wrong at this point 😞

That's benefit of being active in community , learning things 🙂

Anyway, still I have chances I think, I seen somewhere to upgrade still to Windows 10 for free and second option is, we need to get Pro versions for some Home Editions, so I will get Windows 10 Pro.

You can do it. But I do not know the legality of it.

I will check. Thanks.

@Tim_G I can't recommend that enough... I'll probably never outgrow it (until software specs require more than it has at least).

@scottalanmiller fwconsole starts asterisk, and it makes sure it's started and running with the correct UID

Or it should. It did last time I checked 😎

Edit: Saying that, I believe I was the last one that messed with that code, so if it's NOT working, it's probably my fault.

https://github.com/FreePBX/framework/blob/release/13.0/amp_conf/htdocs/admin/libraries/Console/Start.class.php#L147

@tm1000 said in 2600hz.org - Open Source VoIP:

@JaredBusch said in 2600hz.org - Open Source VoIP:

@coliver said in 2600hz.org - Open Source VoIP:

@agarcia.wier said in 2600hz.org - Open Source VoIP:

I think now is the time to invest in true open source alternative to Asterisk engine

How is the Asterisk engine not open source? It's released under the GPL meaning you can do whatever you want with the code base. FreePBX remains one of the, if not the, very best implementations of an Asterisk distribution that is also 100% open source. I'm just not sure where you're going with the last few threads about this.

Asterisk and FreePBX are open source, but Schmooze made changes regarding things such as third party module signing and requirements related to commercial modules that soured the mood with some in the FOSS telephony community.

The referenced article is old. As of this year you can sign your own modules without asking for anything from Sangoma. We've even written unit tests around this functionality so it can never break. We do listen to the community and have made changes over the last two years to how GPG functions. One of the biggest things we did was allowing users to sign any module locally without having to sign a CLA or a CSA with Sangoma, putting the power of open source (with GPG benefits) back into the hands of users.

I do realize that it is an old article. But it is a fact that changes were made that upset the FOSS community. Personally, I could care less, I just want a solid working product.

@tm1000 said in FreePBX 13 No Conference Room App:

This was happening because for some reason the conbridge.conf file (or an include therein) was not being created correctly and thus because conf files were missing confbridge was never loaded. I believe this was because conferences was not originally included in the tarball for 13 but we fixed this so it should be OK???? Not sure...

It was fixed this week? It was just six days ago that we saw it, but it's not been re-run since then.

@tm1000 said in Sangoma Linux?:

@scottalanmiller We are starting to use it to build more robust Daemons. Hey, it's better than trying to do it in PHP!!

Yeah it is, lol. Glad to see the move in that direction. Not that using PHP was any kind of a big deal to end users, but it's a nice change of pace. I'm hoping for a faster, more responsive interface then as well 😉

@scottalanmiller said in True Open Source PBX:

@JaredBusch said in True Open Source PBX:

I am interested in Xivo (whatever their new name is).

It is not production ready like FreepBX yet, but their goal of making everything accessible via REST API will make it a very flexible thing.

Me too, certainly lots of potential and I hate the FreePBX interface, so am hopeful there.

Let me know what you don't like if you have time!

Also the Wazo(XiVO) developers are great guys. A few of the FreePBX team (Rob Thomas ( @xrobau ) and I) talk to them ( @quintana ) weekly on IRC/Twitter and we've conversed over a hangout session and at Astricon.

@scottalanmiller said in Understanding X2GO Desktops:

@stacksofplates said in Understanding X2GO Desktops:

@gjacobse said in Understanding X2GO Desktops:

Also - is connecting to the local desktop the only option on using that computers speakers?

I've installed MATE, and am able to connect via that now - but it plays Pithos using the main computers speakers. not what I want... when I have the stereo system on the other side of the room....

There should be options to tunnel the sound through the SSH session.

He wants to use X2Go as a remote control for the machine with the audio playing.

Ah ok. I read that wrong, my bad.

The client machine does not have SASL, so does not support usernames/passwords at all. A bit of a problem.

This is the register process that appears in the cli

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@Romo said in I'm a noob, how do I make a FreePBX server:

@JaredBusch keep getting this:
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Any way to clear that up to check the other posts?

WTF ... /me goes and say many nasty things about nodebb again.

Set up here is just about 1 vm per service if running Linux. Jira, pydio, openvpn stuff, wordpress nextcloud(testing) XO, Unitrends, other web services those are all separate vms.
On Windows we do 1 as well, or more if it is easy. But I think file and print and wsus on 1 vm might be the only multiple service server we have. CRM, ADFS, Exchange, AD, Sharepoint are single service vms though, for obvious reasons. So by far most vms running 1 service here. Just makes it easier.

My new Mitel system does DHCP with no reservations, and when the phone comes on the first time, you have to log into as the extension so it registers with the Mitel system. I'm guessing form there it's probably MAC based (though that wouldn't work through a router, but who knows).

@JaredBusch said in Softphone apps for cell phones & Freepbx:

@fuznutz04 said in Softphone apps for cell phones & Freepbx:

@JaredBusch said in Softphone apps for cell phones & Freepbx:

@fuznutz04 said in Softphone apps for cell phones & Freepbx:

@Minion-Queen

Just downloaded it, thanks. Looks like the free version is limited. Can't even transfer a call 🙂

Why do you want to transfer a call? Are you wanting a full featured softphone to replace a desk phone? Then pay for one. Software development is not cheap you know.

Yes, a full featured deskphone replacement. I would have every intension of paying for one, especially at $5. I was just making a comment that the free version was limited. I typically don't pay for one unless I test it first.

You have a perfectly working phone for free. If you want extra, then it is available.

That said it is $5 for transfer and conferencing on the app.

It is $40 for the desktop version.

Yep, agreed. So far, call quality is fine for me. And like I said, I don't really care about price, especially for 5 bucks.

BTW, as an alternative desktop app, I've found that Jitsi has been great as well.

Haven't seen an issue here yet, will try to pay attention.

Aww, yeah that makes sense.

I keep getting stuck on the fact that a single (or RAID 1) drive (winchester) itself is so slow, so easy to saturate its throughput that is almost seems useless today. Of course this could be expanded out to then say, well if RAID 1 is useless, then RAID 5, 6, etc are even more so.
Please don't take that to be me saying RAID 1 is useless, of course it's not. Using RAID 1 for work loads that don't need a ton of storage or throughput, RAID 1 is great.

@Mike-Davis When I tried with the GNU root the application stops automatically.Unfortunately error occured is coming as error.Unable to start