Glenn English <g...@slsware.net> writes: > On Oct 11, 2015, at 1:58 PM, Mart van de Wege <mvdw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> No, for servers we don't install NetworkManager and resolvconf, and we >> do static configuration. > > I didn't install NM, the installer did. I didn't know there was such a thing. > > I did know enough, though, to toss resolvconf and hand write > resolv.conf, in the past. resolvconf is straightforward enough to know > what it does. It does one thing, but not too well. > Obviously your experiences differ from mine. I run both on my laptop, and it is resolvconf that is the horror for me, as I keep having to occasionally purge the config because it once again is persistently adding a name server to resolv.conf that is not available.
On the other hand, NM has run fine on my laptops ever since the 0.8 version. Mart -- "We will need a longer wall when the revolution comes." --- AJS, quoting an uncertain source.