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| Name | Title | |
| Jeff Gerhardt | Host | jeff@thelinuxshow.com |
| Kevin Hill | Host | khill@thelinuxshow.com |
| Arne Flones | Host | arne@thelinuxshow.com |
| Doc Searls | Host | doc@ssc.com |
| Russ Pavlicek | Host | pavlicek@linuxadvocacy.net |
Jeff Gerhardt
As a frequent guest of Ken Rutkowski's Week Ender TTalk Show, Jeff Gerhardt has been in the background as a technical information resource on such issues as UNIX/Linux(r), Y2K, Internet Telephony and Video, and Broadband applications. Jeff has been bugging Ken since September of 1998 to launch a daughter program to TTalk about the Linux(r) community
Jeff Gerhardt describes himself as an inventor and entrepreneur. Jeff is known for his creativity having worked on the development of a major CAD system and one of the first PC based point of purchase systems. Probably best known for his development of the award wining "KidCam(tm)" Internet Video Security System, Jeff is no stranger to the Internet community. As a user and proponent for the development of Linux(r) for several years, Jeff has self proclaimed himself the "cheerleader" of the greater world wide Linux(r) community. Jeff is Chief Technologist and one of the major share holders of the ISP, Pinnacle Communications.
Kevin Hill
Kevin is an intelligent creative freak with a background in internet programming. He attended the University of Illinois, majoring in Computer Engineering.
He was previously working at WorldWide Access (now Verio Chicago) as a system programmer, developing web based unix administration tools, as well as the video server for the KidCam site. (http://www.kidcam.com).
He's been working with linux since 1995, and before that was developing software on Amigas, NeXTs, as well as earlier free unices such as freebsd and minix.
Arne Flones
Arne was a teacher and director of the computer lab at Wichita Business College and also at Cowley County Community College. In the busines community, Arne has been everything from an acoustical engineer to a systems analyst/developer for a plethora of firms that includes; Lodgistix, Professional Applications, Inc., Boeing Military Airplane Company and the Michigan Bell Telephone Company.
Projects Arne has worked on include; development of major applications in the "Hospitality" industry, developed multi-tasking point of sale system for a retail chain, vertical market analysis program for financial planners, and designed and implemented sonic test series for the newly re-engined (at least at the time) KC-135R Stratotanker.
Arne is very well known for his skills at seeing through the "BS" of an issue, and his commitment to the truth. He has frequently "ruffled the feathers" of many a supposed IT pundit.
Doc Searls
The senior editor for Linux Journal, the premier Linux Magazine, and one of the four "ringleaders" of The Cluetrain Manifesto. He also runs The Searls Group, a Silicon Valley marketing consultancy. The Searls Group began as the PR side of Hodskins Simone and Searls, one of Silicon Valley's more successful advertising and public relations agencies. HS&S; was sold to Publicis Technology in early 1998. Doc has been writing on technology and other issues for most of his life. His byline has appeared in OMNI, PC Magazine, The Sun, Upside, and many other publications. He reviews books on technology subjects for The Globe & Mail, Canada's national newspaper. His own Web 'zine is Reality 2.0, where a few versions of his work for other publications are also collected. Reality 2.0 essays are divided into four series: Linux For Suits, Positions, Flack Jacket and Milleniana.
Russell Pavlicek
Russell Pavlicek is a 20 year veteran of the computer industry and a Linux user since 1995. He is currently the Open Source columnist for InfoWorld Magazine and does freelance work for a number of Linux news sites. He is also a regular speaker at various Open Source conferences in the US and does Linux consulting as time permits.