Anilam retrofit with Mesa 7i97

no there is no icon on the desktop. I have gone and reinstalled linux on another drive and i still dont see that icon on the desktop

kyle@debian:~$ locate nm-connection-editor
kyle@debian:~$ sudo apt-get install network-manager
[sudo] password for kyle:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
network-manager is already the newest version (1.14.6-2+deb10u1).
network-manager set to manually installed.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 65 not upgraded.

there was an extra line when I did it this time. The network manager set to manual install

Not sure what's going on (I'm not running the 2.8 distribution ISO)
But it make 0 sense to not have some kind of network setup application

Maybe a better forum question would be "How do I setup network connections on the Debian ISO"

Also you can always setup the network interface by editing the interfaces file

Just fyi. I kinda concluded something was not right so I went and went through the install process again with a new disc image from linuxcnc.org. All of the things I had trouble with in the terminal seem to be working like they are supposed too. What a relief. I feel like I just made my first hurdle....kinda

Since we are still on the network topic, i did a quick test of the 2.8.2 ISO, network manager comes installed and working, editor is not installed so connections can not be edited, and the NM tray has to be run from the start menu.
Will check more and report back.

Got a easy question here I can’t figure out. On page 8 of 7i97 manual, what does the “/“ before the Q mean? 

what does the “/“ before the Q mean? 

That is the inverted input for differential signals: