I just noticed a thread over at Trixbox’s forum that discussed how trixbox phones home data about how you utilize your phone system.
Obviously a representative of trixbox, a Fonality owned entity, has responded with the typical “anonymous usage data.” This continues to define the trixbox leech mentality that I have documented before.
What is so difficult […]

Now that Asterisk has gone mainstream, more and more Asterisk installations are happening in home environments.
Asterisk is perfect to power a residential phone system, as the cost of entry is now very obtainable, unlike in years past. In fact, you can even run Asterisk on a Linksys WRT54G, along with many many other Linux based […]

I noticed that Tim Ferriss has a very interesting post on How to Check E-mail Only Twice a Day.
I totally agree that most business professionals deal with entirely too much email and voicemail on a daily basis.
By limiting the amount of time you spend checking email, you can significantly increase your […]

After almost 5 years, Timo Sirainen has finally decided that Dovecot is ready for 1.0 status.
Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 server for Linux or UNIX-like systems, written with security primarily in mind. Dovecot is an excellent choice for both small and large installations. It’s fast, simple to set up, requires no special […]

Deploying your first Asterisk system can be a frustrating task, espcially if you attempt to utilize the more advanced features and functions of Asterisk without having a solid foundation of the basic concepts. This article will walk you through the process of downloading, compiling and configuring your first instance of Asterisk that will allow […]

Mark and the rest of the crew in Huntzville have officially released their first software appliance, called AsteriskNow™. This Blackfin based appliance runs Linux and the Open-Source version of Asterisk, along with a Digium-Designed web-based GUI.
“Digium appreciates the initial response to AsteriskNOW. We placed the initial beta version on AsteriskNOW.org last month […]