An unconfigurable software is not a free software
The NetworkManager in Ubuntu makes me annoyed. I guess here is right place to
complain this issue.
It took me a whole evening to seek the configuration file for
NetworkManager's dnsmasq (actually dnsmasq-base). The result was bad. Seems
not a file for configuring 'dnsmasq', even though I created dnsmasq.conf in
/etc .
The dnsmasq is not complete, being only dnsmas-base. What's worse is
NetworkManager doesn't allow fully installed dnsmasq. See Ubuntu 's page:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Dnsmasq
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Note that the package "dnsmasq" interferes with Network Manager which can use
"dnsmasq-base" to provide DHCP services when sharing an internet connection.
Therefore, if you use network manager (fine in simple set-ups only), then
install dnsmasq-base, but not dnsmasq. If you have a more complicated set-up,
uninstall network manager, use dnsmasq, or similar software (bind9, dhcpd,
etc), and configure things by hand.
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Are they conflicted? And why?
Thus I was looking for solution in NetworkManager. However there are very few
places to configure NetworkManager except a few lines!!
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkManager
This is what I want to argue,
An unconfigurable / unhackable software is not a free software.
It limits the use for end users. Don't tell me that I can modify the source
code or something. The majority of users don't have the ability to manage the
C language. Right?
I know NetworkManager is so convenient to setup wifi connection. And I know I
can just change to an alternative.
But the thing is, it finally just constrained the freedom for users!!! And
it just interferes too much to the availability of other softwares.
