NewsForge: Linux is Coming to Juno and Netzero

“United Online is planning to support Linux. United Online is
the parent firm for such well-known ISPs as Juno, Netzero, and Blue
Light. According to data from their most recent quarter-closing
reports, United Online has more than 2.5 million subscribers,
making them the fourth-largest dial-up ISP in the world, trailing
only AOL, MSN, and Earthlink.

“At least one Juno customer has been told that Juno will soon be
supporting Linux. Candace Boheme told me by e-mail that she spoke
to a Juno customer support person on August 4 about reverting to a
free account. She had recently installed Red Hat on her computer
and didn’t want to have to pay two ISPs in order to get Linux
support. She wrote, ‘He told me he thought that Linux compatibility
was in the works and put me on hold for several minutes while he
went to confirm that the info was correct. When he returned he
said, yes, it was to be announced soon but could not give me an
exact ETA. He just advised that I keep on the lookout for the
announcement…'”

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