[lug] linux phone switching system

[Michael J. Hammel]

On Wed, 2011-05-04 at 05:55 -0600, Steve Sullivan wrote:
> I'm interested in using linux to handle phone lines ...
> I'm a linux software developer, but know zip about phone systems.
> Any recommendations on hardware, software, or books/resources
> to learn?

Start with Asterisk: http://www.asterisk.org/
That's an open source PBX, which is what you're looking for (probably).
I haven't tried it yet though I'd like to.  I'm sure others here use it.
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Michael J. Hammel <mjhammel at graphics-muse.org>