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Re: network setup

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On Tue 13 Dec 2016 at 20:48:46 +0100, Erwan David wrote:

> Le 12/13/2016 à 20:44, Brian a écrit :
> > On Tue 13 Dec 2016 at 14:40:47 +0100, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > 
> >> On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 01:36:05PM +0000, Darac Marjal wrote:
> >>
> >> [...]
> >>
> >>> https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames/
> >>> lists three options:
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> > 
> > For someone who has been using Debian for many years the position you
> > expound is understandable and viable to support. Someone who is used to
> > eth0 and wlan0 for interface names is bound to sit up and take notice
> > when they change to something which is strange and doesn't exactly stick
> > in the memory.
> > 
> > But remember new users; does it really matter to them? They have no
> > personal history to point to. As you point out, the engineering
> > advantages are unarguable. And after all, there are three options which
> > can be employed to get something you are not given. That's not bad as
> > things go.
> > 
> 
> Do you think eno167778 will be more useful than eth0 to a new user ?
> (yes I've seen the name for the only NIC of a machine)

It is no more nor more less useful than eth0 in the sense that
networking works for them. Do you think a new user is going to
react in horror to one rather than the other?

My God, why must I  use eno167778, he will say? I must change
this to something I like. connection0 looks good.

And so he can. So where's the problem?

-- 
Brian.

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  Re: network setup Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2016-12-11 20:00 +0100
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    Re: network setup Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-12-11 20:50 +0100
    Re: network setup Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2016-12-12 01:50 +0100
      Re: network setup Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-12-12 13:50 +0100
        Re: network setup Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2016-12-13 12:20 +0100
          Re: network setup Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-12-13 14:00 +0100
            Re: network setup Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2016-12-14 19:40 +0100
      Re: network setup Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2016-12-13 12:10 +0100
        Re: network setup Charlie Kravetz <cjk@teamcharliesangels.com> - 2016-12-13 15:50 +0100
      Re: network setup <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-12-13 14:20 +0100
        Re: network setup Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2016-12-13 14:40 +0100
          Re: network setup <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-12-13 14:50 +0100
            Re: network setup Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-12-13 20:50 +0100
              Re: network setup Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> - 2016-12-13 21:00 +0100
                Re: network setup Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-12-13 22:10 +0100
                Re: network setup Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> - 2016-12-14 08:50 +0100
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                Re: network setup Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-12-13 22:10 +0100
              Re: network setup <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-12-13 22:00 +0100
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                Re: network setup Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-12-14 12:20 +0100
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