On Wed, 29 Oct 2025 12:19:58 +0000 alain williams <[email protected]> wrote:
> > NM seems to have been designed for laptops which move around and so > need to acquire different addresses via DHCP (which always worked > well for me) - I do run it on my laptop, here I am talking about my > desktop. > Not just dhcp, which does not need NM, it also deals with VPNs, wifi and other oddities that you don't generally use on a desktop computer, and it's a quick way of switching to a fixed IP address for troubleshooting in other networks. So yes, laptops but not fixed computers, and never for servers. -- Joe
