<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hi,<br></div>Another bear of very little brain here. Is this a PAYG dongle? The last Ubuntu that successfully connected to the internet with one of those for me was 10.10! I understand that it may be possible, but couldn't get my head around what to do.<br></div><div>Searching on a forum may give you some guidance.<br></div>(currently using Debian on an elderly Lenovo laptop).<br></div>Regards,<br></div>Roger<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 November 2016 at 11:12, Jan Henkins via GLLUG <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gllug@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">gllug@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello All,<span class=""><br>
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On 2016-11-10 10:49, John Winters via GLLUG wrote:<br>
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On 10/11/16 10:28, Marcus Harriott wrote:<br>
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John<br>
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Have you tried blagging a MiFi out of Three?<br>
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Well, yes - as I said. I've had two free ones from them.<br>
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Thanks but i want to stick with what i have - change always causes yet<br>
more probs...<br>
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Your choice. The advantage of a MiFi is that you're using standardised<br>
proven technology (WiFi) rather than a manufacturer-specific interface.<br>
The latter is always going to be much more prone to issues.<br>
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I have to agree with this. Failing that, make sure that you have a good data plan on your mobile phone, and simply tether.<span class=""><br>
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As for the Lenovo solution - i have already tried this on an S100.<br>
Lenovo seem to have hard wired windows into their hardware and (after 8<br>
months) i have given up on trying to load this!<br>
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That's your problem - I didn't just recommend Lenovo - I said a Lenovo<br>
ThinkPad. Corners have been severely cut on consumer hardware like the<br>
S100, but the ThinkPads are aimed at business users and remain<br>
significantly better.<br>
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Amen to that. In general all IdeaPad products should be viewed with a healthy dose of scepticism, especially if it is a brand new model. Do your research first. Having said that, I have a Lenovo IdeaPad Z360 (1st gen i5) that is doing quite well with Linux, although when it was still new I had issues with it. Later kernels supported it better, but at first it wasn't a really good buy at all.<span class=""><br>
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Which is why I recommended a second-hand ThinkPad.<br>
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Again, I cannot agree more. I have bought two old ThinkPad X200 models for silly money (£49 for one, and £65 for the other). Yes, they are old and relatively slow (Core2Duo, and supports only up to 8Gb RAM), but they are fine for general purposes. My youngest uses one for homework and games, and I use the other one as a burner laptop with Ubnuntu Studio on it for lightweight music work. The good thing about the ThinkPad X series is that they are extremely robust, and you can almost always find spares. The X200 might be too old for your taste, so aim a bit newer if speed is an issue. What I like about the X200 family is that they are really small (only 12" or so), which makes them ideal for just chucking in a bag.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Jan Henkins</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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