ISPs allowing desktop Linux client to surf the web?

[Dan Ritter]

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 02:58:36PM -0400, david_a_reed-fZsAqLoOLWc at public.gmane.org wrote:
> Although I've used desktop Linux (SuSe, Knoppix, Ubuntu) for various accounting functions for ten years and have been running Apache web servers on RHEL for nearly as long, my personal web surfing has always been via Windows.  Now I would like to surf the web from a Linux client (Ubuntu or Puppy), I'm wondering if there are any Linux-friendly ISPs servicing the Boston-to-Cape Cod area. 
> 
> When I Google "Linux-friendly ISP" the only one I come up with is Eskimo.com in the state of Washington.  As far as I can tell, Comcast and Verizon require Windows or Mac on the client machine.  Is that on account of the hardware that they provide?
> 
> Also, am I correct in assuming that a Linux client with a dial-up 56K modem should be able to use any service provider?
> 
> Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

You can use a Linux machine with Comcast, Verizon DSL, Verizon
FIOS, RCN, Speakeasy, and basically any other provider who hands
off the connection to you via ethernet. Don't expect any of them
to do tech support for you, but they don't do that well at tech
support for Windows and Mac users, either.

You can use a Linux machine to talk to any dial-up ISP, assuming
that there are any left. 

In any case, please buy a suitable hardware firewall. This will
cost $30 to $100 and make life much easier. 


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