On Jan 08, 2025, terryc wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Jan 2025 20:30:28 -0500
> Walter Dnes <waltdnes@???> wrote:
> ......zip
>
> > Two questions...
> >
> > 1) How do I properly uninstall (and purge) XFCE and then install
> > ICEWM? The XFCE desktop comes up automatically at boot-up, so there
> > seems to be some additional "behind-the-scenes" stuff going on.
>
> I beleve it to be;
> sudo apt install icewm
> sudo apt purge xfwm4

Yep, looks correct.

>
> >
> > 2) How do I specify a fixed IP address. This is to allow ssh from my
> > other machine, and scp files back and forth. Ideally, I'd like the
> > /etc/hosts entry to be...
> >

> > 192.168.1.251  dev1.waltdnes.org       dev1

>
> sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces
>
> change
>
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
> to
>
>
> iface eth0 inet static
>
> and add/change
>

>      address 19.168.1.251/16
>      gateway 182.168.1.1  <- or whatever it is.

As an alternative (which I find useful for laptops and my mobile phone)
--> on the DHCP server set a reservation for the machine, and let that
handle the "static" addressing. Then you don't trip over things when
you take it somewhere else.


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