Cost of jumping to GNU/linux ship

There are few different costs:

Fedora 5: latest kernel, mostly automated installation, few compatibility issues if hardware is general enough (not cutting-edge ones), choice limited by RedHat taste - suitable for general and casual desktop users without not many requirements

Suse? no comment - have not used or tried installation

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1: stable but older config, must get your hands dirty to figure it out right but experience is like study review of your hardware specification, rewarding: suitable for those who know what they are doing and greater control on what can be installed on your PC

Ubuntu: derivative of Debian, gather many smoke and appreciations in the recent years, target for desktop and easy installation

Knoppix: derivative of Debian, can use a live-CD rom to test whether you feel comfortable with GNU/linux or not

For whatever options, this becomes a clear requirement for me to continue the surf in the IT sea.

Internet site access classification - ISP strike back?

Recently there have been concerns about Net Neutrality law in US. One can google and find a lot of blogs and news coverage.

There is obvious business reasons. Big telcos used to control the telecomm networks of phone, fax, IDD, messaging, dedicated data networks.

Not so after Internet boom. To regain grounds to justify their salary (either for businessman and for the economists, 8-)), their chance is to charge for privilage access and content classification for users, and privilege bandwidth and artificial high ranking positions of websites for content providers.

To people who care about spam-filtering, porn-free environment this sounds like fair deal. However, is it Internet anymore?

After 2004 US president election, one can see the power true bloggers and also lobbyists -disguised-as-blog-writers that stir up agenda at both sides of the campaign. Like them or not, one would have to treat the blog comments seriously.

In the case of Net Neutrality, there is no exception, too.