The AstLinux Team is happy to announce the release of 1.0.4.

New in this release:

– Asterisk 1.4.44 and 1.8.14.1

– DAHDI, dahdi-linux 2.6.1 and dahdi-tools 2.6.1

– wanpipe, version bump to 3.5.27

– rhino, version bump to 0.99.6b2. Support is now enabled again by default.

– libPRI, upstream patch to add layer 2 persistence option to customize the layer 2 behavior on BRI PTMP lines. (Thanks to Michael Keuter)

– PHP version bump to 5.3.14 to address security issues.

– Security fixes for OpenSSL

– miniupnpd added (disabled by default) to support Universal Plug and Play. (Many thanks to David Kerr)

– mtr added. Network diagnostic tool that combines ping and traceroute.

– Updates to the web interface including the addition of a MeetMe tab, firewall enhancements and UPnP support.

For the complete changelog and to download the install images go to the following pages:

http://www.astlinux.org/release/104-asterisk-18141

http://www.astlinux.org/release/104-asterisk-1444

The AstLinux Team

AstLinux is a custom Linux distribution centered around Asterisk, the Open Source PBX. Although Asterisk remains the core focus, other VoIP applications such as FreeSWITCH are also available. AstLinux has many unique features that make it ideal for embedded and commercial Asterisk based solutions.

AstLinux contains powerful networking features including:

• Arno’s IPTABLES Firewall
• IPv4 and IPv6 routing and filtering
• Traffic Shaping using QoS markings
• VPN Support: IPSec, OpenVPN and PPTP
• Caching DNS Support (dnsmasq)

Supported platforms include:

• Jetway Intel Dual Core Atom boards
• PC Engines alix2d3 / alix2d13
• Soekris Engineering net5501
• VIA C3 and C7 based systems
• Generic x86 PC Hardware

The following telephony hardware cards are supported:

• Digium
• Sangoma
• Rhino Equipment
  

The AstLinux Team recently announced the release of the 1.0.1 version. This version is available with either Asterisk 1.4.43 or Asterisk 1.8.8.3. A full changelog and upgrade (or new install) instructions are available on their website. Please follow the upgrade instructions carefully when upgrading from a release prior to 1.0.

http://www.astlinux.org

As always, please report any issues (and comments) to the AstLinux mailing list on Sourceforge. (link available at the above website).

The AstLinux Team is happy to announce the release of AstLinux 1.0.0. This release includes significant changes and improvements over past releases. Specific upgrade and new installation instructions are available at: http://www.astlinux.org

Some of the highlights include:

* Using eglibc instead of uClibc. This allows binary compatibility with add-ons that are provided as binary only (G.729 CODEC, Fax for Asterisk etc).
* Newer Kernel which better supports newer hardware
* Support for Jabber/Gtalk
* Removed mISDN support (the zaphfc DAHDI driver is included for single port ISDN cards)

A full changelog is available on the release pages. We provide versions with Asterisk 1.8 and 1.4.

Because this is a major version change, there are some special considerations when upgrading. Please read the instructions very carefully to ensure no step is skipped.

http://doc.astlinux.org/userdoc:upgrade-0.7

Please report any issues with the release back to the AstLinux mailing list.

Enjoy,

The AstLinux Team

The AstLinux Team would like to announce the immediate availability of the 0.7.9 release. This release includes either Asterisk 1.4.42 or
Asterisk 1.8.4.4. All current users are encouraged to upgrade to this release to take advantage of bug fixes and other updates to Asterisk.

A full changelog is available at http://www.astlinux.org

Current users can upgrade from the web interface or from the commandline.

From the CLI:

(Asterisk 1.4)
upgrade-run-image check http://mirror.astlinux.org/firmware