On 22/08/14 06:13 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > 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 Time is ticking on... The longer you avoid learning what is coming, the further behind your peers you will fall. -- Digimer Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.ca/w/ What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person without access to education?