[clug] Calling all Linux n00bs

[Lana Brindley]

2009/6/4 Jim Croft <jim.croft at gmail.com>

> > However, as others point out, these days an Ethernet-connected ADSL
> > firewall/router appliance takes care of all the interaction with the ISP.
>
> Yes, with Ubuntu (several versions) connecting through
> Netspeed/Transact (perhaps not an ideal choice) through a router
> (couple of different brands) it just worked as though Linux was
> completely irrelevant.  Which I suppose it was...
>
> As a complete aside, I was scared witless that my trusty Telstra
> orange USB wireless 3G modem that was so flaky to start with under
> 'doze XP and Vista until new drivers were downloaded, would not work
> at all under totally undocumented Linux and I would not be able to
> brag to my kids and mum about doing the way cool "I've got Linux on my
> laptop" thing.  To absolute surprise, Ubuntu 9.04 found it, did secret
> configuration stuff and I was connected and working in less than a
> minute.  Literally.  Lana - this yet another reason why no-one should
> use Linux... ever...
>

See? I told you so! Linux is crap.

L


>
> (but I do have a cute little noname video cam that is proving to be
> particularly stubborn if anyone is interested in a challenge...)
>

And while you're there, I have a built-in web cam on an HP Pavilion dv2000
that Just Worked, until it Just Didn't Work ... :P

L

-- 
Cheers! Lana

Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of
madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the
aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and
aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and
vagaries of the crowd.
 -- Edith Sitwell

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