Re: [ubuntu-uk] proxy setup for work

2011-06-30 Thread Alan Pope
On 30 June 2011 09:48, Simon Greenwood wrote: > Most applications *should* use the system settings. You're basically setting > the environment variable http_proxy in your session, which Firefox > definitely uses. Indeed. Also note that some applications do _not_ use a proxy at all such as Gwibber

Re: [ubuntu-uk] proxy setup for work

2011-06-30 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 30 June 2011 09:37, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm starting to use ubuntu at work and found this page: > > http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-configure-ubuntu-desktop-to-use-your-proxy-server.html > > It seems a bit dated. Do I still have to set-up proxy settings per > applica

[ubuntu-uk] proxy setup for work

2011-06-30 Thread Andrés Muñiz Piniella
Hello all, I'm starting to use ubuntu at work and found this page: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-configure-ubuntu-desktop-to-use-your-proxy-server.html It seems a bit dated. Do I still have to set-up proxy settings per application? -- Andrés Muñiz-Piniella -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com