[ale] "New" laptop with Ubuntu

[Dan Lambert]

why don't you download shorewall, if you haven't already. It's a pretty 
well known implementation, and I don't know of anyone who has had any 
issues with using it on a standalone Linux computer.

Have you installed Wireless Assistant? That's a good browser, and the 
one that I prefer to use on my laptop. It is available through the 
standard package manager interface.

Dan

Thompson Freeman 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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