[ Thanks to Charles Kalil for
this report. ]
Radio talk show host John Dvorak of Real Computing interviews
Nathan Myers, President of Linux Laptops about his company,
that sells laptops with Linux pre-installed. They talk about the
challenges that arise when installing Linux on the type of hardware
used on most laptops today. Nathan also talks about why he chose
Linux for his own laptop and how it led him to form this
company
John also interviews Robert Shingledecker, IS Manager of the
City of Garden
Grove, California about how he went looking for a networking
solution in 1995 and ending discovering and deploying Linux
successfully to run all the City’s network needs. The Garden Grove
uses Linux as a mail server, web server, file/print sharing server,
database server, imaging server, application server and as a
firewall.
There are a couple of errors in the transcript that incorrectly
show Nathan and Robert saying Aces and Stogie instead of Acers and
SCO, but otherwise a very positive interview for the Linux
community. The audio format should be available in ReadAudio format
later this month.