Why I won't be using Breezy *gasp*

Michael Shigorin wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 05:08:21PM +0800, John wrote:

>> 9. This is a suggestion for improvement.
>> When I plug a cable into my Mac ( OS X), it's automatically
>> configured, and the system sets IP addresse, host name, routes
>> and so on. When the wire is removed, this is undone.
>> I'd like Ubuntu Linux to do the same.
> 
> <plug>
> ALT Linux does this for at least a year ;-)
> </plug>

ifplugd has done that for a lot longer than a year.  It's not installed by
default because most people don't need it on a desktop machine.
-- 
derek