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Post by Ratae on Jan 31, 2011 16:37:23 GMT
Well...the only problem that I've so far been unable to resolve is this! My Ubuntu nettie connects effortlessly to my home wifi, but when I try to connect to the free, unsecured wifi hotspot (The Cloud) at a Wetherspoons pub, it won't have it! It sees the network ok, but although it tries to get an address, it always fails. If I reboot the nettie into XP, it gets the address every time! I've googled the problem, and apparently many others experience the same fault. I'll have a go at another free wifi hotspot some other time, ( probably Starbuck's), and see if it works there! Maybe it's just a 'bug' that's waiting to be fixed! I joined the Ubuntu forums, hoping for some help there. A waste of time there I'm afraid, 'cos even the 'so called' newbies appear to be softwear developers for rocket engineers! Waaaaaay out of my depth I'm afraid. They all appear to be talking 'In tongues'.
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Post by Ratae on Feb 2, 2011 21:01:01 GMT
Well...the only problem that I've so far been unable to resolve is this! My Ubuntu nettie connects effortlessly to my home wifi, but when I try to connect to the free, unsecured wifi hotspot (The Cloud) at a Wetherspoons pub, it won't have it! It sees the network ok, but although it tries to get an address, it always fails. If I reboot the nettie into XP, it gets the address every time! Update.....the plot thickens! The Ubuntu wifi connects ok to the 'BT OpenZone' hotspot at Starbucks. It must be something peculiar to 'The Cloud' hotspots that prevents connectivity.
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Post by Ratae on Feb 4, 2011 15:54:40 GMT
UPDATE! The on board bluetooth softwear works beautifully. The blue soleil disc wasn't needed! The more I mess with this system, the more I'm impressed with it. Haven't yet plucked up enough courage to attempt using the command line though! So, if any of you have an old lappy or desktop knocking about, then I suggest that you give Ubuntu a go!
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Post by Ratae on Feb 14, 2011 18:43:57 GMT
Yippeeeee...... yer boy here has finally done it. Yesireee....after a couple of failed attempts, I've actually managed to install an application (Amorak) using the command line terminal! Piss easy this Linux thingy..... before ya know it I'll be the main man on them thicko Linux advice forums!
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Post by laolitan on Feb 14, 2011 22:16:18 GMT
Well done Dave! It's not that bad once you get the hang of it If at some point, it becomes able to handle the multitasking demands, that I place on a system, I'll go back to using it a lot more than I do at the moment.....
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Post by Ratae on Feb 14, 2011 22:35:32 GMT
Ade...I don't think that it will ever be my default O/S... but it is very useful to have as a 'back up' and I am really impressed at the speed of improvement! I understand that Putin has ordered that Linux O/S is to be the Russian state's default system, and is getting his people to work on a new distro for them!
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