Re: Telstra wireless modem Maxon BP3-EXT

2009-05-12 Thread Paul Shirren
Geoffrey Combes wrote: > Having installed Ubuntu 9.04 I have connected with Canon printer and > scanner without difficulty. I am with Optus and my E169 just works. 3G support is one of the strengths of 9.04. Usually you just plug your dongle in and select your provider from the window that pops u

Telstra wireless modem Maxon BP3-EXT

2009-05-12 Thread Geoffrey Combes
Having installed Ubuntu 9.04 I have connected with Canon printer and scanner without difficulty. However I have been unable to recognise my Telstra wireless modem (Maxon BP3-EXT). Telstra state that they do not support only certain versions of Windows and Mac. What they mean, I believe, is that

Re: Ubuntu One (U1)

2009-05-12 Thread Scott Evans
Well my reasoning for the lack of information was that if you were to be interested, you would have just clicked on the URL and found out for yourself! >Why? What is it? Can't you give any info in your mail? However, it is similar to DropBox but with some differences... ;-) Scott Evans VK7HSE

Re: Ubuntu One (U1)

2009-05-12 Thread Paul Shirren
Matthew Hannigan wrote: > Why? What is it? Can't you give any info in your mail? Looks to be just another cloud backup service at the moment. Hopefully something more in the future. I currently use Dropbox on notebook/netbook and Amazon S3 with s3sync on server. So will be interesting to compare

Re: Ubuntu One (U1)

2009-05-12 Thread Matthew Hannigan
Why? What is it? Can't you give any info in your mail? On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 05:24:46PM +1000, Scott Evans wrote: > If you have not already heard of this project then you may wish to have > a look at https://ubuntuone.com/ This is a new service that is being > offered (at the time of writing) b

good value refurbished computers pre-loaded with ubuntu

2009-05-12 Thread peter baker
nice to see a good value refurbished computers online with ubuntu pre-installed. shame the deal is only till the end of the day http://www.zazz.com.au/index.php also, i will have the minutes of last nights meeting online in the next day or so. thanks to everyone who came along -- www.pete

Ubuntu One (U1)

2009-05-12 Thread Scott Evans
If you have not already heard of this project then you may wish to have a look at https://ubuntuone.com/ This is a new service that is being offered (at the time of writing) by subscription request, the requirements are that you be running the current Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope (GNOME) If you decide