For the last few months, we've been working on an updated version of AsteriskNOW. What's changed in AsteriskNOW 1.5? Everything!

We switched the core Linux distribution to CentOS from rPath (which uses yum rather than conary).
We switched the default GUI to FreePBX from AsteriskGUI (though it is still available if you'd like to continue using it).
We also switched to DAHDI from Zaptel.

When will it be available for public beta? Immediately!

For more information, please see http://blogs.digium.com/2008/10/13/asterisknow-15-beta-available-more-coming-soon/ - if you want to jump right to the download page, go to http://www.asterisknow.org/downloads/

Fast Deployment, Easy Configuration and Use Stimulate More than 2,000 Downloads a Day of AsteriskNOW Beta.

New AsteriskNOW beta 5 features, as well as extensive product testing and feedback from the Asterisk community, make this the final beta leading up to Q2 availability of AsteriskNOW 1.0. Customers can deploy AsteriskNOW in minutes to start using Asterisk, the most popular open source telephone system in the world, in their organizations.

The software will be available beginning on Friday, March 23.