Hi all! I'm Pierre Lison, a long time Ubuntu user now living in Germany, but originally from Belgium. The computer I'm using right now is becoming quite old, and I'd like to buy a new one and give the "old" to my grandmother, who would like to have a basic computer so that she can communicate by email with her grandsons, use text processors to write letters, surf on the internet, etc.
I'm convinced that Linux distros such as Ubuntu are now intuitive and user-friendly enough to be used by people with few or no technical knowledge like my grand-mother, so, if everything goes well, Ubuntu will be - or rather, stay - the standard installed OS on the machine. Obviously, I'll need to setup an internet connection for her. Something cheap (she'll be online only a few hours per week or month, and doesn't need a fast connection) and above all, running "out of the box". Now here's my question: according to you, which belgian ISP - and more specifically, which of their commercial offers - should I choose? I need to choose an ISP for whom I can be sure that the hardware will be 100% compatible with Ubuntu (automatic recognition by NetworkManager an all) I've heard about the Belgacom ADSL offer, but is the Thomsom modems included in their "internet pack" working under Ubuntu? Would you be kind enough to give me some advices on this question? Thanks a lot! Pierre PS: you can answer me in English, French, Dutch, or German, as you prefer. -- Pierre Lison (student in Computational Linguistics) Blumenstraße 17, Web: www.coli.uni-saarland.de/~pierrel 66111 Saarbrücken Mobile: +49.177.305.306.1 -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:[email protected] You can find list info and your subscription configuration options at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
