[CentOS] NetworkManager

Fri Aug 22 22:13:56 UTC 2014
m.roth at 5-cent.us <m.roth at 5-cent.us>

John R. Dennison wrote:
> 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.
>
And most of us *still* don't like it....

        mark
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