Newb Install - What now?

[shoebox]

Hello!

This is my first forum post, ever. I hope this works!!

I've been saturated with terminals and web servers for the last 6+ months or so after I got my raspberry pii. I installed freepbx (raspbx), added a usb wlan0, added a touch screen, and have been playing around with php and the web gui.

A friend mentioned I should checkout LinuxMCE. I downloaded and burned the image to a DVD. Recently, I installed it on my old Compaq x86 (which was running elastix 2.5). After the "wizard", and not having anything PNP, I realized I have no idea what I'm doing.

Here's what I have on the network:

IP Camera
SIP audio/relay module
Smart TV
Samsung Cable box
IP video door phone
A bunch of android mobile devices
a SIP Trunk via Nextiva Communications

So, now I will check the compatible hardware lists and try to figure out what I have that will work without too much experience with Linux.

Should I cancel my Nextiva SIP trunk and get a BroadVoice account? I guess I can start by adding the IP camera and the SIP module or IP video phone.... I was hoping to get a little shove in the right direction.

Sleepless in4e59,
Shoebox

[phenigma]

The first question is do you have 2 network cards in the core machine?

J.

[thor]

One of the best ways I have found in understanding what kind of hardware works in LMCE is by looking at the user pages in the wiki. Just click on phenigma's user setup example link above.

[phenigma]

We don't really have a modern hardware compatibility list, it's more of a grouping of un-organized pages of things people have tried in the past.  I keep my user page fairly up to date, keep in mind I do a lot of testing so there are items there that are for testing only, usually indicated that way.

J.