Hi All, There's a small news article about Linux users and ISP's at: http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,5259987%255E15306,00.html
It shows why it's important *not* to pretend to be a windoze user when dealing with ISPs, and reinforces what most people already understand - that smaller companies will be more responsive/helpful with Linux than the larger. (There is no reason to be uncertain or doubtful about using Linux, the article doesn't mention anything about Telstra/Optus *banning* its use.) Also, I'd say keep banging off the letters to Telstra/Optus. Because ISPs support Mac, and Linux is poised to overtake Mac as the #2 desktop OS, I would guess that official ISP support for Linux is not very far away - as long as ISPs clearly understand that that is what the customer wants. Finally, the article mentions how nice it is that Pacific Internet mirrors lots 'o Linux stuff, providing free downloads. It's true. I found the Debian install (via internet) to be quite hairy, but the second and third times I did it, it was much easier. Obviously, if I'd had to pay for those downloads, there wouldn't have been the second and third "practice makes perfect" installations. Thanks All, --Tom -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
