Re: two basic "new to Debian" questions: network config & RMS
Depends what kind of networking you want to do. If you are just
connecting to a LAN with a DHCP server running, then just run
"/etc/init.d/networking start" as root and see if it works. If you
want a static IP address and name servers, the easiest way is probably
to use the Gnome network tools - available in the Gnome menu under
"system tools". Or if you prefer the command line, edit
/etc/network/interfaces - it's fairly simple, see "man interfaces".
Or maybe you want something more complex, like to run a server, etc. etc...
As for RMS - no idea. (And personally, no interest either :-))
David
On 30/06/05, vineyard saker <vineyardsaker@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I just completed a switch from 5 years of Mandrake to Debian
> GNU/Linux. The install went well, although I had to use a couple of
> tricks to configure X and my soundcard. I now have to basic
> questions:
>
> 1) during my install I was not connected to the Internet (I had
> ordered the 14 Debian CDs from budgetlinuxcds) and I therefore did not
> configure my network card. Now I would like to connect my computer to
> the rest of my computers on a home network. What would you reccommend
> as the best application to do this?
>
> 2) I vaguely remember hearing that there were some disagreements
> between the Debian team and Richard Stallman but I do not remember
> what caused it. Could anyone point me to the right place to read up
> on this?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> VS
>
>
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