I installed Ubuntu (Maverick and then Natty) years later after having done my last Linux distro install.
I was gearing up to do a pile of modprob, insmod and such like at the CLI when to my surprise mobile internet using BOTH Tata and Reliance USB dongles were a breeze!
All I has to do was plugin the USB dongle (this example uses the Tata Photon on Natty aka Ubuntu 11.04) and the do the following...
Click on the network icon on the top right and click New Mobile Broadband Connection
This opens up a very simple dialogue box
I chose my location
This the lets me select Tata Photon Plus (and most of the other major providers). You do have the option of manually entering the details in case your operator is not mentioned here.
Next I need to enable mobile broadband after clicking the networking icon
After that if I just click on the installed internet connection, I am online...
I was suitably impressed since in Windows I'd have to install an app and use it to connect, that triggers popup browser windows that are a real pain. In Ubuntu all this was taken care of so hat even a relative newbie would be able to get up and running in a very short while.
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