--- author: '' category: '' date: 2012/12/25 09:21:06 description: '' link: '' priority: '' slug: windows-is-hard tags: '' title: Windows is *HARD* type: text updated: 2012/12/25 09:21:06 url_type: '' --- I am on vacation, by the sea. So, I don't have my usual internet connectivity. I decided to buy a 3G modem and decided purely based on price, ending up with a ZTE modem provided by Claro. On Windows, it works well enough: 1) Plug it in 2) Get the autostart window 3) Start the installer 4) Click Next a few times 5) Reboot 6) Start the client to connect 7) Click on the "world" icon 8) Wait a little 9) Internet! I tried it on windows first because I assumed it would work on my wife's computer, and I could do an ad-hoc wifi network so I could connect mine. Well, no. So I tried it on Ubuntu. It does work too: 1) Plug it in 2) Say I am in Argentina 3) Say it's a Claro 3G service 4) Go to Network Indicator 5) Click on "Claro 3G" 6) Wait a little 7) Internet! And yes, I can do an ad-hoc connection and provide service to everyone else. Plus I don't have an unclosable window laying around all the time.