Re: installing Debian for an Unix-ignorant user (point-and-click installation)
:: On 21 Apr 2000 18:32:34 -0400, Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca> said:
That's what I set up for myself here... All I did was to run
pppconfig, add my user to the dip group, and add the "modemlights"
applet to the gnome panel (and configuring, of course)... You click on
a little button, and it calls pon <provider>; you click again and it
calls poff.
J.
> Next week I'm going to install Debian on his computer. Basically, I am
> thinking of setting up Gnome, and stuffing everything he could need in
> a root menu and clickable icons. He is no dummy, but has very little
> knowledge of computers besides most common applications.
> How easy is it to configure a ppp connection as a desktop icon? (I'm on
> a cable modem, and have never configured ppp under Linux).
> I'll be very greatful for any suggestions and ideas!
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Jeronimo Pellegrini
Institute of Computing - Unicamp - Brazil
http://www.dcc.unicamp.br/~jeronimo
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