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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > >
