Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Date: Sat, 17 May 2025 20:50:22 +0200 Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net WB40RlJFFQGDyzpy1TLIHwZvmfwv8zhytonzizIdIKdAGjI6bf Cancel-Lock: sha1:eU/zNf2ixJRViiUZsfke/Mtpza4= sha256:ihdLKHzK7rU8ukc359oDz4Tp2sH+Vosxscu5Kl4VLic= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-CA, es-ANY In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:67544 comp.os.linux.advocacy:690383 On 2025-05-17 20:01, vallor wrote: > On Thu, 15 May 2025 18:42:47 +0000, Farley Flud wrote in > : > >> 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.) Absolutely. I did not notice when I replied earlier. I do not read the advocacy group, never will. My answer was "certainly". ... -- Cheers, Carlos E.R.