On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 02:58:29PM -0700, John R Pierce wrote: > On 8/22/2014 2:55 PM, Christof Stocker wrote: > > So I noticed that the minimal installation of CentOS 7 comes - in > > contrary to minimal CentOS 6.5 - preinstalled with the NetworkManager. > > > > I somewhat understand its usefulness, especially for wlan / desktops, > > and its not like it really bothers me.. That being said, it seems to me > > with my naive linux understanding that it kinda goes against the > > definition of a "minimal" installation. > > > > Does anyone know why this decision was made / a good idea? > > network manager is used by default to manage all sorts of connections > now, including ethernet with DHCP. More important with regards to the minimal install set it matches what Red Hat is doing. John -- If there is an embarrassment equivalent of post-traumatic stress disorder, South Carolina has it. -- Dick Harpootlian, former state Democratic chairman, on its recent politics, New York Times, 12 June 2010 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20140822/3d94dced/attachment-0005.sig>