hey... I think it will work. I just need to share the connection with my router! On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > lovely..... I d/l the ruby tar ball on M$and upack in ubuntu to compile it > on my own. I then find out that "By default, Ubuntu does not come with the > tools required [to compile programs]." It goes on to say that I need to > apt-get a package to enable it. Well shoot! > > > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> does anyone know how to get the Linux box to talk to the network? >> practicallynetworked only has to do with sharing the connection between >> windows boxes..... or should it automagically do it? >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Stephen wrote: >> >>> Here is something to look at then, use windows to share its connection >>> to yoru ubuntu box? >>> >>> http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/ >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 8:30 PM, Michael Havens >>> wrote: >>> > I am 'sharing' someones unsecure wireless account. I do not have a >>> wireless >>> > card for ubuntu but rather just a router from when I could afford >>> internet. >>> > Now I am on disability and all I can do is beg and plead for mercy! I >>> am to >>> > afraid to put the hackware on the router for fear of turning it into a >>> brick >>> > and my insecurity of not ever doing anything like that before. I think >>> that >>> > what one would do is connect the either net cable up and copy the >>> program >>> > onto it but from what I read it is much more complicated than that. >>> > >>> > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Eric Shubert wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Michael Havens wrote: >>> >> > Okay. The majority of the noise out there is telling me to learn >>> Ruby; >>> >> > therefore, Ruby is what shall be learned! My next question is how >>> should >>> >> > I install it seeing as how I do not have internet access from the >>> ubuntu >>> >> > box but I do have it from the windows computer? >>> >> >>> >> How is it that you have internet on windoze but not ubuntu? >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> -Eric 'shubes' >>> >> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------- >>> >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> > >>> > --------------------------------------------------- >>> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >>> >>> Stephen >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: