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The next stage in configuring your install is the network configuration. If you don't wish to configure your network at this stage, you may decline, but otherwise
you'll be prompted to provide a hostname for your computer. If you're unsure what to do here, you might want to read through Chapter 14,
Networking first.
The following screens will prompt you first for a hostname, then for a domainname, such as example.org. The combination of the hostname and the domainname
can be used to navigate between computers in your network if you use an internal DNS service or maintain your
/etc/hosts file. If you skip setting up your
network, Slackware will name your computer "darkstar" after a song by the Grateful Dead.
You have three options when setting your IP address; you may assign it a static IP, use DHCP, or configure a loopback connection. The simplest option, and
probably the most common for laptops or computers on a basic network, is to let a DHCP server assign IP addresses dynamically. Unless you are installing
Slackware for use as a network server, you probably do not need to setup a static IP address. If you're not sure which of these options to choose, pick DHCP.
Rarely DHCP servers requires you specify a DHCP hostname before you're permitted to connect. You can enter this on the Set DHCP Hostname screen. This is
almost always be the same hostname you entered earlier.
If you choose to set a static IP address, Slackware will ask you to enter it along with the netmask, gateway IP address, and what nameserver to use.
The final screen during static IP address configuration is a confirmation screen, where you're permitted to accept your choices, edit them, or even restart the IP
address configuration in case you decide to use DHCP instead.
Once your network configuration is completed Slackware will prompt you to configure the startup services that you wish to run automatically upon boot. Helpful
descriptions of each service appear both to the right of the service name as well as at the bottom of the screen. If you're not sure what to turn on, you can safely
leave the defaults in place. What services are started at boot time can be easily modified later with pkgtool.
Every computer needs to keep track of the current time, and with so many timezones around the world you have to tell Slackware which one to use. If your
computer's hardware clock is set to UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), you'll need to select that; most hardware clocks are not set to UTC from the factory
(though you could set it that way on your own; Slackware doesn't care). Then simply select your timezone from the list provided and off you go.
If you installed the X disk set, you'll be prompted to select a default window manager or desktop environment. What you select here will apply to every user on
your computer, unless that user decides to run xwmconfig(1) and choose a different one. Don't be alarmed if the options you see below do not match the ones