“Jeff Gerhardt, Co-host of the Linux Show!! today announced,”a
partnership has been struck to offer a new service to the Linux
Community. This partnership is with a consortium of ISPs across
the country that will offer a Linux Friendly National Dial Up
Service. The ISP that will manage the program is our
broadcasting partner, Pinnacle Internet. This service will directly
impact the growth of the Linux Community, as the consortium is
staffing up for the support of Linux based connectivity issues. We
do not anticipate this support service being a big issue with the
present state of the Linux community(for most savvy geeks setting
up PPP is pretty simple), but will have a greater impact on newbies
who start using Linux as the community evolves into the desktop
space.”
“Our (the Linux Show) motivation for putting together this
program was to help fund our Benevolent Penguin Society. The
Society is already responsible for connecting 2 schools in low
income areas to the internet, and is soon to launch a Linux
Conversion Program to install Linux on old pentium and 486
computers for web surfing terminals for schools. $2.00 per month
per dial up account will go into our fund for these good works
projects.”