> As for the proxy problem, I have no idea what you are supposed to do to make > apt use a proxy, but if someone can tell me, I could add some proxy > configuration to base-config. you need to set the environment variables http_proxy. Most web programs use this as well. Perhaps this can be added into /etc/profile if chosen by the user? randolph -- Debian Developer <tausq@debian.org> http://www.TauSq.org/