Gentoo and getting online...

|cJ| · 8 Nov 2002 at 14:48

ok im thinking of switching to Gentoo in a few weeks when i have a bit more knowledge of the shell

what i need to know is how hard it will be to get my internet connection up and running (blueyonder cable...) because i really dont want to be rebooting to get into windows everytime i have a problem

also a more general question.. can you browse the web (for example this site) from the shell? or must you be in x?

thanx..

|cJ| · 8 Nov 2002 at 15:00

Originally posted by Mpemba Effect
It should be fine connecting to cable. I've never had cable before but it's a box right which then plugins into an NIC?

You can use the web via the commandline, you will need a commandline client like Links or Lynx

i have been looking on webby and it seems like it wont be to hard i just hated it when i got stuck before and had to reboot like every 5 mins to get more info on what to do

i can print things off but something always seems to crop up that you cant anticipate :/

|cJ| · 8 Nov 2002 at 16:51

useing Links/Lynx can i visit any website like any normal browser?

|cJ| · 8 Nov 2002 at 18:55

Originally posted by Shak
I have the following manuals in dead tree format:

Most of the Gentoo docs

GCC docs

Route and ifconfig manpages
[/list=1]

That will allow you to get on the net quite easily

Shak

forgive me but what is dead tree format?