Every body noticed the huge user community that has sprung up to help fellow teachers with free, open source software such as Moodle and Ubuntu! I practically fell of my chair when I noticed all your posts and help.<br><br>
As my 6 year old says, you are all so AWESOME! <br><br>Regards Roland<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/2/19 Donna Benjamin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:donna@cc.com.au">donna@cc.com.au</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Linux Users of Victoria is holding a beginners workshop this weekend.<br>
There should be linux gurus a plenty in attendance if you want to come<br>
along and get specific hands on help with some of these issues, along<br>
with pointers on how to DIY and find the right info when you need it.<br>
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<a href="http://luv.asn.au/2009/02/workshop" target="_blank">http://luv.asn.au/2009/02/workshop</a><br>
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You're all welcome :) Pete and I will be there!<br>
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- Donna<br>
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On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 18:44 +1100, Adam Barbary wrote:<br>
> Hi Suz,<br>
><br>
> First things first, which model laptop do you have, and which version<br>
> of Ubuntu are you using? Where possible use the live version to check<br>
> that everything is working first, then install. The current version of<br>
> Ubuntu is 8.10, although there have been at least two kernel updates<br>
> since then, and there is a new version 9.04 due sometime next month.<br>
> Generally ethernet works out of the box, but wireless and USB modems<br>
> can be a bit of a pain if the manufacturer does not supply<br>
> specifications of even drivers themselves. As a student of networking,<br>
> I would also suggest you start at layer 1 for your issue and make sure<br>
> that the cables are connected, not faulty and are appropriate (cross<br>
> over vs straight through)/<br>
><br>
> Good luck.<br>
><br>
> Adam<br>
><br>
><br>
> On 19/02/2009, at 3:02 PM, Arnott, Suzanne S wrote:<br>
><br>
> > Hi all...<br>
> > well I bought back my notebook, so hubby had something to play on<br>
> > too :) When XP failed to work, I thought I was very clever in<br>
> > installing UBUNTU... set up well, all good...<br>
> > went to connect to the internet via LAN - nothing... I think I have<br>
> > checked out every help forum to no avail. I have typed code into<br>
> > the terminal thingy, and checked admin, system, etc...<br>
> ><br>
> > I can't even boot my mobile broadband USB on it. It won't run it. I<br>
> > was looking forward to having at least one microsoft free puter in<br>
> > the house...but if I can't connect to the internet it's not much<br>
> > use...<br>
> ><br>
> > any thoughts?<br>
> > cheers<br>
> > Suz<br>
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