On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 21:22 +0000, Dianne Reuby wrote: > A friend has asked me to look at her husbands netbook, which is running > Linux. He bought it from Tesco two years ago, so I think it probably > *is* Ubuntu. > > His problems are mainly that it doesn't recognise USB devices when > they're plugged in, and it downloads updates but doesn't install them. > He wants to do more than email and web browsing, which is all he feels > he can do at the moment (it has shortcuts on the desktop for email and > firefox). > > If it's two years old, and he hasn't upgraded, will it be pre-Unity? As > I've never used a netbook, only Ubuntu on desktops and laptops, will I > be able to find my way around it? > > She thinks his cunning plan is to break it so he can buy a new one, but > I don't want to be the one that breaks it! :) > > TIA > > Dianne > > Is he downloading the updates or is he actually just checking the repos which in older versions of Ubuntu said downloading updates from x
In which case it might be up-to-date and just not look it. Are you sure it is Ubuntu try running uname -a in a terminal Most early netbooks ran linpus lite which obviously isn't Ubuntu. Try Ubuntu via a usb pen drive if that is working fine there is nothing wrong with the machine. -- Seek That Thy Might Know http://www.davmor2.co.uk
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