[ubuntu-za] Ubuntu - modems etc - was Modem works with Dapper but not with Edgy

[Bill Cairns]

I have not tried the cell phone option, but I just (re-)installed my
ADSL using Ubuntu and it worked like a dream. Well after I put in the
right password anyway!

There are too many FUD stories about Linux going around I am afraid.
Largely fuelled by the FUD experts I am sure.

Seriously - I am not a Linux expert by any means. I have a background
(20 years ago) in operating systems, but I have long out-served my
expertise there. In fact I am a pretty normal "Mom and Pops" user -
except that I have the will to fight some of these problems to death.
(And I suppose that programming Python is not typical of a "Mom and
Pops" user!) But I know that Ubuntu is easy to install and to manage and
would recommend it to most of my friends. 

The gap that we need to fill is - as a community? - provide that first
level of support to get the general user up and running with his/her 10
year old computer and 5 year old modem.

Bill

On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 12:31 +0200, Phillip Pare wrote:
> 

> And if you want to cut down on your Telkom costs and configure your 
> machine to use your cellphone as a GPRS modem, you are very much on your 
> own under Linux. At least the Vodacom call centre will be able to walk 
> you through the procedures needed to set up the phone on XP but I have 
> yet to come across a decent howto on getting it up and running on Ubuntu.
> 
> Phillip
> 
>