Re: [ubuntu-uk] Old computers for charity

2011-04-06 Thread Andres
Thanks for all the suggestions! My collegue will probably go for something local like flossbox. -- Sent from my Nokia N900 - Original message - > On 04/04/11 13:14, Alan Pope wrote: > > On 4 April 2011 13:07, Andrés Muñiz Piniella > > wrote: > > > I heard around here that someone work

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bonding 3G connections.

2011-04-06 Thread Kris Douglas
Sounds like it is, programaticly speaking, possible with 3G. I have spent a good while looking for solutions to this and I have yet to prevail. Regards, Kris. Sent from my Desire HD running Android 2.3.3 On Apr 6, 2011 5:43 PM, "Matt Sturdy" wrote: > On 06/04/2011, Tim Dobson wrote: >> On 03/04/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless Network Connectivity

2011-04-06 Thread Neil Greenwood
Sounds like an IPv6 problem, probably in Firefox. IIRC, you change this in the about:config settings. I'll look through the archive to check... Cofion/Regards, Neil. On 6 Apr 2011 20:10, "Steve Flynn" wrote: > On 06/04/11 20:00, Phil Wood wrote: >> >> To be clear; I can connect to my wireless net

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless Network Connectivity

2011-04-06 Thread Steve Flynn
On 06/04/11 20:00, Phil Wood wrote: > > To be clear; I can connect to my wireless network, but running Firefox > on any website ellicits: > > *The connection has timed out - The server at **www.bbc.co.uk* > *is taking too long to respond*. > > Via a terminal window I ca

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for SheevaPlug

2011-04-06 Thread Colin Law
On 5 April 2011 12:43, Chris Rowson wrote: > >> > ... >> > Perhaps not powerful enough, but have you considered using something >> > like a >> > Linksys WRT54GL and OpenWRT? >> >> That is a very interesting idea.  I need a serial or usb port to talk >> to the weather station (a LaCrosse WS2300).  

[ubuntu-uk] Wireless Network Connectivity

2011-04-06 Thread Phil Wood
Folks, I am undergoing a conversion from Windows to Ubuntu :-) I have dual-booted my Samsung N110 Netbook (WinXP and Ubuntu - 2.6.35-23), so far so good. When I boot Ubuntu everything seems fine except I cannot connect to the internet via my wireless network. It's fine if I boot WinXP (can conne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Old computers for charity

2011-04-06 Thread Rob Beard
On 06/04/11 16:56, Tim Dobson wrote: Access Space in Sheffield however do, and are equally awesome. If you ever visit Sheffield, don't leave until you've visited. It's right in the centre, close to the station and truly is inspirational. They provide an open cluster and also recycle *lots* of o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bonding 3G connections.

2011-04-06 Thread Matt Sturdy
On 06/04/2011, Tim Dobson wrote: > On 03/04/11 21:10, Tim Dobson wrote: >> Just wondered, does anyone have any experience or has seen any blogs >> posts of anyone bonding two or more 3G connections so they can >> aggregate the bandwidth? >> >> If you've seen or heard of anyone doing this I'd be i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Old computers for charity

2011-04-06 Thread Tim Dobson
On 04/04/11 13:14, Alan Pope wrote: > On 4 April 2011 13:07, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote: >> I heard around here that someone worked with charities. I have a work >> colleague that has several in storage and is willing to give them away as >> they are (minus the HDD, though he hinted he might put

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bonding 3G connections.

2011-04-06 Thread Tim Dobson
On 03/04/11 21:10, Tim Dobson wrote: > Just wondered, does anyone have any experience or has seen any blogs > posts of anyone bonding two or more 3G connections so they can > aggregate the bandwidth? > > If you've seen or heard of anyone doing this I'd be interested to know > any hints on how the