Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software compatability & modems

2006-12-07 Thread baza
On Thu, 2006-12-07 at 09:02 +, tim wrote: > your email is somewhat vague. > > do you have a amd64 system? > > for routers, avoid the really cheapo stuff (like dlink, belink or other > X Chinese brands). people buy these routers and then they don't work > very well (like only allowing one vp

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software compatability & modems

2006-12-07 Thread alan c
Dave Briggs wrote: > Hi chaps > > Just joined the list. I installed Ubuntu on a dual boot with Windows a > couple of weekends ago with the aim of eventually making the switch > final and permament, just as soon as I have found equivalents in > Ubuntu for the bits of software I use on the dark side

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software compatability & modems

2006-12-07 Thread Dave Briggs
On 07/12/06, gord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there dave and welcome :) > > could you supply any other information about your computer, primarily > your processor? if possible could you type "cat /proc/cpuinfo" into a > terminal and paste the output? also the actual error message that you > get

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software compatability & modems

2006-12-07 Thread gord
On Thu, 2006-12-07 at 08:23 +, Dave Briggs wrote: > One thing that confused me though is that many of the packages say > they are not compatible with my system (stating that it is a i386 or > something). This includes standard fare like Gnumeric and Abiword, so > I really don't understand why t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software compatability & modems

2006-12-07 Thread tim
your email is somewhat vague. do you have a amd64 system? for routers, avoid the really cheapo stuff (like dlink, belink or other X Chinese brands). people buy these routers and then they don't work very well (like only allowing one vpn connection, the NAT inwards not working properly, etc).

[ubuntu-uk] Software compatability & modems

2006-12-07 Thread Dave Briggs
Hi chaps Just joined the list. I installed Ubuntu on a dual boot with Windows a couple of weekends ago with the aim of eventually making the switch final and permament, just as soon as I have found equivalents in Ubuntu for the bits of software I use on the dark side. My main interests are web ba