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). I use a somewhat cheapo netgear router with wireless, works fairly well. t. 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. > > My main interests are web based - blogs, wikis, forums, social > media-type stuff. This was one of the drivers for moving to Ubuntu as > almost everything I do is inside Firefox, so my operating system > doesn't matter too much to me. > > As I have just moved to a new house, I am waiting for my phone line > and broadband to be set up so am not online yet. However, I have been > playing about with Ubuntu, looking at all the packages and seeing what > stuff I can download once I am online. > > 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 this is? Any help would be most > appreciated. > > I also need to get an ethernet modem or router (which is right word?) > that I can use to link my PC up with the phone line so I can get > online. Any suggestions? Wireless isn't important to me. > > Cheers! > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
