Debian Squeeze – free and non-free – Realtek Ethernet
With debian (6.0) squeeze release just days away, I have been following some of the news closely. My interest is in free software that can be modified and distributed under reasonable terms, and much of what Debian does I like. More here
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Whilst reading the article referenced above ( http://is.gd/OcrepY ) it might be worth grabbing a copy of
http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/firmware-realtek
…before you do the reboot, that way if you did need the ‘non-free’, then you already have a copy on a usb stick.