Re: Worst Linux component ever: NetworkManager

["Jarod Wilson" <user=74@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 21:19 -0400, Robert La Ferla wrote: 
> The NetworkManager is the most annoying piece of Linux software I have   
> ever encountered.  What genius programmed this piece of trash?  More   
> importantly, how did it get into some distros?  It does not support   
> static IP addresses!  Even if you set a static IP, it just ignores it   
> and uses DHCP instead.  So, can I just uninstall it and just go back   
> to the normal way of setting an IP statically or via dhcp?  I'm using   
> Foresight (rPath)... 

You're using an older version of NetworkManager there. The latest 
version does now support static IP addresses properly. But yeah, like 
Jerry said, it was primarily targeted at mobile users in the beginning, 
and only recently got more fleshed out to the point where it works for a 
wider scope of cases. 



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