On Wednesday 23 September 2009 16:19:44 Rob Beard wrote: > Mark Fraser wrote: > > On Wednesday 23 September 2009 15:53:52 Gordon wrote: > >> Mark Fraser wrote: > >>> I'm intending on setting my sister up with a netbook running UNR 9.04 > >>> for use with Orange mobile broadband. Is there an application - > >>> preferably one which will sit in the bar at the top - and notify her of > >>> her usage? > >> > >> Not an answer but a question - does Orange Mobile BB work in 9.04? (Got > >> a Tosh NB100 running 9.04 myself...) > > > > Yes, it does - I've had it running on a Tosh NB100 running 9.10a6 though > > - I've also had success with O2's stick too after changing the connection > > details. > > > > Doesn't look like there's many of the original NB100s around as I've had > > to buy a reconditioned one from Comet as my local store had one left on > > display sans battery. > > Ahh yeah Comet have a habit of doing that. When I bought my Acer Aspire > 2920 it was an ex-demo model without the battery. Luckily they paid for > a replacement battery and gave me £50 off. > > I keep seeing Windows Tosh netbooks advertised at Aria.co.uk for about > £200, shame that they don't appear to do the Linux based ones anymore as > at £200 even I'd be tempted.
No the NB100-11R models which were the Ubuntu ones are now discontinued, the NB200 series are Windows only and I don't think Ubuntu will run on them yet. -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
