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ScratchMonkey wrote:
> BaToCarx <lol@lol.com> wrote in news:Fotcf.1135$h6.425528@news.siol.net:
> 
> 
>>>Sad but true... I'd switch to Linux if my ISP provided for connecting
>>>via it, and all the software, games etc, that I run on a daily basis,
>>>had Linux binaries.
>>>
>>
>>...if my ISP provided for connecting via it... <-- O_o I dont get it, 
>>can you explain it to me?
> 
> 
> It's not that you can't, but that they don't "support" it. Ie. they won't 
> hold your hand. Surprisingly, Comcast hosts a Unix web forum for people 
> running Linux and BSD. It's not official but there's some sympathetic 
> Comcast people there.
> 
> Some routers secretly run Linux inside. Notably the Linksys WRT54G and 
> WRT54GS. Linksys provides the source on its website and 3rd parties have 
> extended it to add more features. So if you use a Linksys to connect to 
> your ISP, you're already using Linux.
> 
> Linux is a great OS for "appliances" like routers and TiVos. In addition to 
> scaling up to server-class equipment, it can be trimmed way down to fit in 
> a very small amount of memory (by present day standards), and it doesn't 
> need a keyboard and display to function. You can sorta do that with NT 
> (XP's core, available for embedding), but I'm sure it's nowhere near as 
> scalable.
> 
> It should be quite straightforward to take Id's Linux builds for various 
> games and build a dedicated console, perhaps for use in cafes or on 
> airplanes. You could boot them from CDROM, so they reset to ground zero 
> when the customer is done with them. Try doing that with Windows. (Yeah, 
> you can use PE Builder, but MS doesn't like that.)


LoL, how funny i have the wrt54gs and i flashed it to an other FW, 
lololol. Still he didnt answer how he cant connect/use i-net with 
linux...coz its lame to say this, but 80%++ i-net thingies are *nix 
machines.