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