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05-17-2007, 07:18 PM
Does anyone know if this (http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/eshop/personal/internet-on-the-move/data-plans.do) (T-Mobile UKs HSDPA laptop 3G data card) is compatible with laptops running Linux, kernel 2.6.17 (distro: Kubuntu 6.10)?
I've seen discussions that imply that T-Mobile re-brand Option's cards, and I've found this source of information on configuring Option GlobeTrotter cards under Linux (http://www.pharscape.org/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/), but I've got nowhere trying to find out what particular model T-Mobile are currently hawking to Web'N'Walk customers. So if any existing T-Mobile UK Web'N'Walk customers with a data card can let me know what model number they've got (via the comments link below) I'd be very grateful.
NB: this is not an open invitation for Americans to tell me what Cingular card to use, Brits to tell me to switch to Vodafone, Windows bigots to go "har har" at the Linux user, Mac users to say "get a mac", GNOME evangelists to encourage me to switch away from KDE, Fedora freaks to urge me to ditch Ubuntu, or anything else like that. It's just an inquiry about one particular data card on one particular network and one particular operating system.
More... (http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2007/02/dear_internet.html)
I've seen discussions that imply that T-Mobile re-brand Option's cards, and I've found this source of information on configuring Option GlobeTrotter cards under Linux (http://www.pharscape.org/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/), but I've got nowhere trying to find out what particular model T-Mobile are currently hawking to Web'N'Walk customers. So if any existing T-Mobile UK Web'N'Walk customers with a data card can let me know what model number they've got (via the comments link below) I'd be very grateful.
NB: this is not an open invitation for Americans to tell me what Cingular card to use, Brits to tell me to switch to Vodafone, Windows bigots to go "har har" at the Linux user, Mac users to say "get a mac", GNOME evangelists to encourage me to switch away from KDE, Fedora freaks to urge me to ditch Ubuntu, or anything else like that. It's just an inquiry about one particular data card on one particular network and one particular operating system.
More... (http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2007/02/dear_internet.html)