The annoying thing is, I can't seem to do that! I live in halls at university, and I thought I'd try something like that to help fix my mums pc back home, so I tried a few things (Gitso is the only one who's name I remember) and non of them work, due to not being able to use many ports on the halls internet. Which just goes go show, Manchester Met uni admins are no fun :(
2009/1/15 Johnathon Tinsley <[email protected]> > > Simon Wears wrote: > > When I first switched to Ubuntu around 18 months ago, I thought it was > > so much easier to use that Windows. From using Windows from 6 years old > > (back on Win95) until I was 16, then switching to Ubuntu, I was > > incredibly impressed with how easy it was to use everything, considering > > all I had to go was click 'Internet' then 'Web Browser', and 'Office' > > then 'Word Processor'. > > > > > > That makes me think that, unless there was some 'technical' reason as to > > why she couldn't connect to the internet, like as said, a USB modem, she > > clearly didn't read anything on the menus. The thing that took me a > > while to get used to was applications menu being at the top of the > screen. > > > > I think it would be good to promote free / open source software or Linux > > / Ubuntu more, so people are more aware of the differences, and how > > Linux works, and mostly how it isn't Windows! I've had a few friends > > consider switching to Ubuntu (mostly from being impressed by Compiz) and > > get intreseted in having free software, but the main problem they have > > is the lack of support avaliable to hand. They arn't fans of using > > forums, (and some of them don't even get what it is!) and I've moved > > away for university, so if something went wrong they'd be stuck. > > > > This is where I get sneaky.. I put OpenVPN on their systems, connecting > in to my personal server on the internet. As their OpenVPN connects OUT, > it by-passes their firewall. I then add openssh-server. If you're > paranoid, you can restrict it to listen on just the VPN interface. > > As long as their computer is on, and connected to the internet, you can > access it remotely to support them :-) > > Johnathon > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- Simon Wears [email protected] | http://MunkyJunky.com Manchester Metropolitan University Computing Student
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