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. -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast