vineyard saker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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?
Definitely ifupdown -- that's The Debian Way of networking. Install the 'ifupdown' package, read 'man 5 interfaces', and set up /etc/network/interfaces. > 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? There are two disagreements I'm aware of. First of all, Debian thinks works released under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) are non-free, while RMS thinks they are free or the freedoms they lack don't matter (I forgot which one). Secondly, Debian distributes both free software and proprietary software (the 'non-free' section) in the same way. Debian doesn't consider this to be a problem, RMS does. Search the Debian mailing list archive for posts from RMS. Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
