[Wftl-lug] {Disarmed} Re: Earthlink finally admits that Linux exists

[Christian Einfeldt]

This was on Digg's front page.  But it seems to have been dugg down, because
I'm not seeing it in public right now.  Not sure why.  It has 110 diggs,
which usually would put it on the front page, but now I don't see it there
anymore.  Maybe a few more diggs will bring it back up.

http://digg.com/linux_unix/Earthlink_employee_recommends_Linux_on_an_official_Earthlink_blog

On Dec 3, 2007 9:42 PM, dick thompson <rhomp2002 at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> *Security & functionality*
> Historically, Linux systems have proven to be virtually impervious to
> spyware—and viruses also have a rough time finding their way to system
> vulnerabilities. Some argue that the hardy Linux architecture might not be
> the reason for the low number of attacks. Rather, it's just due to a low
> percentage of the system's market share: hackers simply think, "Why bother?"
> The truth is, the vast majority of attacks occur on the server level—not
> aimed directly at specific networks or single work stations. In any case,
> there's a lot more to security problems than even meets the trained eye.
>
> For a little education on this heady part of the subject, have a look at this
> detailed article<http://www.earthlink.net/mail/index.php?CampaignID=MS:E:136:drill:in_focus:1&url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/security/security_report_windows_vs_linux/>,
> which describes some of the security differences between Windows and Linux.
>
> As far as actual use goes, how would you like to boot up that free system
> for the first time and find a first-class office suite<http://www.earthlink.net/mail/index.php?CampaignID=MS:E:136:drill:in_focus:2&url=http://www.openoffice.org/>,
> media player<http://www.earthlink.net/mail/index.php?CampaignID=MS:E:136:drill:in_focus:3&url=http://www.videolan.org/vlc/>,
> advanced graphics design application<http://www.earthlink.net/mail/index.php?CampaignID=MS:E:136:drill:in_focus:4&url=http://www.gimp.org/>,
> digital photo organizer<http://www.earthlink.net/mail/index.php?CampaignID=MS:E:136:drill:in_focus:5&url=http://f-spot.org/Main_Page>,
> HTML editor<http://www.earthlink.net/mail/index.php?CampaignID=MS:E:136:drill:in_focus:6&url=http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/>for your webpages, and much more? Instead of paying dollar after dollar to
> add such sophisticated applications to your computer, these and literally
> thousands of others are either already included or available for free from
> the repositories that are associated with many Linux distributions.
>
> *Selection*
> By now you might be asking yourself, "If this is free, why don't more
> people know about it and use it? How can I check it out? And what does this
> egghead mean by 'distribution'?" Well...
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>     - "Free" because an open source-based business model can make money
>    in other ways than the usual methods of marketing and product distribution
>    (see that earlier article<http://www.earthlink.net/mail/index.php?CampaignID=MS:E:136:drill:in_focus:7&url=http://www.earthlink.net/elink/issue96/focus_archive.html>I mentioned, uh, earlier).
>    - "Check it out" by trying a live-CD<http://www.earthlink.net/mail/index.php?CampaignID=MS:E:136:drill:in_focus:8&url=http://www.ubuntu.com/>:
>    A complete Linux system that runs entirely off your computer's CD-ROM drive,
>    which means there's no lasting effect on your system whatsoever (never even
>    gets *near* your hard drive).
>    - A Linux "distribution" includes the operating system kernel along
>    with thousands of programs and applications that make for a complete desktop
>    experience (and I'm not really an egghead – as previously mentioned).
>
>
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> So, if your appetite has been whetted, a good place to get some
> rudimentary information on beginning your Linux quest is at Linux.org<http://www.earthlink.net/mail/index.php?CampaignID=MS:E:136:drill:in_focus:9&url=http://www.linux.org/>.
> Learn as little or as much as you like about applications, available books,
> downloads, and ongoing projects. From there, your next stop would be
> Distrowatch<http://www.earthlink.net/mail/index.php?CampaignID=MS:E:136:drill:in_focus:10&url=http://distrowatch.com/>,
> a site of news, reviews, and links to downloads of the top 100 Linux
> distributions.
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> I find this interesting because when I used Earthlink to provide my DSL
> service, everytime I had a problem and they found I used Linux, the problem
> was because of Linux and they did not support it.   Now all of a sudden
> Linux exists for them.  What next!!
>
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