[ubuntu-za] South African Ubuntu

[Tim Johnson]

Hi Reenen,
I think that was part of the original Ubuntu or Canonical logo/trademark...

Cheers

Tim

On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:48:06 +0200, Reenen Laurie <REENENL at pepstores.com>  
wrote:

> I think that should become a linux trademark...
>
> Sabuntu (whatever the name is of our distribution...) - "Just works"
> (TM)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> [mailto:ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Tim Johnson
> Sent: 05-November-2008 12:57
> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] South African Ubuntu
>
> No joy for MTN (USB & BT), although listed. What is interesting is that
> the Apply button is greyed out when entering a password.
> Also, setting up the connection without a password, I dont get the
> option of MTN in the NM applet.
> All other connections, wired & wireless were painless and automatic...
> Just Worked.
>
> On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:25:56 +0200, Morgan Collett <morgan at ubuntu.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 17:20, Vijay Makanjee <vijay at ergo.co.za> wrote:
>>> Reenen Laurie wrote:
>>>  > * Ensure that stuff like dial-up modems, 3g and any other types of
>
>>> as  > many types are supported  (most are already!)
>>
>>> and failed on that such that I have given up.
>>
>> I just tried NetworkManager's 3G support in Intrepid, and it really
>> has grown a beard and punched my old ppp script into oblivion!
>> (http://blogs.gnome.org/dcbw/2007/10/15/networkmanager-07-is-the-new-c
>> huck-norris/)
>>
>> I plugged my Nokia E61's USB cable in, selected "PC Suite" mode on the
>
>> phone, and NetworkManager detected it as a mobile broadband device and
>
>> let me configure it by selecting one of the ZA cell providers - choose
>
>> from cell-c, MTN, Virgin Mobile, Vodacom and Vodacom unrestricted APN.
>> That adds in a profile with *99# etc preconfigured. Then to use it I
>> just click on the NM applet and choose Vodacom, and it Just Works.
>>
>> Hopefully the USB 3G modems work just as well.
>>
>> Regards
>> Morgan
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Tim Johnson
> Using Ubuntu 8.10 and Opera
>
>



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Tim Johnson
Using Ubuntu 8.10 and Opera