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Linuxcare: Dear Lina: A Net Connection is a Net Connection

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 13, 2000

[ Thanks to Linuxcare for this link.
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“Dear Lina:
Like many of your other users, I take my laptop everywhere.
Probably unlike them, I have no idea how to easily configure my
laptop so that I can plug into the Internet everywhere I go.
Are there any tools that can help me manage many network
configurations and to switch between them?…

“Dear Lina:
I have been using RedHat and Linux-Mandrake since I first started
using Linux a couple years ago, but now I’m ready to move on to
Debian. Would this require a reinstall, or can I somehow convert my
current workstation? What would this mean for things like system
runlevels and the filesystem structure?…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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