I’m guessing it will work since Dell is selling some of their netbooks with Ubuntu, but since I’ve never tried the built-in modem in the Dell mini, I don’t know. Post back with your experience.

Good luck!

I’ve just ordered a Dell mini 10 from T-mobile and can’t wait to get it (should be here Tue-Thu). After some research I realize that it has W7 starter edition and I’m not that excited about it. Also I have found out that Ubuntu is the best option to have on Dell mini 10 especially with mandatory minimum of only 1GB in ram. I played with Ubuntu before and I like it.

So ultimately I would like to fresh install Ubuntu onto T-mobile Dell mini 10. I see Martin you got it working with usb stick. Do you think it will work with built in modem? If I’m not mistaken it’s pci-e variation (Huawei EM770U module). I have a feeling it should work, but of course I’m not gonna know until I try. What do you think? Thanx!

Hamid

The AutoRun won’t work on Ubuntu/Linux. However, if you go to the network applet in Ubuntu you should see LAN, WLAN, and WWAN there. The one you want is WWAN. There will be a little wizard there. Just select T-Mobile from the networks list. That should be it.

If that doesn’t work, it could be that you need another firmware on the WebConnect modem stick. You can find instructions of how to apply another firmware on the modem in my how-to for Mac OS. A word of caution on that one, though; If you reflash the modem with a non-T-Mobile firmware, T-Mobile might not support it anymore. So, given that you work for T-Mo, maybe you should have your customer do it him/herself and let him/her know about the potential consequences.

Good luck!