On 8/22/2014 2:55 PM, Christof Stocker wrote:> So I noticed that the minimal installation of CentOS 7 comes - in
> contrary to minimal CentOS 6.5 - preinstalled with the NetworkManager.
>
> I somewhat understand its usefulness, especially for wlan / desktops,
> and its not like it really bothers me.. That being said, it seems to me
> with my naive linux understanding that it kinda goes against the
> definition of a "minimal" installation.
>
> Does anyone know why this decision was made / a good idea?
network manager is used by default to manage all sorts of connections
now, including ethernet with DHCP.
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