[SLUG] Scarborough Digest, Vol 268, Issue 1

Sun May 29 11:34:01 UTC 2011

Hi all

This is a first-time reply for me here so I may not be using the correct
format :)

Alex...
Have you considered a 3G router (£30-£40)? or just use the linux box as a
router and connect it to your switch.
Found a couple of articles that should help...
Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/sharing-internet-connection-in-ubuntu.html
Fedora: http://www.fs-security.com/docs/connection-sharing.php

David.

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>   1. How can you find out if an install is 32 or 64 bit? (ALEX ARMANI)
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>   3. Getting three machines online at the same time using one
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> Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 15:48:59 +0100
> From: ALEX ARMANI <alex.armani at live.co.uk>
> Subject: [SLUG] How can you find out if an install is 32 or 64 bit?
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> How can you find out if an install is 32 or 64 bit?
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>
> Hi folks. I've got an install of Ubuntu 1o.1o Maverick on my laptop but
> don't remember if it's a 32 or 64 bit install. Is there an easy way to
> find out?
>
>
> 'uname -a' returns:
>
>
>  Linux Anna 2.6.35-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Sun Sep 19 20:34:50 UTC 2010
> i686 GNU/Linux
>
>
>
>
> Am I correct in thinking that the i686 indicates it is a 64 bit
> installation?
>
>
> Tia, from Alex.
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> Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 16:18:18 +0100
> From: Ross Kendall <ross at rosskendall.com>
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] How can you find out if an install is 32 or 64
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> Hi Alex,
>
> You are very close there. /uname -a/ (or /uname -m/) will tell you if
> it's 32 or 64 bit and the bit at the end before GNU/Linux is the
> indicator. However /i686/ shows it is 32bit, if it was 64bit it would
> have /x86_64/.
>
> Another command you can use is:
>
> |getconf LONG_BIT|
>
> (the answer being 32 or 64)
>
> It is possible to run 32bit Linux on a 64bit CPU. The above commands
> will only tell you about the currently installed Linux not if the
> processor will support 64bit.
>
> If you want to know about the physical processor instead of the current
> operating system run:
>
> cat /proc/cpuinfo
>
> (if the list of 'flags' has /tm/ it is a 32 bit processor, if the flags
> have /lm/ it's 64bit)
>
> Hope that helps.
> Cheers,
> Ross.
>
>
> On 20/05/11 15:48, ALEX ARMANI wrote:
> > How can you find out if an install is 32 or 64 bit?
> >
> > Hi folks. I've got an install of Ubuntu 1o.1o Maverick on my laptop
> > but don't remember if it's a 32 or 64 bit install. Is there an easy
> > way to find out?
> > 'uname -a' returns:
> >  Linux Anna 2.6.35-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Sun Sep 19 20:34:50 UTC
> > 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
> >
> > Am I correct in thinking that the i686 indicates it is a 64 bit
> > installation?
> > Tia, from Alex.
> > --
> >  Alex Armani - Digital Musician
> > +44 775 459 5449 - Www.Matrixism.Me.UK
> >  www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=513074140
> > Add me to your Mafia Wars!
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> Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 20:54:40 +0100
> From: ALEX ARMANI <alex.armani at live.co.uk>
> Subject: [SLUG] Getting three machines online at the same time using
>        one mobile broadband dongle.
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> Getting three machines online at the same time using one mobile broadband
> dongle.
> Hi all. I've recently moved to a house which doesn't have a landline, so I
> bought a 3 Mobile Broadband dongle as a temporary measure. 30 day contract 5
> gigs a month for ?15.99 (which is the same as I was paying madasafish in my
> last place, and amazingly, it gives about the same performance to! ~ 6.7
> Mbps. ) and it works fine with Linux. BT have said that they would like to
> install a landline for me for ?122.50, so I'm thinking to maybe I'll stay
> with 3, but how do I connect my 2 towers to my laptop and have them all
> online at the same time? Laptop's running Windows 7 and Ubuntu, both towers
> running Ubuntu. Would my old wifi router be okay to do this? Also, all the
> machines have bluetooth, so maybe it would be easier to connect all 3
> machines using bluetooth?
> Any help appreciated, tia form Alex.
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