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I am running 3cx version 18 update 2 on a raspberry pi. When I go to check for updates, it shows the system is up to date, even though I know 3cx is up to update 5 now. How do I fix this?
This information is nearly one year old. Enough time to upgrade. To host a 3cx locally nearly any tiny pc will do it, cost maybe 50$.So is the upgrade to update 5 essential? Will our installation stop working on 1st December? There must be hundreds of installations like ours on Raspberry Pi, so it's pretty breathtaking that we should get dumped out of the blue like that. No, I don't want to go hosted, not the startUP route, and we have a considerable investment in hardware. So now we need to buy a PC to run 3CX under Win10 (NB: current version is Windows 11, shame that's not supported..) or Debian. That's expense we hadn't planned on. Thanks, 3CX, very kind.
The information that Raspberry isnt supported anymore is on the website and you got it by email.How on earth do you work that out?
Some things allready not working anymore for you (Iphone push etc...) You cant activate your installation or change any information regarding your license.> So is the upgrade to update 5 essential? Will our installation stop working on 1st December?
Any cheap (could be used) pc will do it. If you have any vm somewhere, you could put the 3cx there as well.And $50 for a USFF PC or a NUC, or similar? I don't think so!! I'll take ten if you can do them at that price. (I sell and support PCs for a living.)
I understand you, but its not only features. The main part is security updates. I am running most of our 3cx installs on VMware locally or Hetzner Cloud. Some of our customers and myself using a Lenovo tiny for this stuff. Please considure using debian and not windows, its so much easier to update and mantaine this installs and you didnt need any windows licence as well.Please don't apologise for your English, as it's 10000 times better than my German! I'm still very annoyed at 3CX for this, but I will go to either an Intel NUC on Debian, or perhaps a Lenovo Tiny PC on Windows. But either way is a considerable expense, when really it's unnecessary. If V18 Update 2 is working happily, there can be little work for 3CX in keeping it so. Many people will not use the additional stuff, and don't want it or need it. If it's not broken, they shouldn't be fixing it.
The problem is its not possible to maintaine many different systems when its easy to have just 2 (Windows and Debian). For you its also easy to switch, just take a Backup from your 3cx, install a debian ISO on some new hardware and put your backup back. Be sure to use the same local ip and you wont have any problems.Yes, that was my thinking too, Debian would be best. All 3CX need to do to allow the legacy installs of V18 update 2 to continue is to manage the security stuff though, and keep that up to date. If people want more features, then they can spend the money and upgrade - but for those who simply want to keep their silent, low power consumption phone system that works perfectly well, this sort of thing is neither necessary or good business practice.
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