Does anyone have comments on this thread about the desirability of being "loudly and proudly pro-Linux"? Wouldn't we want Optus to know that Linux is a growing market, and that we vote with our pocketbook? Isn't this the essence of capitalism?
I sure don't think silence is the right answer, after all, how does this help change things for the better? Might I suggest responding to Optus similar to: "If you force me to play windoze games, I will, but I want you to know I am a Linux user, and that if a provider who better supports Linux comes along, you will very quickly lose my business." The basic idea is to be both polite and direct. Thanks, --Tom > Hey everyone, > I'm finally getting cable installed next week, but I have a > few doubts on my mind at the moment. I told the guy who signed me up > over the phone that I had Windows XP which is of course a total lie! I > only have Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 installed (hi to the rest of the > debian-devel reading this). I did so because I've seen one too many > cases of "I refuse to even talk to you because we don't officially > support Linux" (this is happening at UNSW's own ISP as we speak). > So my question is, has anyone gotten the Optus@home supplied > PCI Ethernet to USB setup working? Doing a quick search on Google only > seems to mention that it's not in the official 2.4 kernel tree yet: > > ><http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/usb/2.4/usb-2.4.19-pre4.bk-patches> > > So what should I do? Ring them and ask them for a PCI Ethernet > setup instead and not bother about USB. How much extra do they charge > for it (nothing on their rate card about it)? If so, will they > over-react if I say I don't have Windows and refuse to install cable > over the phone? Has anyone had bad experiences with Optus technicians > who have Linux-phobia or refuse to give you an PCI Ethernet card on > demand? > > Yours sincerely, > Andrew "Netsnipe" Lau > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > * Andrew 'Netsnipe' Lau Computer Science & Sturep, UNSW * > * "apt-get into it" Debian GNU/Linux Packager * > * <netsnipe(+)debianplanet.org\0> <alau(+)cse.unsw.edu.au\0> * > * GnuPG 1024D/2E8B68BD 0B77 73D0 4F3B F286 63F1 9F4A 9B24 C07D 2E8B 68BD * > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
