Use EVDO in Linux for the best user experience.

The post title may sound bit weird, but it's pretty true. Using any internet connection in linux is a bliss. You will sure love the stabilty of network connection it offers and the speeds that you gain. There are few people who are using EVDO in windows and are facing many issues like frequent disconnections and low speeds. So using EVDO in linux is a great alternate solution for frustrated windows EVDO users.

If you are a kind of internet user who often use Internet just to check mails, read articles and do other online activities like watching youtube video, blogging or social networking, you will feel a great difference when you start using internet in linux. You won't miss most of the applications that you use in windows. Linux has got loads and loads of software packages available and all for free. Also you won't miss the windows, because you can install linux in another partition and have multi-boot with GRUB.

You may feel difficult to get started with using linux, but the massive online community is ready to solve all your problems and will help you to get started. If you are new to linux, I will recommend you to get started with Ubuntu Linux, which is free and very user-friendly. And also setting up EVDO in it takes no more than 10 minutes. Read this thread to know how to configure EVDO in Ubuntu linux and few others. I'm not forcing you to switch to linux, but just suggesting you to do it for the good reason. You will also have a proud feeling of using a free opensource and supporting the community.

The reason for writing up this article is because of my personal experience with BSNL EVDO with the EVDO network (not CDMA 1x) in ubuntu. I am having great time browsing and downloading with good speeds. In windows my download speeds used to be 40 – 60 KB/s but in ubuntu its 60 – 80 KB/s sometimes it even crosses the 100 KB/s mark. It's so good and constant, that I upgraded my Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 yesterday using Network Upgrade method. The download size was around 760 MB and it was all done under 3 hours! Now that really an appreciatable speed for BSNL EVDO. If you already getting good speeds in windows, be suprised to see even more better speeds in linux.

If you are laughing about how linux can get us more speed, I want to clarify you that linux won't boost the signal or increase the speed, but it offers the true speeds what the EVDO hardware is capable of. But in windows, there are so many restrictions for the hardware to interact with the core OS files properly.

I can remember a forum member who posted a similar user experience in few words. Here's the thread. Which is really true. Even I thought of using the same title for this post, but it sounds bit awww for me ;)

Either me or BSNL EVDO CLUB is not responsible for any data loss that may happen during the installation of linux. So I suggest you to take the expert's advise before making the move. I recommened you to register in ThinkDigit Forum and ask all your questions in OpenSource section. Or if you opt for Ubuntu, you may go and post your questions in Ubuntu Forums.

If you want assitance for setting up EVDO in linux, please use the same thread that explains how to configure.