Included in this updated list are 50 projects using the free Asterisk PBX. It also includes a free version of Linux with all the bells and whistles preconfigured. Each project can be completed in under an hour and most in under 30 minutes.

Here’s the definitive step-by-step guide to quickly installing the latest, latest, latest version of Asterisk@Home: version 2.5. It includes the CentOS 4.2 version of Linux and Asterisk 1.2.4. In addition, you’ll get an Apache web server, SendMail and Comedian mail servers, MySQL, PHP, phpMyAdmin, SugarCRM, NVfaxdetect and much more. The whole project will take you about 90 minutes to complete, and it’s free of charge.

Here’s the definitive step-by-step guide to quickly installing the latest and greatest version of Asterisk@Home: version 2.4 which includes the CentOS 4.2 version of Linux and Asterisk 1.2.3. In addition, you’ll get an Apache web server, SendMail and Comedian mail servers, MySQL, PHP, phpMyAdmin, SugarCRM, NVfaxdetect and much more. The whole project will take you about 90 minutes to complete, and it’s free of charge.

Introducing a telephone-based reminder system for Asterisk that lets you schedule delivery of customized reminder messages to any phone number at any date and time in the future. And it’s FREE!

It’s free software day at Nerd Vittles again, and today we’re pleased to introduce TeleYapper, Part II, an Asterisk-based telephone broadcasting service for neighborhoods, schools, little leagues, fundraisers, municipal governments, and anyone else that just wants to pester folks with annoying, but free, prerecorded phone calls. Today we hook up all the pieces and actually start placing calls using our MySQL database engine.