A lot of devices and services claim to only support Windows or Windows / Mac because Linux isn't often considered a household name for personal computing. Fortunately this does not mean it won't work. And, I don't believe you will need a hack to get Clear on Linux. You should have a modem with a wireless router built in, or a USB stick as your point of connection to Clear. The built-in wireless router will work well with Ubuntu assuming the laptop has wireless capabilities (which could also be added cheaply if needed). Most people on this mailing list could help out if this is the case. One of the USB sticks (I'm guessing this is the one Brady has), advertises support for Linux and Android - http://www.clear.com/devices/details/id/devatlas/name/CLEAR-Stick-Atlas. If you are going the solo connection route with the USB stick and have a choice, go for that one since Linux support appears to be good (my guess is the Ubuntu kernel has drivers built in for common wimax devices so you shouldn't need to compile or toy with drivers). The other dongle looks to be tethered to some weird proprietary connection manager and does not claim Linux support (may work, but may require some hacking). Good luck. Clear should also be able to assist with basic setup in Linux since they advertise support for it with some of their devices. Another thing to keep in mind, Clear is not doing so well and hasn't for awhile- a useful tool to leverage as a consumer to get deals and good support for tempting them with a loyal customer carrot. -- Jeremy MountainJohnson Jeremy.MountainJohnson at gmail.com On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 8:07 PM, Brady Hegberg <bradyh at gmail.com> wrote: > I have Clear...I connected it to my Ubuntu USB and it just said "Network connected" and I had Internet. Completely automatic. > > -Brady > > On Jan 16, 2013, at 6:47 PM, Susan <susan.dawn.stewart at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Okay... >> >> I found this, so perhaps there's a way to accomplish this... I'll have to try it... >> >> Although I work in I.T., I strictly do hardware break/fix, Dell Warranty Repairs in my professional role. Anything I do on the software end of things, well, I hack my way through with the help of my friend "Google." >> >> Susan Stewart >> >> On Jan 16, 2013, at 5:53 PM, Susan <susan.dawn.stewart at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> *throw NOT through - ha! ;) >>> >>> Susan Stewart >>> >>> On Jan 16, 2013, at 2:50 PM, Susan <susan.dawn.stewart at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi! I was planning to reimage my kids' PCs to Ubuntu but just got Clear 4G for Internet, it's paid up for 15-months so that will be my Internet for awhile, switching to Comcast therefore isn't an option. >>>> >>>> (PCsforPeople, a non-profit in St.Paul on Marshall Ave, offers Clear 4G for $170 for 15months with the purchase of their modem/router if your family qualifies for low-income.) >>>> >>>> I'll admit I only did a quick Google search, but it seems Clear 4G only works with Windows/MAC :( >>>> >>>> Does anyone know of a hack? I'll do more searching when I have time, but thought I'd through the question out there on this list... >>>> >>>> Susan Stewart >>>> Unisys Technical Services Field Technician >>>> Dell Certified Systems Expert >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list