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wlp0s20u5 - because wlan0 was just too easy to remember!

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    esp0en0
  • 6
    Why bother using password generator if you can use network card name...
  • 0
    OpenRC! 😀
  • 0
    Yeah, mine's wlp20s0f0 but when I came from other distributions this was a big surprise
  • 3
    The irony of calling this feature "predictable device naming"!
  • 5
    I was trying to fix my WiFi adapter and at one point some solution I found renamed it to RENAME lol after I removed their solution, still have WiFi problems though :/
  • 1
    @datablitz7 they did really call it that? Wow fuck them, I guess
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    @datablitz7 The idea behind it is that no matter what device is probed first by the kernel, the names will remain the same. A deterministic algorithm for name assignment. I think you can set up human-friendly aliases though.
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