[Gllug] Linux workstation admin simpler than OS X

[James Laver]

On 1 Aug 2009, at 10:21, Tethys wrote:
>
> FWIW, I don't run a GNOME desktop so I don't have a NetworkManager
> applet, and even if I did, my home directory is NFS mounted and I
> authenticate with NIS, so I can't even log in until the network is
> up. When I reported this, the result was CLOSED NOTABUG :-( Linux
> From Scratch is looking more and more tempting every day.

Even with the applet you're still in trouble. I can't persuade the  
machine my client has allocated for me that it doesn't want to just  
DHCP every time but that it should use the details I give it. I even  
went so far as to hardcode them in the underlying config and yet  
networkmanager would undo the good work.

You just can't win. And this is the future, apparently. It's also one  
of the reasons I use a mac.

--James
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