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On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 02:39:58AM -0500, Tom H wrote |
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> On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 12:55 AM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> > Similarly, the vast majority of home users have a machine with one |
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> > ethernet port, and in the past it's always been eth0. Now the name |
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> > varies in each machine depending on the motherboard layout; oogabooga11? |
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> > foobar42? It may be static, but you don't know what it'll be, without |
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> > first booting the machine. In a truly Orwellian twist, this "feature" |
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> > is referred to as "Predictable" Network Interface Names. It only makes |
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> > things easier for corporate machines acting as gateways/routers, with |
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> > multiple ports. Again, the average home user is being jerked around for |
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> > a corporate agenda. |
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> Do "regular" home users know the name of the NIC that they're using?! |
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I meant the "regular" home users of linux, e.g. people in this forum. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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