On 5 Aug 2024 23:51 -0500, from deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk (David Wright): > Possibly because people aren't warned against using it unless they're > on a network that is already using it for Microsoft servers. It would > be simple to add such a warning to the screen below, and perhaps some > advice on home.arpa etc at the same time. > > ┌─────────────────────────┤ [!!] Configure the network > ├────────────────────┐ > │ > │ > │ The domain name is the part of your Internet address to the right of your > │ > │ host name. It is often something that ends in .com, .net, .edu, or .org. > │ > │ If you are setting up a home network, you can make something up, but make > │ > │ sure you use the same domain name on all your computers. > │ > │ > │ > │ Domain name: > │ > │ > │ > │ _ > │ > │ > │ > │ <Go Back> <Continue> > │ > │ > │ > > └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ > > With any group of people for whom the second line is useful > information, I think a significant proportion would choose a name > like "local" after reading the third line.
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1054557 -- Michael Kjörling 🔗 https://michael.kjorling.se “Remember when, on the Internet, nobody cared that you were a dog?”
