[ale] "New" laptop with Ubuntu

[KingBahamut]

if your using Gnome which I assume you are.

1. Firewall - sudo apt-get install firestarter
2. wireless - sudo apt-get install network-manager-gnome



On 10/2/06, Thompson Freeman <tfreeman at intel.digichem.net> wrote:
>
>
> I get to go out of town to start grandpappy duties next
> week, so I treated myself to a used ThinkPad T22 and loaded
> Ubuntu onto it over the weekend. So far, I'm quite
> impressed with the system as the developers have shown the
> restraint that this system needs and not thrown the kitchen
> sink at it. Nice and clean.
>
> However, I'm running out of time to get the last few items
> straightened out. I'm starting to run out of time for
> google supported trial and error.
>
> Most worrysome is a firewall. So far, I've been playing
> around behing my firewalled router, so no big deal. While
> I'd love to have a high dollar, hand crafted, optimized set
> of rules for this thing, I'll settle for a configuration
> tool which is cheap and quick, sort of like the default
> system the Fedora installer runs up. Any opinions from the
> Ubuntu enthusiasts here?
>
> The other big challenge is to get wireless cleaned up.
> Since I don't use wireless here at home, the skills are a
> little shakey. I _think_ I've gotten a NetGear MA111 usb
> dongle properly recognized and ready to configure. What I'd
> like next is a nice little browser to search for access
> points rather like my little Nokia 770 has.
>
> Those are the two items I _really_ want to get straight
> before I get going.
>
> Thanks in advance for your attention and help. And I
> apreciate the loan of everybody's bandwidth
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