[ubuntu-uk] Getting online with ubuntu

[john levin]

lairddoog-mailstar at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> Hi,
> As a Silver-surfer who is better at hardware than software and has just 
> set up a machine with Edgy Eft, can anyone advise the most straight 
> forward means of getting it online. My current ISP (BT Broadband) does 
> not support Linux. Advice appreciated.
> Doog
> 

If you have a router, then just plug the computer in. Everything should 
just work.

When BT say they don't support Linux, they really mean that
1: the customer support folk don't support it
and 2: the usb modem might/might not support it.

use a router, and everything should be fine and dandy.

HTH

John