Mike Wilks' Blog

I’ve been messing about with the new Ubuntu this weekend, so much so I now have:

• The Netbook Remix running on my Acer Aspire One replacing the standard Linpus.

• My Macbook Vmware Fusion Ubuntu upgraded from 8.10.

• An old thinkpad running Ubuntu which was previously dual-booting XP and an old Slackware.

All in all Ubuntu 9.04 is pretty good. I only use Windows in my work machine now and this just vindicates the decision to ditch Windows even more.

I am, however, having an issue getting my VPN to work with the the GUI in both the Ubuntu desktop and Netbook Remix versions. It works fine if I issue the openvpn command and use the same config file which works elsewhere (OSX) but the GUI refuses to work. The build in Network Manager (after I installed the openvpn plugin) accepts the config file import but claims there are “no valid” VPN credentials. KVPNC on the other hand also accepts the config file but hangs on connect. More investigation needed methinks.