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Re: Anybody Using IPv6?

From	vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc, comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: Anybody Using IPv6?
Date	2025-05-17 18:01 +0000
Message-ID	<m8s17vF4395U2@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References	<pan$e6d88$f019cb49$2e3cccf9$253bfbf1@linux.rocks>

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On Thu, 15 May 2025 18:42:47 +0000, Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote in
<pan$e6d88$f019cb49$2e3cccf9$253bfbf1@linux.rocks>:

> GNU/Linux has total IPv6 capabilities but this is also fully
> configurable.
> 
> Since I operate a standalone workstation that is only connected to the
> Internet via Comcast, my system and software configuration only includes
> IPv4.  (My local network certainly does not require it.)
> 
> IOW, I don't need IPv6 and therefore I exclude it.
> 
> Does anybody use or need IPv6?
> 
> I suppose that since the vast majority of GNU/Linux users depend on a
> distro and that since most distros automatically enable IPv6 the answer
> is that most users have IPv6 enabled whether they need it or not.

(It's considered good netiquette to announce a followup-to when
crossposting.  Please consider doing that in the future.)

 _ _ _ _ _ _ _
$ ping -c 1 news.eternal-september.org
PING news.eternal-september.org (2a01:4f9:4b:44c2::2) 56 data bytes
64 bytes from news.eternal-september.org (2a01:4f9:4b:44c2::2): icmp_seq=1 
ttl=47 time=174 ms

--- news.eternal-september.org ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 174.342/174.342/174.342/0.000 ms
 _ _ _ _ _ _ _

IPv6 is the future.  I think more and more people are using it,
since their equipment and clients "just work" with it.

(There is a learning curve, though -- but there was with IPv4 too.)

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Anybody Using IPv6? Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-05-15 18:42 +0000
  Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-05-15 21:19 +0200
    Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-05-16 21:04 +0000
  Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2025-05-15 20:10 -0300
    Re: Anybody Using IPv6? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-05-15 21:01 -0400
      Re: Anybody Using IPv6? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-16 01:20 +0000
        Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Koen Martens <in+usenet@metro.cx> - 2025-05-16 10:35 +0200
          Re: Anybody Using IPv6? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-16 19:17 +0000
            Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Koen Martens <in+usenet@metro.cx> - 2025-05-17 08:02 +0200
        Re: Anybody Using IPv6? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-05-16 08:44 -0400
          Re: Anybody Using IPv6? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-16 19:13 +0000
            Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-05-16 21:18 +0000
              Re: Anybody Using IPv6? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-17 00:34 +0000
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-05-17 11:00 +0000
                Re: Anybody Using IPv6? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-17 17:09 +0000
            Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-05-17 07:53 -0400
              Re: Anybody Using IPv6? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-17 17:18 +0000
        Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-05-16 21:10 +0000
          Re: Anybody Using IPv6? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-17 00:32 +0000
  Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Koen Martens <in+usenet@metro.cx> - 2025-05-16 10:27 +0200
    Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Farley Flud <fsquared@fsquared.linux> - 2025-05-16 10:50 +0000
  Re: Anybody Using IPv6? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-17 02:19 +0200
  Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2025-05-17 07:07 +0300
  Re: Anybody Using IPv6? vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-05-17 18:01 +0000
    Re: Anybody Using IPv6? % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-05-17 11:05 -0700
      Re: Anybody Using IPv6? % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-05-17 11:17 -0700
      Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-05-18 07:16 -0400
    Re: Anybody Using IPv6? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-17 20:50 +0200
      Re: Anybody Using IPv6? % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-05-17 11:52 -0700
    Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Popping Mad <rainbow@colition.gov> - 2025-05-18 03:26 -0400
      Re: Anybody Using IPv6? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-05-20 00:17 -0400
        Re: Anybody Using IPv6? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-20 10:35 +0100
        Re: Anybody Using IPv6? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-20 11:55 +0200
  Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Rob van der Putten <rob@sput.nl> - 2025-05-18 10:14 +0200

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