TrixBox was created by Andrew Gillis in November, 2004 with the goal of enabling a home user to build a fully functional Asterisk PBX system without needing to be a Linux guru or knowing much about telephony; however, it has grown beyond that significantly. TrixBox consists of a downloadable ISO. By booting a computer off the CD image, the system will format our hard drive, install TrixBox along with CentOs and a number of associated tools and utilities. By packaging a complete operating system and a scripted install of all the applications, we are assured of being able to get a basic system up and running with very little effort or knowledge involved.
TrixBox was originally called Asterisk@Home. However, the name was recently changed for a number of reasons. There are two main reasons, namely, Asterisk is a trademark of Digium Ltd, and the "@Home" portion of the name may serve to downplay the usefulness and features...