Windows 7 can be a pain, but then so can mixing in a BSD flavour or two. What I do now is have a single OS, and I run the rest in VMs. So my laptop runs Linux, with Windows and other Linux installs in VMs. At work I am given a Windows machine (though a fairly nice one) where I run other installs in a VM.
Multiboot is just no longer worth the effort IMO. On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Ralph Pichie <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks for the feedback. As I said, I use this routinely with Lubuntu > and Edubuntu. I am, in fact, using tethering now. The computer is too > old to have any USB 3 ports. > The tethering issue has taken back seat to gparted not allowing me to > move/resize the ntfs partition with Windows 7 on it. > > On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 1:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Send clug-talk mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [email protected] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [email protected] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of clug-talk digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Vector Linux and tethering (Ralph Pichie) > > 2. Re: Vector Linux and tethering (Shawn) > > 3. Re: Vector Linux and tethering (Anand Singh) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 10:41:08 -0600 > > From: Ralph Pichie <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [clug-talk] Vector Linux and tethering > > Message-ID: > > < > cadz-tmmygx-3czv4sdm70cdd62hxfom+3pedeogww0ig7nm...@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > Last night (or this morning) I tried a Vector Linux live CD on my > > desktop computer. All was good, except that it did not seem to detect > > my Samsung Galaxy Q phone running Android, though it was connected by > > USB. I normally use a tethered phone for internet access here and at > > work in lieu of a proper cable or DSL connection. Wicd had no problem > > seeing wifi from the neighbours, but did nothing for tethering through > > the Wind. > > > > Aside from the desktop, I would like to try it on a netbook that > > currently runs Lubuntu11.10 and a new ThinkPad T420. > > > > Is the problem related to using a live CD instead of an installed system? > > Is there a setting that I could change in Vector Linux to effect > tethering? > > Should I install a network manager that is more likely to work with > > tethering of phones? > > > > Should I just enable an access point from the phone and use that with > the VL OS? > > > > Ralph > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2012 10:55:37 -0600 > > From: Shawn <[email protected]> > > To: CLUG General <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Vector Linux and tethering > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > Is this a newer phone with Android 4+ on it? If so this *may* be > > related to the fact that the mass storage device option has been removed > > in favor of MTP and/or a Camera device connection. There are some > > decent reasons for this move away from the traditional mass storage > > device, but MTP support on Linux is troublesome IMO. It does allow the > > phone to connect, but it is slow, unreliable, and breaks the normal > > workflow patterns. You can't just plug in your phone and have it show > > up in the file manager without jumping through a LOT of hoops. > > > > I know my newer phone (Galaxy Nexus) reports that a new USB device was > > connected, but nothing more. I suspect you have a similar issue and you > > need to change some udev rules to recognize the device. > > > > For wifi capable computers, you could try turning on the HotSpot option > > on the phone. That's how I handle the Internet connection for my > > laptop. I'll still plug in the phone physically to help it stay charged > > though. > > > > Sorry I can't help much more than that. > > > > On 12-06-03 10:41 AM, Ralph Pichie wrote: > >> Last night (or this morning) I tried a Vector Linux live CD on my > >> desktop computer. All was good, except that it did not seem to detect > >> my Samsung Galaxy Q phone running Android, though it was connected by > >> USB. I normally use a tethered phone for internet access here and at > >> work in lieu of a proper cable or DSL connection. Wicd had no problem > >> seeing wifi from the neighbours, but did nothing for tethering through > >> the Wind. > >> > >> Aside from the desktop, I would like to try it on a netbook that > >> currently runs Lubuntu11.10 and a new ThinkPad T420. > >> > >> Is the problem related to using a live CD instead of an installed > system? > >> Is there a setting that I could change in Vector Linux to effect > tethering? > >> Should I install a network manager that is more likely to work with > >> tethering of phones? > >> > >> Should I just enable an access point from the phone and use that with > the VL OS? > >> > >> Ralph > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> clug-talk mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 11:42:43 -0600 > > From: Anand Singh <[email protected]> > > To: CLUG General <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Vector Linux and tethering > > Message-ID: <-8104775593688514148@unknownmsgid> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > When you plug in the phone, you should see a USB symbol in the > > notification bar on the top of the screen. If you pull down the > > notification bar and tap on the USB icon, you should get an option to > > select mass USB storage mode. You'll also need to make sure you have > > the 3G USB device driver installed. Many minimalist distros don't > > include uncommonly used drivers by default. As I learned on Arch > > Linux, make sure you use a USB 2 port. The 3G driver doesn't play > > nicely with USB 3. > > > > Anand. > > > > On 2012-06-03, at 10:41 AM, Ralph Pichie <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Last night (or this morning) I tried a Vector Linux live CD on my > >> desktop computer. All was good, except that it did not seem to detect > >> my Samsung Galaxy Q phone running Android, though it was connected by > >> USB. I normally use a tethered phone for internet access here and at > >> work in lieu of a proper cable or DSL connection. Wicd had no problem > >> seeing wifi from the neighbours, but did nothing for tethering through > >> the Wind. > >> > >> Aside from the desktop, I would like to try it on a netbook that > >> currently runs Lubuntu11.10 and a new ThinkPad T420. > >> > >> Is the problem related to using a live CD instead of an installed > system? > >> Is there a setting that I could change in Vector Linux to effect > tethering? > >> Should I install a network manager that is more likely to work with > >> tethering of phones? > >> > >> Should I just enable an access point from the phone and use that with > the VL OS? > >> > >> Ralph > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> clug-talk mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > > > > End of clug-talk Digest, Vol 91, Issue 1 > > **************************************** > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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