<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Chaps<div><br></div><div>Im a newbie to Linux and still struggling a bit after an update can anyone help?</div><div><br></div><div>I ran an update about 14 days ago on my Ubuntu 16.04 . It was quite large so was probably a couple of months (more than one) update.</div><div><br></div><div>I have a `Dell computer and i use a 'three' broadband dongle. I have to set up the internet each time I start the computer by going to settings then Add connection and then add mobile broadband. ( the other option offered is cable ethernet.)</div><div>This was clunky but worked until the update 2 weeks ago.</div><div>Post update the network box says 'mobile broadband unavailable'. I know the dongle is working because; <b> a. </b>It works in the other computer ( a mac )and<b> b. </b>the green light on the dongle shows it is in contact with the 'three' base station.</div><div><br></div><div>Can anyone help me to get back on the internet? I am a complete biff with computers so no suggestion too daft...</div><div><br></div><div>Many thanks</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Marcus</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 10 Nov 2016, at 02:10, DL Neil via GLLUG wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Is there a way to offer recycled computers for sale to 'Joe Public', which takes care of relative ignorance (of Linux) and embodies both realism/common sense and ethically-sound principles?<br><br><br>I give my 20% time to the local Hospice who raise funds through 'OpShops" and by holding a weekly yard-sale of items generously donated by locals for locals... The funds-raised approximately double the number of nurses and counsellors 'provided' by government funding, to provide palliative care of patients and their families.<br><br><br>The donated computers have all been WinXP or Vista driven, and of that vintage. Clearing the HDD is a requirement. Re-installing the OpSys is the easiest way to do this, but with WinXP being loyally-unsupported, seems unsound - to say nothing of time-consuming. A Linux installation has the potential, both to give the machine a new life and to provide a secure and capable computing environment.<br><br>Do you think that members of the public (cf 'us' computer enthusiasts and professionals) might be perfectly happy to purchase a machine they know to have only modest capabilities, running a familiar-looking web browser, email client, word processor, etc?<br><br>Thereafter, expecting such people to understand the implications of Linux cf MS-Win is but a fantasy - even the garage sales manager who suffered through the COBOL and FORTRAN 101 courses I enjoyed so much, all those decades ago, and who uses a PC every day, confesses a lack of appreciation... Accordingly, we wouldn't want folk buying a box and then attempting to add some MSFT-compatible package purchased from Argos, et-al!<br><br><br>Such machines are likely to sell for less than $100, definitely in the low hundreds, even for a 'big one'.<br><br>I have a backlog of at least seven, and the 'arrival rate' seems to average one or two monthly.<br><br>So, whilst I would appreciate advice about the methodology of preparing a viable user-image which could then be rapidly copied/ghosted onto the various sizes of old HDDs; what's really occupying my mind is the customer-relations and reputational aspects of ensuring yard-sale customers know what they're getting into (and how little).<br><br>Will welcome any and all advice, particularly that born of experience...<br><br><br>-- <br>Regards,<br>=dn<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>GLLUG mailing list<br><a href="mailto:GLLUG@mailman.lug.org.uk">GLLUG@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>