Re: I want to migrate to Linux

pcbldrNinetyEight ha scritto:

I wonder if I dare ask this question. I'm already in way over my head.
How is networking as in the NICs and TCP/IP configured after Linux is
installed but without or before WIN98 is installed? Lets assume I was
building a Linux only system.


Old school linux guys do that in a very quick and straightforward way by the command line, e.g:

ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.5 netmask 255.255.255.0

that 's all.

Newcomers use the GUI tools that they easily find in the menus in all the distributions. Setting up the network in windows is a pain on the neck in comparison with doing the same in linux. At least for me.

But you can test directly many of your issues simply by trying a Ubuntu CD in "live" way, i.e. without installing: just boot from CD and you're free to move around in the linux environment. Even in a pc without an hard-disk.

G.
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